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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ POWERVAULT™ MD1XXX FAMILY SAS SOLUTION
Table 6: RAID Configuration Recommendations
Application
Database or Online
Transaction
Processing
Streaming Media
File- Archival
File-User File
General Storage Enclosure Guidelines
MD1000 – 3U/15 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
The MD1000 is a storage expansion enclosure housing up to 15 3.5-inch hard drives in 3U of rack
space. With its use of higher capacity 3.5" hard drives and its ability to support both high
performance SAS drives as well as low cost/high capacity SATA drives, the MD1000 is the general
purpose, capacity focused expansion enclosure in the Dell portfolio.
MD1120 – 2U/24 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
The MD1120 is a storage expansion enclosure housing up to 24 2.5-inch hard drives in 2U of rack
space. With its use of 2.5" hard drives that consume less space and use less power than 3.5" hard
drives, the MD1120 is the transactional performance focused expansion enclosure in the Dell
portfolio.
Table 7: Storage Enclosure Recommendations
Application
Database or Online
transaction processing
Streaming Media
File-User File Stores
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RAID Level
0
E-mail
Web
Stores
Recommended
Enclosure
E-mail
Web
File- Archival
Recommended
1 10 5 50
Not Recommended
MD1000
3U / 15 x 3.5" drive
Not Recommended
VER A02
6 60
Possible
MD1120
2U / 24 x 2.5" drive
Possible
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