Software-defined storage building blocks
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Pre-configured with certified components and validated building blocks that can simplify ordering and reduce deployment risks
Hardware designed just for Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct
Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are pre-configured with certified components and validated building blocks that can simplify ordering and reduce deployment risks while providing a superb customer support experience.
Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016
Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable software-defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional SAN or NAS arrays. Its converged or hyper-converged architecture radically simplifies procurement and deployment, while features like caching, storage tiers, and erasure coding, together with the latest hardware innovation like RDMA networking and NVMe drives, deliver unrivaled efficiency and performance.
Confidence
Tested and certified by Dell EMC and Microsoft to take the guesswork out of building Storage Spaces Direct clusters.
Convenience
Pre-configured Dell EMC Ready Nodes make adoption very convenient. And they reduce administrative work with fewer interfaces, fewer steps and less need for specialized knowledge.
Customer support
Supported globally by Dell EMC, providing streamlined, collaborative support from the first call.- Add-in-card:
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE with + dual port 1GbE
Memory*
- 128GB –1.5TB
Processor
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with Silver, Gold and Platinum options
Power
- PowerEdge R440, R640, R740xd
Redundant; 1,100 or 750 watts
Services
- ProDeploy Plus with add-on for Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (optional)
ProSupport Plus or ProSupport
ProSupport for Software for Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes (required) includes on-site diagnosis services for ROBO
Storage
- Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
Up to 12 x 3.5" NL-SAS/SATA HDD
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
4 or 8 x 3.5" NL-SAS/SATA HDD
NVME AIC + HDD R740xd
Up to 12x 3.5" NL‑SAS/SATA HDD
All-NVMe PowerEdge R740xd
4 – 12 PCIe SSD NVMe mixed use
NVME + HDD R740xd
Up to 20x 2.5" NL-SAS/SATA or SAS 10K HDD
NVME + SSD R740xd
Up to 20 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs
All-flash PowerEdge R740xd
4 – 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs
Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
4/8/9 NL-SAS/SATA/SAS 10K HDD
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
4/6/8 NL-SAS/SATA/SAS 10K HDD
All-flash capacity PowerEdge R640
4–12 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs
All-flash balanced PowerEdge R640
4–10 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs
Hybrid Remote office branch office R640
4/6/8x NL‑ SAS/SATA or SAS 10K HDD
All-flash Remote office branch office R640
4–10x SAS/SATA SSDs
Hybrid PowerEdge R440
4/6/8x 2TB NL SAS/SATA or 2x 4TB SAS 10K HDD
All-flash PowerEdge R440
4–10x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs
Storage: OS Boot
- BOSS with dual M.2 240GB and 480GB (RAID 1)
Storage Devices
Internal HBA330
Drive Controllers
- Internal HBA330
Software
- Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 9
Software (optional)
OpenManage Essentials
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition comes with Storage Spaces Direct
Chassis
- Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
12 x 3.5" front + 4 x 3.5” mid + 2 x 3.5" rear
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
12 x 3.5" front
NVME AIC + HDD R740xd
12 x 3.5" front bay with 2 NVMe AICs
All-NVMe PowerEdge R740xd
24 x 2.5" front with 12 NVMe drives
NVME + HDD or SSD R740xd
24 x 2.5" front bay with up to 4 NVMe drives
All-flash PowerEdge R740xd
24 x 2.5" front
Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5" front + 2 x 2.5" rear
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5" front
All-flash capacity PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5" front + 2 x 2.5" rear flex
All-flash balanced PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5" front
Remote office branch office R640
10 x 2.5" front
Hybrid PowerEdge R440
10 x 2.5" front
All-flash PowerEdge R440
10 x 2.5" front
Compute
- PowerEdge R740xd
PowerEdge R640
PowerEdge R440
Cache
- Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
Up to 6 x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
2 or 4 x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs
NVME AIC + HDD R740xd
2x PCIe NVMe add-in-cards
NVME + HDD or SSD R740xd
2-4x PCIe NVMe drives
Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
2/3/4 x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
2x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs
Hybrid Remote office branch office R640
2x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs
Hybrid PowerEdge R440
2x SAS/SATA MU SSDs
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