Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

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I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to
configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best practices I
should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I mess with
block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the drives, is
there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this many
drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty stagnent.

Thanks, Mike
 
Re: Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

Hello,

Creating a really large partition may lead to issue, like:
-Really huge chkdsk time
-Hardly able to defrag the partition
-Security corruption if around 4 Millions of file

You may keep one raid volume to minimize space lost but would definitely
make many partition

just my 2 cents

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ED1D71FC-3FAE-4BE4-8767-DF17A515AC77@microsoft.com...
>I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to
> configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best practices I
> should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I mess
> with
> block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the drives,
> is
> there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this many
> drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty
> stagnent.
>
> Thanks, Mike
 
Re: Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

I agree with Mathieu here.

Question : what is your (technical) reason to create such a large volume ?


"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
news:OUmXHgK8HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Creating a really large partition may lead to issue, like:
> -Really huge chkdsk time
> -Hardly able to defrag the partition
> -Security corruption if around 4 Millions of file
>
> You may keep one raid volume to minimize space lost but would definitely
> make many partition
>
> just my 2 cents
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>
> "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ED1D71FC-3FAE-4BE4-8767-DF17A515AC77@microsoft.com...
> >I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to
> > configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best practices
I
> > should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I mess
> > with
> > block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the drives,
> > is
> > there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this many
> > drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty
> > stagnent.
> >
> > Thanks, Mike
>
 
Re: Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

We are migrating data from another source and the application can only use a
single drive letter...it is better if we can map the root folder to one
letter. It is an older application, i can split the data to two drive letters
so have two 3 TB partitions but may have the same issue

"Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:

> I agree with Mathieu here.
>
> Question : what is your (technical) reason to create such a large volume ?
>
>
> "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
> news:OUmXHgK8HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> >
> > Creating a really large partition may lead to issue, like:
> > -Really huge chkdsk time
> > -Hardly able to defrag the partition
> > -Security corruption if around 4 Millions of file
> >
> > You may keep one raid volume to minimize space lost but would definitely
> > make many partition
> >
> > just my 2 cents
> >
> > --
> > Cordialement,
> > Mathieu CHATEAU
> > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> > "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:ED1D71FC-3FAE-4BE4-8767-DF17A515AC77@microsoft.com...
> > >I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to
> > > configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best practices
> I
> > > should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I mess
> > > with
> > > block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the drives,
> > > is
> > > there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this many
> > > drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty
> > > stagnent.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Mike
> >
>
>
>
 
Re: Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

you can make a DFS tree that point to share on different partition.
Map the letter to the root of the dfs, so it will be invisible from the
application.


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:29448D92-B91B-46AF-AFBD-2A5A22D7040E@microsoft.com...
> We are migrating data from another source and the application can only use
> a
> single drive letter...it is better if we can map the root folder to one
> letter. It is an older application, i can split the data to two drive
> letters
> so have two 3 TB partitions but may have the same issue
>
> "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> I agree with Mathieu here.
>>
>> Question : what is your (technical) reason to create such a large volume
>> ?
>>
>>
>> "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
>> news:OUmXHgK8HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Creating a really large partition may lead to issue, like:
>> > -Really huge chkdsk time
>> > -Hardly able to defrag the partition
>> > -Security corruption if around 4 Millions of file
>> >
>> > You may keep one raid volume to minimize space lost but would
>> > definitely
>> > make many partition
>> >
>> > just my 2 cents
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cordialement,
>> > Mathieu CHATEAU
>> > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>> >
>> >
>> > "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ED1D71FC-3FAE-4BE4-8767-DF17A515AC77@microsoft.com...
>> > >I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to
>> > > configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best
>> > > practices
>> I
>> > > should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I
>> > > mess
>> > > with
>> > > block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the
>> > > drives,
>> > > is
>> > > there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this
>> > > many
>> > > drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty
>> > > stagnent.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks, Mike
>> >
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

Cool, Do you have any links to DFS. I will go search now too.

Thanks, Mike

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> you can make a DFS tree that point to share on different partition.
> Map the letter to the root of the dfs, so it will be invisible from the
> application.
>
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>
> "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:29448D92-B91B-46AF-AFBD-2A5A22D7040E@microsoft.com...
> > We are migrating data from another source and the application can only use
> > a
> > single drive letter...it is better if we can map the root folder to one
> > letter. It is an older application, i can split the data to two drive
> > letters
> > so have two 3 TB partitions but may have the same issue
> >
> > "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> I agree with Mathieu here.
> >>
> >> Question : what is your (technical) reason to create such a large volume
> >> ?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
> >> news:OUmXHgK8HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Creating a really large partition may lead to issue, like:
> >> > -Really huge chkdsk time
> >> > -Hardly able to defrag the partition
> >> > -Security corruption if around 4 Millions of file
> >> >
> >> > You may keep one raid volume to minimize space lost but would
> >> > definitely
> >> > make many partition
> >> >
> >> > just my 2 cents
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Cordialement,
> >> > Mathieu CHATEAU
> >> > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:ED1D71FC-3FAE-4BE4-8767-DF17A515AC77@microsoft.com...
> >> > >I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to
> >> > > configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best
> >> > > practices
> >> I
> >> > > should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I
> >> > > mess
> >> > > with
> >> > > block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the
> >> > > drives,
> >> > > is
> >> > > there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this
> >> > > many
> >> > > drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty
> >> > > stagnent.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks, Mike
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
 
Re: Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server

yep:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfs.mspx
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...f865-4200-9ae9-66785e5e87c81033.mspx?mfr=true

enjoy!

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2B040F76-7A93-4819-9578-AB8BDFBA9E7B@microsoft.com...
> Cool, Do you have any links to DFS. I will go search now too.
>
> Thanks, Mike
>
> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:
>
>> you can make a DFS tree that point to share on different partition.
>> Map the letter to the root of the dfs, so it will be invisible from the
>> application.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement,
>> Mathieu CHATEAU
>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:29448D92-B91B-46AF-AFBD-2A5A22D7040E@microsoft.com...
>> > We are migrating data from another source and the application can only
>> > use
>> > a
>> > single drive letter...it is better if we can map the root folder to one
>> > letter. It is an older application, i can split the data to two drive
>> > letters
>> > so have two 3 TB partitions but may have the same issue
>> >
>> > "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I agree with Mathieu here.
>> >>
>> >> Question : what is your (technical) reason to create such a large
>> >> volume
>> >> ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
>> >> news:OUmXHgK8HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > Creating a really large partition may lead to issue, like:
>> >> > -Really huge chkdsk time
>> >> > -Hardly able to defrag the partition
>> >> > -Security corruption if around 4 Millions of file
>> >> >
>> >> > You may keep one raid volume to minimize space lost but would
>> >> > definitely
>> >> > make many partition
>> >> >
>> >> > just my 2 cents
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Cordialement,
>> >> > Mathieu CHATEAU
>> >> > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Brillmike" <brillmike@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ED1D71FC-3FAE-4BE4-8767-DF17A515AC77@microsoft.com...
>> >> > >I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want
>> >> > >to
>> >> > > configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best
>> >> > > practices
>> >> I
>> >> > > should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should
>> >> > > I
>> >> > > mess
>> >> > > with
>> >> > > block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the
>> >> > > drives,
>> >> > > is
>> >> > > there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using
>> >> > > this
>> >> > > many
>> >> > > drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty
>> >> > > stagnent.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thanks, Mike
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
 
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