Hi,

are there recommendations how a Windows 2003 Server
should be partitioned and on which partition something
should be (page file,Sysvol, AD database, logs)?

I tried to find some information on the internet, but I
didn't for some reason.

please post it if someone knows a web site or the
recommendations.

Thanks
Matthias

"Matthias Jeschke" <matthias_jeschke@stercomm.com> wrote in message
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This depends on how many spindles you have.
Don't waste your time or performance by partitioning drives.

An ideal config would be:-

Mirrored OS disks
NTDS.DIT moved to a RAID 5 set of disks
The AD Logs moved to either Mirrored-RAID 5 or just a mirrored pair
SYSVOL - not really an issue - only hit at logon time

The design of your servers really depends on the load and performance you
expect and require.

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"Matthias Jeschke" <matthias_jeschke@stercomm.com> wrote in message
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How much of a performance gain do you get by Mirroring
your OS partion? Or is this move more for fault tollerance?

Mirroring won't necessarily increase performance. It will make it
fault-tolerant.

The key to overall system performance is to put each of those four groups
Mike mentioned on different controllers - the number of spindles and the
speed of the drives will determine performance.

Also - regarding where to put the disks ... keep them in the same cabnet as
your server components. Although they will work, don't use external RAID
cabinets with DCs unless you can be absolutely certain the people watching
over them know how to behave around them. I've already recovered a number
of DCs because of stupid server room dolts ...

-ds



"Millard Baker" <mbaker@mloproducts.com> wrote in message
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