What RAID config would you use?

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Paul Kavanagh wrote:
> Hi I have a brand new Win2k3 standard server to install and before I
> start laying down Windows I want to make sure I have the best RAID
> configuration in place.
>
> Basically the server is going to be added to our network as a member
> server and is primarily going to be used to run Sage ACT! Contact
> Manager database. I have 5 x 76GB SCSI drives in the box all
> connected to a LSI MegaRAID controller. The "out of the box" config
> is a RAID1 mirror of the first 2 drives and a RAID5 array made up of
> the remaining 3. I was going to install the OS onto the RAID1 mirror
> and leave the RAID5 array to house data.
>
> This is probably the easiest configuration to implement but is it the
> best?
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Paul.

That would be fine, as far as I can see. I'd make sure you have a global
hot-spare if at all possible, though.