web server setup

[Guest Fred]

I have a server that will be running as a web server and a database server?

To get the best performance is it better to install the database and web

server on seperate physical hard drives? or it doesn't matter?

I have a total of 8 harddrives, what RAID setup should i choose?

 

Thanks,

Fred

[Guest Bill Nicholson]

Re: web server setup

 

Here's a definition of some RAID levels: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RAID.html

You can implement level 0 for improved performance but you will need a

controller that supports what you want to do. Try to avoid RAID at the

O/S level - get some hardware that will handle it for you.

 

 

On Jul 28, 10:25 pm, "Fred" <fredbb...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a server that will be running as a web server and a database server?

> To get the best performance is it better to install the database and web

> server on seperate physical hard drives? or it doesn't matter?

> I have a total of 8 harddrives, what RAID setup should i choose?

>

> Thanks,

> Fred

[Guest Anthony]

Re: web server setup

 

Fred,

Yes it is.

There isn't one setup you should choose. You need to juggle the following:

- mirrored pair gives more performance than RAID5

- SQL Log File can be better on its own drive separate from the SQL data,

allowing both to be written at the same time

- OS page file ideally on separate drive, but its a toss up between this and

the SQL log file.

So a typical setup would be either mirrored pair for OS plus RAID5 for data;

or mirrored pair for OS, mirrored pair for SQL logs and RAID5 for data.

Other factors to consider: more memory to save writing to disk; enterprise

editions to use more memory.

Anthony

http://www.airdesk.co.uk

 

 

 

"Fred" <fredbb123@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>I have a server that will be running as a web server and a database server?

> To get the best performance is it better to install the database and web

> server on seperate physical hard drives? or it doesn't matter?

> I have a total of 8 harddrives, what RAID setup should i choose?

>

> Thanks,

> Fred