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Required installation tools
Items required for installation include the following, some of which ship with the disk enclosure:
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Rack mounting kit
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Disk enclosure
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Disk drives and drive blanks
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SAS controller or controller enclosure
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SAS cables
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Power cables
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Access to a workstation on the server
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Access to the Internet
NOTE: A variety of disk drives, SAS controllers, controller enclosures, and SAS cables are supported for use with this disk
enclosure. For more information, see the HPE D3000 Enclosures QuickSpecs available on the Accessing QuickSpecs
website .
Storage planning considerations
Proper planning of the system storage and its subsequent performance is critical to a successful deployment of the disk
enclosure. Improper planning or implementation can result in wasted storage space, degraded performance, or inability to
expand the system to meet growing storage needs.
Storage planning considerations include:
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System and performance expectations
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Striping methods
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RAID levels
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Disk drive sizes and types
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Spare drives
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Array sizing (capacity)
For the minimum supported configuration, and other configuration information, see the QuickSpecs for the disk enclosure.
System and performance expectations
To help determine the best way to configure your storage, rank the following three storage characteristics in order of
importance:
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Fault tolerance (high availability)
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I/O performance
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Storage efficiency
With priorities established, determine which striping method and RAID level to use; some configuration methods offer
greater fault tolerance, while other configuration methods offer better I/O performance or storage efficiency.
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