We are in the process of deploying a new Exchange 2010 Server. We will enable per-mailbox journaling or possibly create one database with all users that messages must be journaled. In any case, I have been tasked to find out if we should place the journaling db on the same drive as the other databases or should it be on a separate drive by itself? Our environment is 300+ users - Exchange will be on a PE2900 with 48GB RAM RAID1 O/S (120GB) with a (300GB) partition for logs. The database drive will be (1.2TB) RAID1+0 Thanks for any guidance, Steve Rowe

Exchange don't have requirement for you to put the journaling db on another driver, but i think it is better for you to put on a separate driver, because when you journling emails for many users, the journaling db size will increase quickly, this may affect other db saved on the same driver. Thanks, Evan Evan Liu TechNet Community Support

Exchange don't have requirement for you to put the journaling db on another driver, but i think it is better for you to put on a separate driver, because when you journling emails for many users, the journaling db size will increase quickly, this may affect other db saved on the same driver. Thanks, Evan Evan Liu TechNet Community Support

Stick it whereever you want as long as you have the space and monitoring in place.Sukh

Stick it whereever you want as long as you have the space and monitoring in place.Sukh