Cluster Nodes; Cluster Storage; Table 1-3. Cluster Node Requirements - Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE500W Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Cluster Nodes

Table 1-3 lists the hardware requirements for the cluster nodes.

Table 1-3. Cluster Node Requirements

Component
Cluster nodes
Processors
RAM
On-board hard drive
controller
Clustered RAID adapter
Network adapters

Cluster storage

PowerEdge Cluster SE500W configurations support up to four PowerVault 22xS storage systems
per cluster.
Minimum Requirement
Two supported PowerEdge systems running Windows 2000 Advanced
Server operating system.
or
Two supported PowerEdge systems running Windows Server 2003
operating system.
At least two processors for each cluster node.
At least 256 MB of RAM installed on each cluster node for Windows
2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.
At least 512 MB RAM installed on each cluster node for Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.
For the internal drives, you can use any RAID controller or SCSI
adapter supported by the server platform.
Two disk drives are required for mirroring (RAID 1) and at least three
disk drives are required for disk striping with parity (RAID 5).
NOTE:
Dell strongly recommends that you use hardware-based RAID or
software-based disk-fault tolerance for the internal drives. At least 4 GB
disk space is required for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.
Up to two PERC 4/DC or two PERC 4e/DC cards for each cluster node.
Dell recommends placing your RAID adapters on separate I/O busses to
improve availability and performance.
See the Platform Guide for more information about supported
PowerEdge systems.
Minimum of two network interfaces: one for the public network (client
LAN connections) and another for the private network (cluster
interconnect).
The network adapters installed in each cluster node must be identical
and supported by the server platform.
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