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BP1013 Best Practices for Enhancing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Data Protection and Availability 47
General Exchange best practices
• Use Basic disk type for all the EqualLogic volumes
• Use GUID partition table (GPT) for Exchange volumes
• Use default disk alignment provided by Windows 2008 or greater
• Use NTFS with 64KB allocation unit for Exchange databases and logs partitions
• Deploy physically separated disks for guest Windows Operating System and Exchange data
• Isolation of logs and database is not required when deployed in a DAG
• Do not use circular logging when planning for granular recovery by the transaction log replay
process
• Leave background database maintenance enabled (24x7) and account for the load
• Use dedicated network and network adapters to segregate Replication traffic in a DAG
Note: For general recommendations and information about Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays, refer to:
Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide, available at:
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/EqualLogic+Configuration+Guide