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avipenina
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 Posted - 2008-07-22 : 12:43:51
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| Hi,I've HP Server with SmartArray Raid controller.i use 2 disk in mirror for the system operation and SQL Server Binaries,2 disk in mirror for the SQL Server Log files(LDF), 4 disk in raid5 for the SQL Server Data files (MDF).after that i create those Raid Array i need to format the partition,is there any meaning on how i format those partition concerning the Allocation Unit Size?THX |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-07-22 : 23:13:17
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| Use 64k block size. By the way, get another array for tempdb if possible. |
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pootle_flump
1064 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-23 : 05:50:46
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| If you have four disks why not RAID 10 for the data? Are you backing up to the data volume? |
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avipenina
Starting Member
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Posted - 2008-07-23 : 06:14:51
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Originally posted by pootle_flump
If you have four disks why not RAID 10 for the data? Are you backing up to the data volume?
actually it's 3 disk and 1 is an global hot spare. |
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what are Microsoft recommendation on how to format