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RAID setup on MS SQL 2005 server?
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Check out this FAQ written by mrdenny in the SQL forum;
Paul
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Paul
MCSE 2003
MCTS:Active Directory
MCTS:Network Infrastructure
MCTS:Applications Infrastructure
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams
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Cost not an issue....
After reading the link, you should come to the conclusion of using raid 10(with a hot spare),6 15k SAS drives would be nice (add a hot spare for sure), with the hotest battery backed, hardware controller you can obtain..along with a quad core server with tons of ram and a 64 bit OS to be able to utilize it, like a 3.0 Ghz 2900III or better, preferably better, as the 2900III has Broadcrap network interfaces. Adaptec just released the next generation SAS raid adapter last month, LSIlogic(Perc) is now behind.
Then again, if cost is really not an issue, for the raid 1, I would get Mitron SSD drives <grin>
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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial
After reading the link, you should come to the conclusion of using raid 10(with a hot spare),6 15k SAS drives would be nice (add a hot spare for sure), with the hotest battery backed, hardware controller you can obtain..along with a quad core server with tons of ram and a 64 bit OS to be able to utilize it, like a 3.0 Ghz 2900III or better, preferably better, as the 2900III has Broadcrap network interfaces. Adaptec just released the next generation SAS raid adapter last month, LSIlogic(Perc) is now behind.
Then again, if cost is really not an issue, for the raid 1, I would get Mitron SSD drives <grin>
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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial
mrdenny
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As cost isn't as issue RAID 10 will give you the best write performance.
However keeping budget in mind RAID 5 will work just fine for probably 90% of SQL Server installs.
Denny
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However keeping budget in mind RAID 5 will work just fine for probably 90% of SQL Server installs.
Denny
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MCITP Database Administrator (SQL 2005) / Database Developer (SQL 2005)
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