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squirrellydw:
I will be using it to access music, movies, and photos.  I am using as a media server.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: meismr on February 02, 2008, 10:07:38 pm ---Enterprise level places most certainly DO keep their data and OS on different drives.  I didn't say enterprise places keep their OS on a single drive. 

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And I didn't say that they don't keep their OS separate. I said that they don't do it on a single drive.

meismr:
If this is a media server (movies, large picture files, etc.) then I would separate my OS and data.  If this is an MP3, JPG kinda media server then you should be able to put both the OS and data on the same drive array. 

Patrickl: Since we're both saying the same thing let's not derail the thread.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: meismr on February 03, 2008, 06:55:29 am ---If this is a media server (movies, large picture files, etc.) then I would separate my OS and data.  If this is an MP3, JPG kinda media server then you should be able to put both the OS and data on the same drive array. 

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Why would that matter?


--- Quote ---Patrickl: Since we're both saying the same thing let's not derail the thread.

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We don't agree. You simply misread my post. You make a recomendation that goes against the principle of using a redundant array (ie introduce a non-redundant part) so I think it has relevance to the thread.

meismr:
Fair enough, we don't agree.  I didn't misread your post.  You were wrong.  I said enterprise solutions separate their OS and data drives.  I'm right. 

If you're streaming large files over the network (like movies, large picture files, etc.) then separating your data and OS would improve performance.  If you don't then you may not have a high enough read rate and the movie will skip.

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