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Best way to deploy SQL Server 2005 with SAN
28 January 08 01:01 AM | SQL Master | 6 Comments   

If it is a first time you are deploying the SQL Server 2005 on a SAN, then there are few things you need to be considered that will be raised by installations that are either deploying SQL Server for the first time or are upgrading to SAN from direct Read More...

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Is RAID5 better for performance when SQL Server Clustering and SAN is involved?
22 January 08 11:28 PM | SQL Master | 8 Comments   

One of the recent usergroup meeting brought an interesting question that "what type of hardware I need for a RAID-5 Shared Array for SQL Server Cluster"? By default RAID5 hardware controller is best to hold as not to go with software RAID5 as it will Read More...

Filed under: performance, sql server, raid, hardware, disks, best practice, monitoring, benchmarking, san, scsi