Selecting Your Hardware Components; Cpu, Memory, And Storage Matrix - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 Server Sizing Manual

This document provides information for selecting hardware. Note that this document is current with supported
information for Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6.
This section includes the following topics:
"CPU, Memory, and Storage Matrix" on page 1
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"Choosing Your CPU" on page 2
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"Choosing Your Memory" on page 2
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"Choosing Your RAID Controller" on page 3
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"Choosing Your Hard Drives" on page 4
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CPU, Memory, and Storage Matrix

The following table lists the recommended specifications for optimum AirWave server performance.
Table 1:
Recommended CPU, Memory, and Storage
Devices
Less than 500
500
1000
1500
4000
5000
5000 SSD
NOTE: Ensure that the disk subsystem can sustain 4KB random write rates. Sustained sequential write rates will not help because
AirWave writes are primarily random.
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RAM
CPU
(GB)
Any 8
Intel Core i3-2220 @
16
3.30GHz
Intel Core i5-3570 @
32
3.40GHz
Intel Xeon E5-2660 @
48
2.20GHz
Dual Intel Xeon E5-
80
2660 @ 2.20GHz
Dual Intel Xeon E5-
96
2690 @ 2.90GHz
Dual Intel Xeon E5-
96
2690 @ 2.90GHz
Chapter 1

Selecting Your Hardware Components

IOs Needed
Disk Config by AirWave
Any 50
6x 146GB 15k RAID
300
10
10x 146GB 15k
600
RAID 10
12x 146GB 15k
900
RAID 10
16x 146GB 15k RAID
2400
10
18x 146GB 15k RAID
3000
10
6x 500GB SSD RAID
3000
10
Storage (GB)
75
410
685
821
1095
1232
1397
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