Hello,
I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to the
application we are planning on running.
this is my first server config.

Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
drive 0,1 = raid 1
drive 2, 3 = raid 1
drive 4,5 = raid 1
drive 6,7 = raid 1

Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered with
the server.

when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the partitions on
the drives?

when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to create a
raid?

Hello WORLDe,

If you specify vendor, type and model from the server would be easier.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
> I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to the
> application we are planning on running.
> this is my first server config.
> Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
> drive 0,1 = raid 1
> drive 2, 3 = raid 1
> drive 4,5 = raid 1
> drive 6,7 = raid 1
> Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered
> with the server.
>
> when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the
> partitions on the drives?
>
> when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to
> create a raid?
>

I don't understand why due to the nature of the application you need to
configure 4 mirroed sets. Personally myself I would only use RAID1 on my OS
and then configure the reamining 6 drives as RAID5 striped set.


"WORLDe" <WORLDe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FDCA7EA2-8CF0-4F10-9F78-C5EE2668DDF6@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to the
> application we are planning on running.
> this is my first server config.
>
> Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
> drive 0,1 = raid 1
> drive 2, 3 = raid 1
> drive 4,5 = raid 1
> drive 6,7 = raid 1
>
> Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered with
> the server.
>
> when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the partitions
> on
> the drives?
>
> when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to create a
> raid?

Hello,
It is a HP ML350 Tower server.

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello WORLDe,
>
> If you specify vendor, type and model from the server would be easier.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
> > Hello,
> > I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to the
> > application we are planning on running.
> > this is my first server config.
> > Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
> > drive 0,1 = raid 1
> > drive 2, 3 = raid 1
> > drive 4,5 = raid 1
> > drive 6,7 = raid 1
> > Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered
> > with the server.
> >
> > when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the
> > partitions on the drives?
> >
> > when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to
> > create a raid?
> >
>
>
>

Hello WORLDe,

With HP it is really easy, with every server you get a SartStart disk. Start
the server with it and open the Array configuration utility. Here you can
configure the server like also AllenM describes. A mirrored drive RAID1+0
with 2 disks and the rest of the disks as RAID 5. On the mirrored disk install
the system and applications at least on a 40 GB drive so you have space for
the future, if you maybe upgrade to server 2008 where at least 40GB is recommended
for system drive.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
> It is a HP ML350 Tower server.
> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>
>> Hello WORLDe,
>>
>> If you specify vendor, type and model from the server would be
>> easier.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Hello,
>>> I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to
>>> the
>>> application we are planning on running.
>>> this is my first server config.
>>> Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
>>> drive 0,1 = raid 1
>>> drive 2, 3 = raid 1
>>> drive 4,5 = raid 1
>>> drive 6,7 = raid 1
>>> Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered
>>> with the server.
>>> when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the
>>> partitions on the drives?
>>>
>>> when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to
>>> create a raid?
>>>

Will this also allow me to do the RAID 1 for the remaining drives?
I am installing a Progress Database server which uses the Progress 4GL
programming language and is very particular with the way the drives are
configured.

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello WORLDe,
>
> With HP it is really easy, with every server you get a SartStart disk. Start
> the server with it and open the Array configuration utility. Here you can
> configure the server like also AllenM describes. A mirrored drive RAID1+0
> with 2 disks and the rest of the disks as RAID 5. On the mirrored disk install
> the system and applications at least on a 40 GB drive so you have space for
> the future, if you maybe upgrade to server 2008 where at least 40GB is recommended
> for system drive.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
> > Hello,
> > It is a HP ML350 Tower server.
> > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello WORLDe,
> >>
> >> If you specify vendor, type and model from the server would be
> >> easier.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >>> Hello,
> >>> I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to
> >>> the
> >>> application we are planning on running.
> >>> this is my first server config.
> >>> Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
> >>> drive 0,1 = raid 1
> >>> drive 2, 3 = raid 1
> >>> drive 4,5 = raid 1
> >>> drive 6,7 = raid 1
> >>> Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered
> >>> with the server.
> >>> when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the
> >>> partitions on the drives?
> >>>
> >>> when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to
> >>> create a raid?
> >>>
>
>
>

