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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I need to replace my current domain controller with a new server. The server also acts as our main file server. Our current server is set up with two drives, configured
in a RAID one setup which houses just the OS (Windows Server 2008). We have three additional drives set up with RAID 5 which houses all of our user files. We also have an additional drive as a global hot spare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I’m wrestling with the option of using RAID 10 on our new server (someone suggested it). Do I sacrifice a couple of drives in RAID 10 for performance or should I just
stick with the RAID 1 (OS) and RAID 5 configuration? I’m just wondering if there will be a big benefit going with RAID 10. There’s a lot of smart people on this list and I value your opinions. Let me know your thoughts
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jim Lack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rocky River Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">1600 Hampton Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rocky River, OH 44116<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">440-895-3765<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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