Exchange 2003 / File Server Cluster – Best practice – WHAT IS your OPINION?
I have setup a 2-node Win2k3 cluster with a PowerVault 13 Disk Storage. WE are using this for: 1) Exchange and 2)File/Print services I have a 2 140GB disk on a RAID 1 for with partitions q: for Quorum and E: I have the rest of the 11 on a RAID 5 139 TB 1 [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:02 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange server installation, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, Windows Server 2003
I have setup a 2-node Win2k3 cluster with a PowerVault 13 Disk Storage. WE are using this for: 1) Exchange and 2)File/Print services I have a 2 140GB disk on a RAID 1 for with partitions q: for Quorum and E: I have the rest of the 11 on a RAID 5 139 TB 1 [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:02 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange server installation, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, Windows Server 2003
RAID 1 or RAID 5
I have 1 file server and 1 email server. both are Win2k3….one with exchange 2003 one with SQL 2000 but only 4 people using a small accounting program on it. Both are Dual XEON 2Ghz processors 1 Gb RAM 15K rpm hard drives. Ultra SCSI 160 controllers File server has software RAID 1, Exchange Server [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:37 PM
Exchange 2003, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, SQL 2000, SQL Server 2003
I have 1 file server and 1 email server. both are Win2k3….one with exchange 2003 one with SQL 2000 but only 4 people using a small accounting program on it. Both are Dual XEON 2Ghz processors 1 Gb RAM 15K rpm hard drives. Ultra SCSI 160 controllers File server has software RAID 1, Exchange Server [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:37 PM
Exchange 2003, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, SQL 2000, SQL Server 2003
RAID 3 for video editing
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Hi, I am a budding filmmaker looking for an inexpensive way to setup an at home post production facility (video editing, sound,etc.) Most of the raid cards that I have seen are very expensive. Can you recommend a raid 3 card that’s reasonably priced and what other levels of raid [...]
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| August 28, 2008 3:01 PM
RAID, RAID 3, Storage products and equipment
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Hi, I am a budding filmmaker looking for an inexpensive way to setup an at home post production facility (video editing, sound,etc.) Most of the raid cards that I have seen are very expensive. Can you recommend a raid 3 card that’s reasonably priced and what other levels of raid [...]
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| August 28, 2008 3:01 PM
RAID, RAID 3, Storage products and equipment
RAID vs Mirroring
Conceptually, I understand the difference between RAID and mirroring. But many times, things are not always as simple as they seem. That said, I’m configuring a new i5 520 with 35gb drives RAID protected versus 35gb drives mirrored and with IBM’s recent offerings, the mirrored drives are less than the RAID drives. Is this as [...]
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| August 28, 2008 4:31 PM
Disk drives, Mirroring, RAID, Storage products and equipment
Conceptually, I understand the difference between RAID and mirroring. But many times, things are not always as simple as they seem. That said, I’m configuring a new i5 520 with 35gb drives RAID protected versus 35gb drives mirrored and with IBM’s recent offerings, the mirrored drives are less than the RAID drives. Is this as [...]
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| August 28, 2008 4:31 PM
Disk drives, Mirroring, RAID, Storage products and equipment
Recommendation of Win2k srvr HDD perf monitoring
Can anyone recommend what Performance Log Counters they would configure their Win2k server to monitor its disk, RAID controller, and other hardware / software settings that supports a server?s data storage and transfer of data (e.g. SCSI card, Hard Drive, Paging, I/O, etc.)? I have to set up a hard drive performance counter on a [...]
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| May 18, 2005 11:15 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, Arrays, Disk drives, Hardware, Monitoring, RAID, SCSI, Storage products and equipment, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
Can anyone recommend what Performance Log Counters they would configure their Win2k server to monitor its disk, RAID controller, and other hardware / software settings that supports a server?s data storage and transfer of data (e.g. SCSI card, Hard Drive, Paging, I/O, etc.)? I have to set up a hard drive performance counter on a [...]
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| May 18, 2005 11:15 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, Arrays, Disk drives, Hardware, Monitoring, RAID, SCSI, Storage products and equipment, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
Installing RAID 1 on XP machines or use server software?
We have a mission critical robot on the production line that is run by 3 pc quality machines running NT4 workstation. They are referred to as A B and C It has crashed 2 times in the last year. Both times it was the motherboard on PC B. This machine runs 24×7. The IT department [...]
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| August 28, 2008 9:32 AM
Backup & recovery, Disk drives, Mirroring, RAID, RAID 1, RAID controllers, Storage products and equipment, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
We have a mission critical robot on the production line that is run by 3 pc quality machines running NT4 workstation. They are referred to as A B and C It has crashed 2 times in the last year. Both times it was the motherboard on PC B. This machine runs 24×7. The IT department [...]
