Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave 7.6 Sizing Guide
Dell PowerConnect
W-AirWave 7.6
Server Sizing Guide
Copyright
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Contents
Selecting Your Hardware Components 1
CPU, Memory, and Storage Matrix 1
Choosing Your CPU 2
Choosing Your Memory 2
Choosing Your RAID Controller 3
RAID Configuration Information 3
200 Devices and Below 3
500 Devices 3
1,000 Devices 3
1,750 Devices 3
2,500 Devices 3
5,000 Devices - Non-SSD Drives 3
5,000 Devices - SSD Drives 3
Choosing Your Hard Drives 4
SSDs vs 15K SAS 4
Configuring Your Hardware 5
CPUConfiguration 5
Disk Partitioning 5
File System Configuration 5
Virtualization and Scalability 7
Virtualization 7
Scalability Assumptions 7
Sizing a Master Console and Failover Server 9
Master Console 9
Failover Server 9
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