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New Server

author: Michael Dale ·

We've finally got all the hardware ready and setup for the new server:


  • Dual Althon MP 1800+

  • 2gb ECC DDR Ram

  • 3x80gb SATA in Raid 5 for boot, off a HighPoint 1640

  • 3x300gb SATA in Raid 5 for data, off a RaidCore 4852

So yeah. Our new file/mail/sharepoint server!

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· Kitten user
Just out of interest...
Is 240gb really needed just for booting (which I am assuming just means Server OS install and not much else)? Or will it also do other things like hold the mail database?
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· Nicko guest
Kitten, with three disks in a RAID 5 you lose one third of the total storage space across all three drives to parity data leaving you with 160 GB in this case. Still a bit for a boot drive.
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· Michael Dale user
Is 240gb really needed


It is really 160gb, as it is raid 5. The mail will be stored on this drive too.

SharePoint eh... a Windows server?


Of course. The current server is a Windows box too.
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· Stuart user
Sounds kinda nice Dale. Can't wait to see it.
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· Bryn guest
Yeah well, one of the new 80GB drives just dropped out of the array....thank god for RAID5 :(

The beeping from the raid card can be heard throughout the house.
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· Nicko guest
Got hotswap :p
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· Michael Dale user
Looks like it is all working now. We replaced the PSU with something that could cope ;)

The data raid doubled in speed too. Coolies.
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