3 different drives for 1 server...

[thespeakerbox]

Im setting up windows SBS 2003 on an old amd 64 machine and dont know how to setup the hard drives

I have a Seagate 300gb and two matching WD 250gb drives. What would be the best way to setup something that can provide a good back up of files in case a drive fails.

I plan to do weekly back ups to DVD and send them off site. It's a tiny little company thats just starting out and i'm unsure what level of protection to have when it comes to data.

 

[MixManSC]

Based on what you have available, I'd use the 400GB drive for the OS and apps, and set the two 250's as a mirrored pair for critical data in addition to very frequent backups.

 

[GeorgeHR]

Use 1 250GB drive for data. Backup, xcopy, each night to the other 250GB drive in a external case.

How much data do you have? (just a DVD worth.)

Put the data on the 400GB drive in a new partition. Use the 2 250GB drives in external cases to rotate as backups to directories like MMMDDYY.