Guest Sanjay Mehta Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 Domain Controller Configuration Hi, I am trying to setup a Domain controller ... what should the ideal configuration of the server be ? In terms of the hard disks? should it be RAID 1 or RAID 5? and how many partitions do we need? Thanks
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 Re: Domain Controller Configuration Hello Sanjay, Have a look here: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b92bcea3-4ca3-49f8-b535-fd99e85bb17c1033.mspx?mfr=true Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Domain Controller Configuration > > Hi, > > I am trying to setup a Domain controller ... what should the ideal > configuration of the server be ? In terms of the hard disks? > > should it be RAID 1 or RAID 5? > > and how many partitions do we need? > > Thanks >
Guest NoConsequence Posted November 19, 2007 Posted November 19, 2007 Re: Domain Controller Configuration On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:22:00 -0800, Sanjay Mehta <SanjayMehta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Domain Controller Configuration > > > >Hi, > >I am trying to setup a Domain controller ... what should the ideal >configuration of the server be ? In terms of the hard disks? > >should it be RAID 1 or RAID 5? > >and how many partitions do we need? > >Thanks Why not use both if you want? I have H/W RAID 1 on one set of drives (containing my OS) and H/W RAID 5 on the other drives (containing data and file services for the network). Of course my RAID is all h/w controlled...I don't know if that's the case with what you are trying to set up but I would guess it's a good probability. Go with what works for you in your situation. Do some research on RAID and performance issues with each version to make that decision.
Guest Sanjay Mehta Posted November 19, 2007 Posted November 19, 2007 Re: Domain Controller Configuration Hi, I think it will be hardware RAID - am planning to buy a HP Proliant DL380. The link: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b92bcea3-4ca3-49f8-b535-fd99e85bb17c1033.mspx?mfr=true is usable but I have a couple of questions. If I have a RAID 5 for the Windows 2003 O/s. This will also contain Sysvol, the Active Directory database NTDS.dit - then I suppose I need to keep the Active Directory log files on another different partition / drive? Regards, Sanjay
Guest Hank Arnold (MVP) Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 Re: Domain Controller Configuration Sanjay Mehta wrote: > Domain Controller Configuration > > > > Hi, > > I am trying to setup a Domain controller ... what should the ideal > configuration of the server be ? In terms of the hard disks? > > should it be RAID 1 or RAID 5? > > and how many partitions do we need? > > Thanks DC should be a DC and *ONLY* a DC. Set it up as a RAID 1 array. Ours are set up with 32GB RAID 1 (smallest drives available). Be sure to set up more than 1 and back up the System State of each one on a regular basis. This will keep your network running regardless of any hardware problems and minimize any down time...... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
Guest Sanjay Mehta Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 Re: Domain Controller Configuration Hi, What do you mean by "be sure to set up more than 1 ..." did you mean - that I should have more than one domain controller? Thanks
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