Recommended Drive Configurations for Systems with Multiple Users
  • The recommended disk size for:

    • Drive D includes enough space for database reorganisations.

    • Drive F includes enough space for two backups.

  • Configure the database (D) and journal (E) drives for a relatively high IO throughput.

    We recommend RAID10 as the appropriate RAID level for these two drives.

    Don't use RAID 5.

  • For business-critical applications, the journal volume must be mirrored.

    Ideally it should be duplexed – have a dual controller.

  • You can improve disk performance by distributing these drives across a larger number of disk spindles.