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| August 28, 2008 9:32 AM
Backup & recovery, Disk drives, Mirroring, RAID, RAID 1, RAID controllers, Storage products and equipment, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Which RAID level should we use?
A SearchStorage.com member recently asked: We have three 73 GB, U320, SCSI, 1-in, 15K, PE 2850s, with MR5 ROMB RAID-5 drives, to use in a server that will be doing file sharing and print serving. Is RAID-5 the best configuration?
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| August 28, 2008 4:36 PM
Disk drives, RAID, RAID 5, SAN, SCSI
A SearchStorage.com member recently asked: We have three 73 GB, U320, SCSI, 1-in, 15K, PE 2850s, with MR5 ROMB RAID-5 drives, to use in a server that will be doing file sharing and print serving. Is RAID-5 the best configuration?
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| August 28, 2008 4:36 PM
Disk drives, RAID, RAID 5, SAN, SCSI
Installing Win2003 Server on a RAID Disk
Can WIN2003 Server be installed on a disk that is part of a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array? I am trying to install Win2003 Server on an IBM eServer series X206. I have two 80 GIG SATA drives attached to a SATA RAID controller and have them both defined as members of the array. [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:02 PM
RAID, RAID 0, RAID 1, SATA, Windows Server 2003
Can WIN2003 Server be installed on a disk that is part of a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array? I am trying to install Win2003 Server on an IBM eServer series X206. I have two 80 GIG SATA drives attached to a SATA RAID controller and have them both defined as members of the array. [...]
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| August 28, 2008 2:02 PM
RAID, RAID 0, RAID 1, SATA, Windows Server 2003
New way of handling RAID 5?
As an Oracle DBA, I have heard and read a lot about RAID 5 and what it can do to database write performance. Now I understand RAID 5 has been improved to the point that all of the things that caused the overhead are now being handled in disk cache, and write times are now [...]
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| August 28, 2008 4:37 PM
Oracle DBA, RAID, RAID 5
As an Oracle DBA, I have heard and read a lot about RAID 5 and what it can do to database write performance. Now I understand RAID 5 has been improved to the point that all of the things that caused the overhead are now being handled in disk cache, and write times are now [...]
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| August 28, 2008 4:37 PM
Oracle DBA, RAID, RAID 5
Dell Poweredge Server 2800
I am running a Windows 2000 network, and recently purchased a Dell Poweredge 2800 Server, the server is running Server 2003. I need some general tips as to how best to configure this server to best optimise it’s capability. One vendor informs me of some of it’s capabilities but I need some additional input.
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| December 8, 2004 7:05 AM
DataCenter, Disk drives, RAID, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Vendor support
I am running a Windows 2000 network, and recently purchased a Dell Poweredge 2800 Server, the server is running Server 2003. I need some general tips as to how best to configure this server to best optimise it’s capability. One vendor informs me of some of it’s capabilities but I need some additional input.
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| December 8, 2004 7:05 AM
DataCenter, Disk drives, RAID, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Vendor support
HBA not showing WWN
A SearchStorage.com reader asks: WE have a data center server, 2003 servers and two HBAs in each node. Both the cards are Emulex Fibre Channel Cards. One card is already in working condition. We have recently added the second HBA card. The driver was updated, and I am able to detect two HBAs from the [...]
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| August 6, 2009 10:27 AM
3PAR, Adapters/Interfaces, ADIC, AMCC, AppIQ, Arrays, Backup & recovery, Blue Arc, Brocade, Cisco, CNT, Commvault, Commvault Systems, Computer Associates, CreekPath, Data Core Software, Dell, Disk drives, EMC, Emulex, Exabyte, FalconStor, Fibre channel, Finisar, Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Imation, InterSAN, LSI Logic, McData, NAS, Network Appliance, NTP Software, Optical, Overland Data, Power Quest, Procom Technologies, Quantum, RAID, SAN, SCSI, SEA, Sony, Spectra Logic, Storability, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, StorageTek, Storcase technology, Sun Microsystems, Syncsort, Tape drives/Libraries, Tivoli, TrueSAN, Veritas, Xiotech
A SearchStorage.com reader asks: WE have a data center server, 2003 servers and two HBAs in each node. Both the cards are Emulex Fibre Channel Cards. One card is already in working condition. We have recently added the second HBA card. The driver was updated, and I am able to detect two HBAs from the [...]
