File server setup

[Gepost]

Getting ready to install a new file and server. It is a Dell with Server 2003 and raid 5. How should I set up my partitions? I have programs, databases and user files. I am guessing that it came with one partition, but I don't know about that because I haven't plugged it in.

 

[kevnich2]

I have mine with a user share for each individual user (they cannot see the user share but can see their share name) to place files and a public share that is accessible by all users, you can create other shares for other uses also.

 

[Gepost]

Yeah, I will might give each user a share, but you don't really need to . But what I was asking is do I need to create several other drives beside one C Drive?

 

[Rogue]

You don't need to, however, the practice that I've always used was to break the drive into partitions based on functional organizations within your company. It is easier to identify and backup critical data that way in my opinion. Also, using drive quotas is simlified too.

For example, our Account Managers typically stored more report data and some confidential client information, so it made sense to segregate them out onto their own partition in my opinion due to the nature of the data. I set their default disk quota higher on their partition than I did the lower management.

 

[Gepost]

Rogue:

So you are saying you can only set one disk quota per drive? I didn't think about that. I do have some users that need more drive space.

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: Gepost
Rogue:

So you are saying you can only set one disk quota per drive? I didn't think about that. I do have some users that need more drive space.

Yes and no. You can only set a default disk quota on a whole drive, but then you'll have to make changes to that on each folder/share on a per user basis.