Disk Formatting OptionsDisks and partitions can be formatted in a variety of ways depending on how you wish to utilize them. Mac OS X Server 10.3 prefers to format a disk as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). This is a departure from previous versions of Mac OS X Server. Let's look at the various formatting options (. zeroing, the disk. Doing so erases the disk so that any data previously on the disk is now essentially unrecoverable (although companies such as Drive Savers can attempt the recovery of data, albeit for a price). Zeroing a large disk will increase the amount of time before an installation can take place. Another important choice to make is how you name your disk(s). In days of old, Macintosh users named their disks whatever they wished. Since multiplatform functionality is paramount with Mac OS X Server, you may wish to use all small letters, no spaces, and no other characters in the name of the disk. Although naming your disk "My Mac OS X Server 10.3" is fine, you may find that "osxserver" works better in the long run. Minimizing the length of the name will offer an advantage in certain areas, as you'll see later. To wipe a disk:
 TipUsing the diskutil command-line utility to format your disk(s) is perfectly acceptable and is an excellent way to format disks from a remote location on an Xserve booted from a Mac OS X Server CD 1. |
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from the First Aid tab 
on your newly formatted disk or volumes.