Streaming Backup; Disk Configuration (Streaming Backup To Disk); Exchange Best Practices; Core Storage Best Practices - American Megatrends StorTrends 3200i Install Manual

Number of Spindles in test
total raw storage capacity (GB)
Disk slice size (GB)
Number of slices per LUN or number
of disks per LUN
Raid level
Total formatted capacity

Streaming Backup

Disk Configuration (Streaming Backup to disk)

Disk type, speed and firmware
revision
Raw capacity per disk (GB)
Number of spindles in test
total raw storage capacity (GB)
Disk slice size (GB)
Number of slices per LUN or number
of disks per LUN
Raid level
Total formatted capacity

Exchange Best Practices

Exchange server is a disk-intensive application. Based on the testing run
using the ESRP framework, we would recommend the following to improve
the storage performance.
For Exchange 2007 best practices on storage design, please visit
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124518.aspx

Core Storage Best Practices

In a MS Exchange environment where thousands of email transactions
happen in the blink of an eye, performance becomes paramount. This calls
for a very intricate and efficient system design. Disk subsystem bottlenecks
cause more performance problems than server side CPU or RAM deficiencies.
In spite of having the best and fastest H/W an improper database layout may
render the system sluggish and unusable. It is imperative to watch the I/O
latencies, and average read or writes latencies should be kept under 20ms.
Latencies in excess of 50ms lasting over a few seconds are unacceptable in
such environments.
2 + (1 spare)
461.80 GB
N/A
N/A
RAID 1 at the storage system
9.99 GB
SATA 3Gbps
7200 RPM
Seagate Barracuda Rev.SN04
465 GB
3 + (1 spare)
929.46 GB
N/A
N/A
RAID 5 at the storage system
399 GB
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