Partition or not to partition

We are installing 2008 STD on a new server with raid 1 harddrives of 750 G.
All we use server for is basically file storage. Is there any need to create
separate partitions for OS and files, if so what are recomendations for size.

Thanks

reddawn <> wrote:
> We are installing 2008 STD on a new server with raid 1 harddrives of
> 750 G. All we use server for is basically file storage. Is there any
> need to create separate partitions for OS and files, if so what are
> recomendations for size.
>
> Thanks

I would definitely partition into OS and data volumes. You don't want
someone's movie collection in itunes making your server crash.

As to the size, I'd say a 40GB partition for OS would be plenty.

Thanks for quick reply. What are thoughts about 32 bit verus 64 bit OS?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> reddawn <> wrote:
> > We are installing 2008 STD on a new server with raid 1 harddrives of
> > 750 G. All we use server for is basically file storage. Is there any
> > need to create separate partitions for OS and files, if so what are
> > recomendations for size.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> I would definitely partition into OS and data volumes. You don't want
> someone's movie collection in itunes making your server crash.
>
> As to the size, I'd say a 40GB partition for OS would be plenty.
>
>
>
>

reddawn <> wrote:
> Thanks for quick reply. What are thoughts about 32 bit verus 64 bit
> OS?

If you need a boatload of RAM, 64-bit. For a file server I don't know that
I'd bother. Although Windows Storage Server is awesome for this purpose and
I believe it's 64-bit.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> reddawn <> wrote:
>>> We are installing 2008 STD on a new server with raid 1 harddrives of
>>> 750 G. All we use server for is basically file storage. Is there
>>> any need to create separate partitions for OS and files, if so what
>>> are recomendations for size.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> I would definitely partition into OS and data volumes. You don't want
>> someone's movie collection in itunes making your server crash.
>>
>> As to the size, I'd say a 40GB partition for OS would be plenty.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> reddawn <> wrote:
>> Thanks for quick reply. What are thoughts about 32 bit verus 64 bit
>> OS?
>
> If you need a boatload of RAM, 64-bit. For a file server I don't know
> that I'd bother. Although Windows Storage Server is awesome for this
> purpose and I believe it's 64-bit.

Besides the RAM, consider that after 2008 (RTM/SP1) MS has said there will
be no more 32 bit Server OS released. As there is no upgrade from 32 bit to
64 bit, consider what your upgrade plans (to R2 and later) might be.

Also consider that if the file server is also used for a print server the
messy 64bit print driver issues with 2008. I've found these to be much less
an issue with 2008 R2 (RC) than with plain 2008. - YMMV.


>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>
>>> reddawn <> wrote:
>>>> We are installing 2008 STD on a new server with raid 1 harddrives
>>>> of 750 G. All we use server for is basically file storage. Is
>>>> there any need to create separate partitions for OS and files, if
>>>> so what are recomendations for size.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> I would definitely partition into OS and data volumes. You don't
>>> want someone's movie collection in itunes making your server crash.
>>>
>>> As to the size, I'd say a 40GB partition for OS would be plenty.

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