I'm hoping someone can sanity check my plan for a new AD DS install.
I'm building the first 2008 DC for a non-profit. Max users are estimated to be 100, with about 40 to 50 for starters. The server has two internal disk drives:
C: System, Boot, Page, RAID 1 (20Gb free)
E: Secondary disk drive, Simple Volume (250Gb free)
My thinking on how to partition the storage and install AD DS is as follows:
1. NTDS.DIT -- on C: (has 20Gb free)
2. Logs -- create a separate 10Gb partition (F:) on the Secondary drive for Logs
3. SYSVOL -- on E: in another separate 100Gb partition (G:)
My reasoning is that
a) NTDS and Logs should definitely be on separate spindles. Since NTDS.DIT should remain under 5Gb, there is enough space on C:
b) SYSVOL should generally not be on the boot disk (which is tight on space anyway), and while not optimal on the same disk as Logs, it is the best choice in this scenarios.
Does this sound about right?