Span IIS to multiple volumes?

Hello, I have recieved a new server which will be used as
both an IIS server and a Windows Media server.

In an effort to maximize the total volume size, and due to
budgeting issues out of my control, I could not set the
server up with RAID5 as I wanted to, taking the 5 physical
drives and making them into a SYS volume and storage
volume. (RAID5 does this, but also takes something like
20% of the total drive capacity to do so... we need every
GB to be available for file storage.)

My question is how to attach the 5 drives to my IIS
server. I have already attached the 5 drives to my Media
server, however I need to be able to link the media files
via my IIS. An example of my setup as of current:

C: = Windows 2003 server system files
D: = CD Rom
E: = IIS Home directory, and publish point for WMS
F: = Publish point for WMS
G: = Publish point for WMS
H: = Publish point for WMS
I: = Publish point for WMS

Any ideas?

Jonathan
Tue Nov 25 22:24:30 CST 2003

It won't be difficult to do. After the IIS install just change the home
directory to a place on the E: drive, and the publish points for WMS have a
GUI set-up so pointing them to different disks won't be difficult

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"John" <john.lallier@sjhsyr.org> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have recieved a new server which will be used as
> both an IIS server and a Windows Media server.
>
> In an effort to maximize the total volume size, and due to
> budgeting issues out of my control, I could not set the
> server up with RAID5 as I wanted to, taking the 5 physical
> drives and making them into a SYS volume and storage
> volume. (RAID5 does this, but also takes something like
> 20% of the total drive capacity to do so... we need every
> GB to be available for file storage.)
>
> My question is how to attach the 5 drives to my IIS
> server. I have already attached the 5 drives to my Media
> server, however I need to be able to link the media files
> via my IIS. An example of my setup as of current:
>
> C: = Windows 2003 server system files
> D: = CD Rom
> E: = IIS Home directory, and publish point for WMS
> F: = Publish point for WMS
> G: = Publish point for WMS
> H: = Publish point for WMS
> I: = Publish point for WMS
>
> Any ideas?

John
Tue Nov 25 22:50:37 CST 2003

How would I create links to the actual files at that point? Would the
HTML just show a link to that particular file?

Example:

File called "test.wmv" on my "Share2" WMS publish point, drive F:

File called "test2.wmv" on my "Share3" WMS publish point, drive G:

What would be the link sytax, or since my WMS has those down as publish
points, would it just be: "http://servername/test.wmv" ?

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Jonathan
Tue Nov 25 23:09:02 CST 2003

It will be more along the lines of:
http://servername/publishingpoint/file.ext
And you can link like that, WMS will even create an "announcement" HTML page
that you can copy the link code out of

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"John Lallier" <john.lallier@sjhsyr.org> wrote in message
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> How would I create links to the actual files at that point? Would the
> HTML just show a link to that particular file?
>
> Example:
>
> File called "test.wmv" on my "Share2" WMS publish point, drive F:
>
> File called "test2.wmv" on my "Share3" WMS publish point, drive G:
>
> What would be the link sytax, or since my WMS has those down as publish
> points, would it just be: "http://servername/test.wmv" ?
>
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jcochran
Wed Nov 26 08:55:39 CST 2003

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:18:02 -0800, "John" <john.lallier@sjhsyr.org>
wrote:

>Hello, I have recieved a new server which will be used as
>both an IIS server and a Windows Media server.
>
>In an effort to maximize the total volume size, and due to
>budgeting issues out of my control, I could not set the
>server up with RAID5 as I wanted to, taking the 5 physical
>drives and making them into a SYS volume and storage
>volume. (RAID5 does this, but also takes something like
>20% of the total drive capacity to do so... we need every
>GB to be available for file storage.)

RAID 0 would have been an option. RAID 5 also provides redundancy,
which is the usual reason for using it.

>My question is how to attach the 5 drives to my IIS
>server. I have already attached the 5 drives to my Media
>server, however I need to be able to link the media files
>via my IIS. An example of my setup as of current:

>C: = Windows 2003 server system files
>D: = CD Rom
>E: = IIS Home directory, and publish point for WMS
>F: = Publish point for WMS
>G: = Publish point for WMS
>H: = Publish point for WMS
>I: = Publish point for WMS
>
>Any ideas?

You could just span a single volume across all five drives. Naturally
you risk the occasional drive failure that wipes your system, but if
you're foregoing RAID5 you're probably willing to risk it.

Otherwise, make F, G, H and I virtual folders under your web site.

Jeff