Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Best Practices Guide

When planning to deploy this solution, use Table 1 and Table 2 to estimate the physical space requirements required in the rack. Dell recommends that you to use a 48U rack with a depth of at least 1000 mm when deploying this solution to ensure ease of cable management. However, if the solution includes a DSMS 3060e Storage Enclosure, then a rack with 1200 mm depth is recommended.

The four major components of this solution are the client servers, switches, servers, and the storage enclosures. While the quantity of servers and storage enclosures are defined on the basis of solution that was ordered, you can customize the client servers and switches to fulfill the application requirements. Each solution’s rack space requirements are listed in the following tables.

Figure 1. Example rack space usage for SOFS configuration

1. Two Switches—Dell Networking S4810

   (1U each)

2. Four SMB Client Servers— DSMS 630 (1U each)
3. Two Storage Nodes— DSMS 730

   (2U each)

4. Two Storage Enclosures— DSMS 3060e (4U each)

Figure 2. Example rack space usage for Converged configuration

1. Two Switches—Dell Networking S4810 (1U each)
2. Two Compute Servers— DSMS 730 (2U each)
3. Two Storage Enclosures— DSMS 1400 (2U each)