Hello WORLDe,

The configuration was just a suggestion. You can also configure any RAID
with the amount of disks SmartStart will offer you. Just try it out, that's
the best on new machines you can not destroy anything. Also this Smartstart
disk will let you preconfigure the serila number and and setup from one point.
After that it will copy the disk and starts the install directly.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Will this also allow me to do the RAID 1 for the remaining drives?
> I am installing a Progress Database server which uses the Progress 4GL
> programming language and is very particular with the way the drives
> are
> configured.
> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>
>> Hello WORLDe,
>>
>> With HP it is really easy, with every server you get a SartStart
>> disk. Start the server with it and open the Array configuration
>> utility. Here you can configure the server like also AllenM
>> describes. A mirrored drive RAID1+0 with 2 disks and the rest of the
>> disks as RAID 5. On the mirrored disk install the system and
>> applications at least on a 40 GB drive so you have space for the
>> future, if you maybe upgrade to server 2008 where at least 40GB is
>> recommended for system drive.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Hello,
>>> It is a HP ML350 Tower server.
>>> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>>>> Hello WORLDe,
>>>>
>>>> If you specify vendor, type and model from the server would be
>>>> easier.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers
>>>> no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to
>>>>> the
>>>>> application we are planning on running.
>>>>> this is my first server config.
>>>>> Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard
>>>>> drives.
>>>>> drive 0,1 = raid 1
>>>>> drive 2, 3 = raid 1
>>>>> drive 4,5 = raid 1
>>>>> drive 6,7 = raid 1
>>>>> Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card
>>>>> ordered
>>>>> with the server.
>>>>> when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the
>>>>> partitions on the drives?
>>>>> when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to
>>>>> create a raid?
>>>>>

Pardon my confusion but I am a bit lost as to what you're saying and what
you want to accomplish. First of all I'm curious as to why you want to
configure 4 x RAID1 arrays on your system. Secondly I'm curious as to what
type of RAID controller you have with the system. Does it support and allow
4 RAID arrays? Do you have more than 1 RAID controller? Can you expand on
the requirements needed for this database server? What are the drive specs,
type and size?


"WORLDe" <WORLDe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1816B760-0E68-4B63-A231-CD7A052D5422@microsoft.com...
> Will this also allow me to do the RAID 1 for the remaining drives?
> I am installing a Progress Database server which uses the Progress 4GL
> programming language and is very particular with the way the drives are
> configured.
>
> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>
>> Hello WORLDe,
>>
>> With HP it is really easy, with every server you get a SartStart disk.
>> Start
>> the server with it and open the Array configuration utility. Here you can
>> configure the server like also AllenM describes. A mirrored drive RAID1+0
>> with 2 disks and the rest of the disks as RAID 5. On the mirrored disk
>> install
>> the system and applications at least on a 40 GB drive so you have space
>> for
>> the future, if you maybe upgrade to server 2008 where at least 40GB is
>> recommended
>> for system drive.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > It is a HP ML350 Tower server.
>> > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello WORLDe,
>> >>
>> >> If you specify vendor, type and model from the server would be
>> >> easier.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards
>> >>
>> >> Meinolf Weber
>> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> >> confers
>> >> no rights.
>> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>> I am ordering my first new server. I need to get Server 03 due to
>> >>> the
>> >>> application we are planning on running.
>> >>> this is my first server config.
>> >>> Due to the nature of the application, I had to order 8 hard drives.
>> >>> drive 0,1 = raid 1
>> >>> drive 2, 3 = raid 1
>> >>> drive 4,5 = raid 1
>> >>> drive 6,7 = raid 1
>> >>> Ihave never created a RAID config before. I have a raid card ordered
>> >>> with the server.
>> >>> when and how is the best time to create the raid array and the
>> >>> partitions on the drives?
>> >>>
>> >>> when I connect all 8 drives, will the system ask me if i want to
>> >>> create a raid?
>> >>>
>>
>>
>>