RAID 5 configuration and future expansion

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Published on 2010-03-18T14:22:31Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 14:31 UTC
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hi,

I am building a PC to act as a file server among other things, and I was wondering whether it is a good idea to create 2 partitions on the RAID 5 array, one for OS one for data, or to have a separate disk for OS and use array for data.

Also, one day i may want to add another disk to the array, so would there be any issues if I had the OS partition on the RAID5 array when it came to resizing the data partition?

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