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Medium-Capacity Disk Drive Configuration, Medium-Capacity Network Configuration - raid controller

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Planning a Deployment Figure 1.2 Recommended Configuration for the Medium-Capacity Scenario Medium-Capacity Disk Drive Configuration The medium-capacity disk drive configuration stores the Exchange databases on a RAID-5 volume that spans four disk drives on the Windows Storage Server computer. -OrThe medium-capacity disk drive configuration stores the Exchange databases and transaction logs on separate RAID volumes that span separate disk arrays (if available) on the Windows Storage Server computer. This configuration conforms with Exchange best practices guidelines. Medium-Capacity Network Configuration As shown in Figure 1.2, the dedicated Gigabit network controls the traffic between the Windows Storage Server computer and the Exchange server. Feature Pack Deployment Guide 15

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Planning a Deployment
Feature Pack Deployment Guide
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Figure 1.2
Recommended Configuration for the Medium-Capacity Scenario
Medium-Capacity Disk Drive Configuration
The medium-capacity disk drive configuration stores the Exchange databases on a RAID-5
volume that spans four disk drives on the Windows Storage Server computer.
-Or-
The medium-capacity disk drive configuration stores the Exchange databases and transaction
logs on separate RAID volumes that span separate disk arrays (if available) on the Windows
Storage Server computer. This configuration conforms with Exchange best practices guidelines.
Medium-Capacity Network Configuration
As shown in Figure 1.2, the dedicated Gigabit network controls the traffic between the Windows
Storage Server computer and the Exchange server.