• Tempdb drives are much too small. SQL uses tempdb a lot, and you can't afford to run out of tempdb space.

    I would not dismiss RAID5 for the db data so quickly. Reads are faster on RAID5, although writes are much slower of course. Proper selection here requires more investigation.

    I agree that tempdb data should not be on RAID5, since it is a higher % of write vs read.

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