Partition question...
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Hi.I need any advice.We have a server with 2 hard disks each by 250 Gb.Which is the most efficent partition I have to use?I mean from your experience how many parts is better to create? Best Regards
Efficiency depends on the application. What I've done in the past is a smaller hard drive that holds only the boot and system, mirrored with an identical drive, and the remaining, larger capacity drives, reserved for applications and user data, usually RAID 5. I don't partition the drives at all in the method you're thinking of. I consider it a waste because if the drive goes down, partitioning won't make any difference what-so-ever. In the above solution, if a drive goes down, I'll lose either the system, which is backed by a mirror drive, or the RAID 5 array keeps running without the bad drive, until it's replaced.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Efficiency depends on the application. What I've done in the past is a smaller hard drive that holds only the boot and system, mirrored with an identical drive, and the remaining, larger capacity drives, reserved for applications and user data, usually RAID 5. I don't partition the drives at all in the method you're thinking of. I consider it a waste because if the drive goes down, partitioning won't make any difference what-so-ever. In the above solution, if a drive goes down, I'll lose either the system, which is backed by a mirror drive, or the RAID 5 array keeps running without the bad drive, until it's replaced.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
I consider it a waste because if the drive goes down, partitioning won't make any difference what-so-ever.
True, but only if the *drive* fails. File systems can also become corrupt do to software failures. Each partition contains a seperate file system.
static int Sqrt(int x) { if (x<0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(); int temp, y=0, b=0x8000, bshft=15, v=x; do { if (v>=(temp=(y<<1)+b<>=1)>0); return y; :omg:
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
I consider it a waste because if the drive goes down, partitioning won't make any difference what-so-ever.
True, but only if the *drive* fails. File systems can also become corrupt do to software failures. Each partition contains a seperate file system.
static int Sqrt(int x) { if (x<0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(); int temp, y=0, b=0x8000, bshft=15, v=x; do { if (v>=(temp=(y<<1)+b<>=1)>0); return y; :omg:
I've had drives fail FAR more than I've had a file system get corrupted unrecoverably.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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I've had drives fail FAR more than I've had a file system get corrupted unrecoverably.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
:wtf: Do you beat them with a sledge hammer or something? Touch wood I've never had a hard-drive fail on me in 7 years, only one to "fail" resulted in me pulling the power connector too hard when it got jammed in, but then just whipped out the soldering iron and put it back on. I've had corrupted file systems more than hard-drive failures, but even then not than many, maybe once or twice.
Just Google it. Failing that try phoning :bob:
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:wtf: Do you beat them with a sledge hammer or something? Touch wood I've never had a hard-drive fail on me in 7 years, only one to "fail" resulted in me pulling the power connector too hard when it got jammed in, but then just whipped out the soldering iron and put it back on. I've had corrupted file systems more than hard-drive failures, but even then not than many, maybe once or twice.
Just Google it. Failing that try phoning :bob:
Man, I've had 3 fail in one week! Western Digitals and a Maxtor. No, I didn't touch them. When I was at [major automotive manufacturer], we had 8 drives fail (all Seagates), out of some 1,200+, in 4 years in the manufacturing plants.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Man, I've had 3 fail in one week! Western Digitals and a Maxtor. No, I didn't touch them. When I was at [major automotive manufacturer], we had 8 drives fail (all Seagates), out of some 1,200+, in 4 years in the manufacturing plants.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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:omg: Ouch, any idea what caused them to fail?
Google it. If that fails then start a :badger::badger::badger: dance.
Nope. No time to really get into it - replace 'em and move on. Compaq ships everything Next Day Air, so we really didn't care, so long as we didn't run into a large string of 'em.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic