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From: Guzzifrank on 26 Feb 2010 14:52 New sbs2008 Dell t105. 3 x 2 TB drives. Tring to creat a raid 5 partition on about 1 tb x 3 drives for data storage. Takes forever to sync. Popped three 1 TB drives in and reinstalled on same t105 and tried raid 5 with 600 gb x 3 and sync took 40 minutes. That's why I authenticate the license at the end of a successful install/ Is this a know issue with 2 TB sata drives?
From: Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] on 26 Feb 2010 14:59 With software RAID yes this is a known issue Please buy a hardware RAID card you will be much happier with performance Russ -- Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] MCP, MCPS, MCNPS, SBSC Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist SBS2003 SBS2008 Support - www.SBITS.Biz Question or Second Opinion - www.PersonalITConsultant.com Free Trial Microsoft Online Services - www.Microsoft-Online-Services.com "Guzzifrank" <flbritton(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:fEVhn.13557$ND2.4354(a)newsfe05.iad... > New sbs2008 Dell t105. 3 x 2 TB drives. Tring to creat a raid 5 partition > on about 1 tb x 3 drives for data storage. Takes forever to sync. > > Popped three 1 TB drives in and reinstalled on same t105 and tried raid 5 > with 600 gb x 3 and sync took 40 minutes. > > That's why I authenticate the license at the end of a successful install/ > > Is this a know issue with 2 TB sata drives? >
From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 26 Feb 2010 15:00 On 2/26/2010 11:52 AM, Guzzifrank wrote: > New sbs2008 Dell t105. 3 x 2 TB drives. Tring to creat a raid 5 partition on > about 1 tb x 3 drives for data storage. Takes forever to sync. > > Popped three 1 TB drives in and reinstalled on same t105 and tried raid 5 > with 600 gb x 3 and sync took 40 minutes. > > That's why I authenticate the license at the end of a successful install/ > > Is this a know issue with 2 TB sata drives? > > No, but I will tell you to avoid using a single RAID5 volume for the entire server. Setup two RAID 1 volumes instead. You will thank me for it when one of these drives dies and your customer will not even notice it. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
From: Cliff Galiher - MVP on 26 Feb 2010 15:12 Software RAID has *many* issues, not specific to 2TB drives. The more data, the more the software has to try and manage. In short, I don't care if the drives are 2TB or 2MB (okay, so I'm having flashbacks to my first hard drive ever with that size...but stay with me here...) software RAID is not appropriate for a business server. Even a small one. Restore after a disaster, in particular, gets *VERY* nasty with software restore. Just don't do it. -Cliff "Guzzifrank" <flbritton(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:fEVhn.13557$ND2.4354(a)newsfe05.iad... > New sbs2008 Dell t105. 3 x 2 TB drives. Tring to creat a raid 5 partition > on about 1 tb x 3 drives for data storage. Takes forever to sync. > > Popped three 1 TB drives in and reinstalled on same t105 and tried raid 5 > with 600 gb x 3 and sync took 40 minutes. > > That's why I authenticate the license at the end of a successful install/ > > Is this a know issue with 2 TB sata drives? >
From: Roger on 2 Mar 2010 17:20
On Feb 26, 12:00 pm, "Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert" <LeonidSKnyshovSBSExp...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > On 2/26/2010 11:52 AM, Guzzifrank wrote:> New sbs2008 Dell t105. 3 x 2 TB drives. Tring to creat a raid 5 partition on > > about 1 tb x 3 drives for data storage. Takes forever to sync. > > > Popped three 1 TB drives in and reinstalled on same t105 and tried raid 5 > > with 600 gb x 3 and sync took 40 minutes. > > > That's why I authenticate the license at the end of a successful install/ > > > Is this a know issue with 2 TB sata drives? > > No, but I will tell you to avoid using a single RAID5 volume for the > entire server. > > Setup two RAID 1 volumes instead. You will thank me for it when one of > these drives dies and your customer will not even notice it. > -- > Leonid S. Knyshov > Crashproof Solutions > 510-282-1008 > Twitter: @wiseleohttp://crashproofsolutions.com > Microsoft Small Business Specialist > Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :) Hi Leonid, Your input make me want to rethink about the setup that I did with one of my customer. I recently setup their SBS 2008 on a RAID5, but did not configure to your recommendation. Can you direct me how it is done or a URL of a resource where I can read about it. Thanks! -Roger |