|  | Posted by John Bell on 02/05/06 15:44 
Hi
 You don't really have enough to play with to make a system that I would go
 for. Separating data files from log files and the OS would require another
 set of Raid 1 discs. To make your system more resilient the data files would
 require another disc on top of that to give Raid 5 although Raid 10 would be
 preferable.
 
 You may want to read:
 http://www.sql-server-performance.com/rc_hardware_planning.asp
 
 With what you have I would stick data/log files onto the disc 3/4 pair, then
 look for more budget.
 
 John
 
 "Hank Rouse" <hank_top_sf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 news:BA9Ff.41737$dW3.17682@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
 > Question, I have a dedicated SQL Server box, just the OS and SQL Server,
 > and
 > was curious as to where best to setup DB.
 >
 > Drive     Size        What
 > Drive1   73GB     OS & SQL Server Software
 > Drive2   73GB     mirror of Drive 2
 > Drive3   300GB   Actual DBs
 > Drive4   300GB   mirror of Drive 3
 >
 > In doing so, my reasoning would be to leave the OS alone.  Will be running
 > either Windows 2003 server, or 2000 Advanced Server, not sure yet.
 >
 > Presently have about 4M records archived in different Access DBs, and I
 > know
 > size will grow to about 33M within 1 year.
 >
 > TIA,
 > Hank
 >
 >
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