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Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Deployment Guide

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Rack space

This solution requires a minimum amount of rack space for the servers and storage enclosures. The following table lists the amount of contiguous rack space required based on your solution.

Table 1. Required rack space for SOFS configurations . Required rack space for SOFS configurations
Server or storage solution 2x1 2x2 2x3 2x4 3x3 3x4 4x4
DSMS 630 with DSMS 14x0 series 4U 6U 8U 10U 9U 11U 12U
DSMS 630 with DSMS 3060e 6U 10U 14U 18U 15U 19U 20U
DSMS 730 with DSMS 14x0 series 6U 8U 10U 12U 12U 14U 16U
DSMS 730 with DSMS 1420 (All Flash Array) 6U 8U N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
DSMS 730 with DSMS 3060e 8U 12U 16U 20U 18U 22U 24U
Table 2. Required rack space for converged configurations . Required rack space for converged configurations
Server or storage solution 2x1 2x2 2x3 2x4 3x3 3x4 4x3 4x4
DSMS 630 with DSMS 14x0 series 4U 6U 8U 10U 9U 11U 12U N/A
DSMS 630 with DSMS 3060e 6U 10U 14U 18U 15U 19U N/A 20U
DSMS 730 with DSMS 14x0 series 6U 8U 10U 12U 12U 14U 14U 16U
DSMS 730 with DSMS 1420 (All Flash Array) 6U 8U N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
DSMS 730 with DSMS 3060e 8U 12U 16U 20U 18U 22U N/A 24U
  • NOTE: You may have to consider additional rack space for switches, SMB client servers, and other requirements for your environment.

Internet connectivity

If you are using Windows Update for OS updates and fixes, each server node requires internet access.

DNS

Server nodes in the cluster must use Domain Name System (DNS) for name resolution. Also, the server nodes can use DNS Dynamic update protocol.

Domain role

When you create a server node for a cluster, each server node must be in the same Active Directory (AD) Domain and you must specify their role as "member server."

Administrator account for the cluster

To create a cluster, you must have an account to the domain that has administrator rights and permissions on all server nodes in the cluster.

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