So this has been a long time coming. It’s been over a year since I originally wrote the Storage Architecture whitepaper and it was in need of refreshing.
While the original content was certainly accurate, there were a few things that I wanted to clarify, particularly after having attended the SharePoint Master training. There were also a couple things for which conventional wisdom has shifted a bit like the fact that we are now allowed to split the SearchDB into 2 file groups.
Also, I wanted to add in some additional guidance on a few more topics that I receive a LOT of questions about. So in the updated whitepaper, you’ll find additional information about:
- Storage Subsystem Comparison (DAS vs SAN vs NAS)
- Under what circumstances is it OK to virtualize my SharePoint servers?
- Disk Partition Alignment (ok, not so many questions about this, but it’s really important!)
I hope it helps someone.
Cheers
