SYS and DATA on same RAID 5 Array

I have a server now with 4 drives; 2 Mirrored SYS, 1 DATA, and 1 Backup.
(The backup one holds a copy of the DATA drive and my GRPWISE database).
I just purchased a new server with SCSI drives, and it comes with 6 73GB
U320 drives, and 2 36GB U160 drives. My question is how should I lay out
my partitions? Should I put my DATA partition on a RAID 5 of the six
drives, and then my SYS on mirrored 36GB drives, or should I just put my
DATA and SYS partitions on the RAID 5 array.
I am mostly concerned about performance, since this server runs
GroupWise, NDS, and all my files...printers...etc.
Also, currently my groupwise database is on my SYS partition, in the
grpwise\gwdom folder...should this database be put on the DATA partition,
or is it safe to have it on the SYS partition?
Thanks!
- Eric

>How many users?
20 total. At most 15 on at any given time.
>Try to keep SYS clean as bad things happen if it fills up.
Currently my SYS drive is 80GB, 1/4 full. 10GB is Mail, 5GB is ****
(Deleting it now), and 5GB is SYS Files. How large should I make the new
SYS drive if I move the GW Databases off it? (Just as a sidenote, I may
be installing ZenWorks, so I would want to have room for that as well.)
> I would keep all the "live" data on one RAID, but split it into SYS,
DATA and MAIL and have all the Groupwise (Domain and PO) on the Mail
volume and then have separate drive(s) for the Backup volume.
If I move groupwise to another partition, should I move the software
directory to, or just the DOMAIN and PO databases?
>Do you also backup to tape/offsite, or is this your only backup?
I do backup off-site incase of fire/flood etc. The reason I keep the hard
drive backup, is for an easier way for me to restore deleted files, as
well as just to have a backup on hand.
The only problem in our backup scenario, which I will admit, is that we
do not have software to backup GroupWise. We used to have Exchange and
used Win2k3 Backup, to back it up, but after recently moving to GroupWise
7, we don't have any software that will work with that, since the cost of
backup software is very expensive for a small company.
However, currently I have been going in remotly on the weekends, and
shutting down GroupWise and copying the GRPWISE folder over to the
offsite backup. I am looking into a way to automate this / a cheaper
backup solution.
> I would keep all the "live" data on one RAID, but split it into SYS,
DATA
> and MAIL and have all the Groupwise (Domain and PO) on the Mail volume
and
> then have separate drive(s) for the Backup volume. Do you also backup
to
> tape/offsite, or is this your only backup?
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have a server now with 4 drives; 2 Mirrored SYS, 1 DATA, and 1
Backup.
> > (The backup one holds a copy of the DATA drive and my GRPWISE
database).
> >
> > I just purchased a new server with SCSI drives, and it comes with 6
73GB
> > U320 drives, and 2 36GB U160 drives. My question is how should I lay
out
> > my partitions? Should I put my DATA partition on a RAID 5 of the six
> > drives, and then my SYS on mirrored 36GB drives, or should I just put
my
> > DATA and SYS partitions on the RAID 5 array.
> >
> > I am mostly concerned about performance, since this server runs
> > GroupWise, NDS, and all my files...printers...etc.
> >
> > Also, currently my groupwise database is on my SYS partition, in the
> > grpwise\gwdom folder...should this database be put on the DATA
partition,
> > or is it safe to have it on the SYS partition?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Eric
>
>

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