Table Of Contents - Dell PowerVault MD1120 Optimization Manual
Optimizing the dell powervault md1xxx family sas solution
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- Getting started manual (125 pages) ,
- Installation manual (102 pages) ,
- Hardware owner's manual (72 pages)
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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ POWERVAULT™ MD1XXX FAMILY SAS SOLUTION
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Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) .................................................................................................................................................... 5
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SAS Cabling .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Physical Drive Support ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
Third Party Hardware Support ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Server Support ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
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Enclosure Modes .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Unified Topology .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Split Topology ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Daisy-Chaining Multiple PowerVault MD1xxx Family Storage Enclosures .................................................................... 12
PowerVault MD1xxx Family - Common Features and Capabilities ................................................................................ 13
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PERC 5/E .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
PERC 6/E .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Considerations when implementing a RAID Solution ........................................................................................................ 17
Controller Features ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Capacity Requirements ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19
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Managing the PERC 5/E and PERC 6/E Controllers and the PowerVault MD1xxx Family Storage Enclosures ......... 21
Using the Create Virtual Disk Wizards ............................................................................................................................... 21
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks -- RAID Migration and Capacity Expansion ....................................................................... 22
Moving Physical Disks and Virtual Disk Configurations - Disk Roaming and Disk Migration ..................................... 23
Importing Migrated Virtual Disks ....................................................................................................................................... 24
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Identify customer usage model and needs ........................................................................................................................... 27
Picking a solution based on the application profile ............................................................................................................ 27
Application-Specific Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................... 30
E-Mail Servers ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Web Servers ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 31
Database or Online Transaction Processing Servers ........................................................................................................................... 32
File Servers .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
Streaming Media Servers ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Hot Spares ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
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6/16/2008
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