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Can windows server be installed on a raid 5 array?

Maximilian

Maximilian

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Will there be any problems having the OS and all my data on a RAID 5 array together, or is it better to have the OS on a separate drive?
 
Either way is fine, a lot of admins tend to separate the OS volume from the Application volume.

Personally, if they're not using separate arrays, there is no performance benefit. It is simply a manner of separating the OS and keeping the app elsewhere in the event of an OS failure (reload C and don't affect D).

In addition, I've been a bit annoyed with past admins who separate them, and only leave 10-12 GBs for the OS, and also install apps on C. There comes a time when the updates from MS cause the drive to reach full capacity, and then you play the what can/can't I move over to D to open up some space.

And, if you're using SQL, it is best to have an OS array, a Database array, and a Log array that use separate physical disks.

As for RAID5, we use it on ten to twenty systems at least here, so you should have absolutely 0 trouble so long as your RAID controller is supported.
 
Hardware RAID5? Yes. Software RAID5? Not unless they fixed that in Win2K8. It's good practice to have a separate array, usually a RAID1 volume, for the OS but it's not a hard requirement.
 
mvbighead said:
Either way is fine, a lot of admins tend to separate the OS volume from the Application volume.

Personally, if they're not using separate arrays, there is no performance benefit. It is simply a manner of separating the OS and keeping the app elsewhere in the event of an OS failure (reload C and don't affect D).

In addition, I've been a bit annoyed with past admins who separate them, and only leave 10-12 GBs for the OS, and also install apps on C. There comes a time when the updates from MS cause the drive to reach full capacity, and then you play the what can/can't I move over to D to open up some space.

And, if you're using SQL, it is best to have an OS array, a Database array, and a Log array that use separate physical disks.

As for RAID5, we use it on ten to twenty systems at least here, so you should have absolutely 0 trouble so long as your RAID controller is supported.
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Amen brotha'. I have been plagued with this issue so far on five servers. I wanted to shove my foot up the ass of the previous admin. Fortunately for both him and my foot, he is no longer working here.
 
rasczak said:
Amen brotha'. I have been plagued with this issue so far on five servers. I wanted to shove my foot up the ass of the previous admin. Fortunately for both him and my foot, he is no longer working here.
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Same situation as far as the admin being long gone. Any chance I get to rebuild one of those, the OS partition either goes up to ~30GB, or it becomes one big drive depending on the software that's installed.
 
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