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| August 6, 2009 10:27 AM
3PAR, Adapters/Interfaces, ADIC, AMCC, AppIQ, Arrays, Backup & recovery, Blue Arc, Brocade, Cisco, CNT, Commvault, Commvault Systems, Computer Associates, CreekPath, Data Core Software, Dell, Disk drives, EMC, Emulex, Exabyte, FalconStor, Fibre channel, Finisar, Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Imation, InterSAN, LSI Logic, McData, NAS, Network Appliance, NTP Software, Optical, Overland Data, Power Quest, Procom Technologies, Quantum, RAID, SAN, SCSI, SEA, Sony, Spectra Logic, Storability, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, StorageTek, Storcase technology, Sun Microsystems, Syncsort, Tape drives/Libraries, Tivoli, TrueSAN, Veritas, Xiotech
Moving DNS outside
We are moving DNS services outside and I would like to learn more about how to set this up. We currently have AD Integrated DNS server, Primary DNS server, and Secondary DNS servers set up in our AD domain. We have 2 Domain Controllers, one on Windows 2003 w/Exchange 2003 w/GC, and one Windows 2000 [...]
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| November 24, 2004 8:28 AM
Active Directory, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, AMD PC hardware, Arrays, Backup, Backup & recovery, BlackBerry, Computer Associates, Desktops, DHCP, Dial-up networking, Disk drives, DNS, E-mail applications, Exchange 2003, FAT and NTFS, Firewalls, Forensics, Gigabit ethernet, Handheld, Help Desk, Incident response, Installation, Intel PC hardware, Intel servers, Intrusion management, Layer 3-7 Switches, Mac hardware, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Outlook, Overland Data, Palm OS, Performance/Tuning, RAID, Remote management, Servers, Storage servers, Switches, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, VPN, WatchGuard, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Mobile, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Wireless, Yahoo
We are moving DNS services outside and I would like to learn more about how to set this up. We currently have AD Integrated DNS server, Primary DNS server, and Secondary DNS servers set up in our AD domain. We have 2 Domain Controllers, one on Windows 2003 w/Exchange 2003 w/GC, and one Windows 2000 [...]
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| November 24, 2004 8:28 AM
Active Directory, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, AMD PC hardware, Arrays, Backup, Backup & recovery, BlackBerry, Computer Associates, Desktops, DHCP, Dial-up networking, Disk drives, DNS, E-mail applications, Exchange 2003, FAT and NTFS, Firewalls, Forensics, Gigabit ethernet, Handheld, Help Desk, Incident response, Installation, Intel PC hardware, Intel servers, Intrusion management, Layer 3-7 Switches, Mac hardware, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Outlook, Overland Data, Palm OS, Performance/Tuning, RAID, Remote management, Servers, Storage servers, Switches, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, VPN, WatchGuard, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Mobile, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Wireless, Yahoo
Dell PowerEdge 2800 – Explanation of RAID Hard Drive Configurations & the reasons for a choice
I have been researching the purchase of a new server for our company. We are a non-computer manufacturing company. Currently we have a Mirror disk configuration. I want to utilize RAID5, stripping with parity, and Hot swap capability on the new server. The server of interest to me is the Dell PowerEdge 2800. Where I [...]
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| November 24, 2004 2:46 PM
Intel servers, RAID, Servers, Storage
I have been researching the purchase of a new server for our company. We are a non-computer manufacturing company. Currently we have a Mirror disk configuration. I want to utilize RAID5, stripping with parity, and Hot swap capability on the new server. The server of interest to me is the Dell PowerEdge 2800. Where I [...]
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| November 24, 2004 2:46 PM
Intel servers, RAID, Servers, Storage
Backups to disk across GB ethernet – what’s your speed limit?
We don’t have a SAN yet. We’re trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4′s Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID controller w/ 64 MB [...]
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| September 25, 2008 3:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Dell PowerEdge, Disaster Recovery, RAID, SAN, SATA, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003
We don’t have a SAN yet. We’re trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4′s Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID controller w/ 64 MB [...]
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| September 25, 2008 3:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Dell PowerEdge, Disaster Recovery, RAID, SAN, SATA, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003
Question about RAID 1
I have a server with a RAID-1 array with 2 36 gig hard drives. I am wondering could I get another 2 hard drives and add them to the array, and then extend some already partitioned space without formatting?
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| May 24, 2012 4:35 PM
RAID, RAID 1
I have a server with a RAID-1 array with 2 36 gig hard drives. I am wondering could I get another 2 hard drives and add them to the array, and then extend some already partitioned space without formatting?
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| May 24, 2012 4:35 PM
RAID, RAID 1
