Suggestions for Raid Configuration
Created: 07 Mar 2013 | Updated: 07 Mar 2013 | 2 comments
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I am currently setting up a new server to be used as my backup server. This server will be running windows 2012 and has 5 X 450Gb SAS 15k drives in it and my backups will be writing to a tape library that is attached to this server. My question is: is there a recommended Raid configuration to optimize this backup server?
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Hi,
Nope...RAID5 will give you adequate protection, very good disk space to use. I'd personally go with RAID5 in this case if these drives will host a B2D.
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Thanks Craig.
I had it set up in RAID 5 but wasnt sure if there were recommendations to set it up differently. Currently I am backing up to a tape library and will continue this for now but eventually I will probably be doing B2D later on when I can get an external array and sufficent disk space to do so. Thanks for your help.
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