Thanks Charlie
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Dave Harry
"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If you're using a caching RAID controller, I'd be inclined to use 5x
> RAID5, and create separate volumes for OS and VHD storage.
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> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
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> "Dave Harry" <DaveHarry@xxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:%23IZNrcdSJHA.5568@xxxxxx Quote:
>>I understand that it's preferable to keep the host OS and guest OS on
>>different physical drives.
>>
>> If I have five identical SCSI disks, if there any increased value in
>> setting up 2x RAID1 for host and 3x RAID5 for guests, as opposed to
>> putting all on the 5x RAID5?
>>
>> Once the OS has loaded, I can't see that it's going to use the disks very
>> much anyway.
>> I figure that a 5 disk RAID5 will be faster for both guest and host, even
>> if they're both running together.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm or negate my thoughts?
>>
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>> Dave Harry
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