where to put NTDS and Sysvol

[edutech4schools]

Hi,

Normally when installing a DC I put the NTDS on D and sysvol on C. But does it make a difference putting them on separate drives if they are just separate partitions of the same HDD?

(server2008r2, raid5)

[edutech4schools]

Other forums are saying that if space is not an issue and you don't have different physical drives for each partition to just leave the defaults.

[SYNACK]

Putting it on a dedicated different volume makes it safer in case the system partition fills up it won't corrupt AD which is handy.

[FN-GM]

Putting it on a dedicated different volume makes it safer in case the system partition fills up it won't corrupt AD which is handy.

Agreed. I setup a seperate partition. Also should something happen to the C drive on the server and it gets full active directory should carry on.