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Microsoft Windows NT Server
Hardware
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Drive of Its Own |
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Keep write-intensive and read-intensive environments on separate
physical devices. For instance, keep swap space on a drive of its own if
possible, the operating system on another, applications on a third and
data on a fourth. |
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Smart RAID |
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If possible, use multichannel hardware-accelerated disk controllers for
RAID, or devices that use Intelligent I/O or I2O technology. This
offloads I/O processing to dedicated CPUs on the controllers themselves. |
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Earn Your Stripes |
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NT's Disk Administrator lets you control stripe sets and volumes on a
RAID array, but it's better to initially create stripe sets and volumes
with the utilities included with your RAID controller. |
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Neglected NIC |
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Sometimes after changing an NT server's hardware configuration, NT 4.0
misreads the network interface card's settings. To remedy this, delete
the drivers for the card completely and reinstall them. |
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Keep Your Repair Disk Up To Date |
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It's a good idea to keep your Repair Diskette updated so you won't lose
user accounts if you have to restore a backup. To update the repair disk
when you add new users, run RDISK.EXE from an NT command prompt. |
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