I got a server that has a RAID-5 array partitioned into C: and D:
drives (OS Win2K Adv. Server installed on C:). The server also has a
mapping to a NAS device using the latest protocols that trick the
system into thinking the map is actually a local SCSII drive. That's
drive X:.
This server is used only for SQL, and contains an OLTP database that
sees a lot of use and is pretty heavily indexed.
I am toying with the idea of centralizing my data storage on the NAS
(data center network segment is 1-gigabit ethernet). So I was
thinking about putting my primary data file on the NAS (drive X:) and
keeping all tables there, creating a secondary data file on local
RAID-5 (drive D:) and putting all non-clustered indexes there, as well
as keeping the tempdb there and specifying the sort in tempdb option.
Log files would also remain on D:.
If anyone can suggest a better scenario given the above setup - I'd
love to hear it. Much appreciated.
Alexey Aksyonenko