move which of swap, temp, db log files, etc. to 2nd drive?

[Guest Les Caudle]

I've got a RAID system with 2 mirrored volumes (of 2 drives each).

 

I'm running Exchange 2003, SQL 2005, ASP.NET and ISA Server 2006 (with SQL 2000

MSDE).

 

I'm curious what would be most useful to move the the 2nd drive?

 

The swap file, TEMP folder, sql db log files, etc?

 

Exchange will have under 10 users, and the ASP.NET webs shouldn't hit SQL Server

too hard.

 

Also, how to divide up the RAM memory?

 

The SQL 2000 installed by ISA seems to like a lot of memory, and if it can't

keep up, ISA will basically hang until it catches up.

 

Any comments?

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Thanks in advance, Les Caudle

[Guest Ehren]

RE: move which of swap, temp, db log files, etc. to 2nd drive?

 

Its really hard to answer that question without first analyzing your

environment and systems loads for each service. It sounds like your exchange

is pretty lightly used and the SQL server might be a little heavier used if

you have websites and ISA using it, it might be wise to move that.

 

As far as ram goes SQL server will suck up as much as you can give it :)

 

/Ehren

 

"Les Caudle" wrote:

> I've got a RAID system with 2 mirrored volumes (of 2 drives each).

>

> I'm running Exchange 2003, SQL 2005, ASP.NET and ISA Server 2006 (with SQL 2000

> MSDE).

>

> I'm curious what would be most useful to move the the 2nd drive?

>

> The swap file, TEMP folder, sql db log files, etc?

>

> Exchange will have under 10 users, and the ASP.NET webs shouldn't hit SQL Server

> too hard.

>

> Also, how to divide up the RAM memory?

>

> The SQL 2000 installed by ISA seems to like a lot of memory, and if it can't

> keep up, ISA will basically hang until it catches up.

>

> Any comments?

> --

> Thanks in advance, Les Caudle

>