OS placement on file servers

[DKNYSprt95]

Hi,

A basic question regarding "best practice" when it comes to placement of the OS on a file server. I've put together a RAID 10 storage array on 4x WD Black 1TB hard drives. This will be for an office environment with 5 PC's accessing the files.

My original plan was to create a 50-100gb partition on the Raid 10 for W2K8 Server but for whatever reason, the system is being a bit finicky when it comes to installing the RAID driver during OS install.

If I went the lazy route and install the OS on a separate non-raid hard drive, would system performance become an issue? I know that the OS will load slower but I'm wondering if file delivery would be an issue. Thanks!

 

[yinan]

File delivery wouldnt be an issue, but you are introducing a single point of failure. Just get the RAID driver to install as part of the build.

 

[LokutusofBorg]

Before virtualization changed everything, the standard (in my experience) was to have a couple smaller drives in RAID 1 for the OS, and then your bulk array separate.