Cisco UCS S3260 M5

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Design Criteria .................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Physical Infrastructure Considerations ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Single Node versus Dual Node Cisco UCS S3260 .................................................................................................................... 27
Replication versus Erasure Coding ................................................................................................................................................. 27
Replication .................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Erasure Coding .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Supported Erasure Coding Configurations ................................................................................................................................. 28
Flash Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
JBOD versus RAID0 Disks .......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Memory Sizing ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Network Considerations ............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Uplinks ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Multi-Site Deployments.............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Expansion of the Cluster ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Deployment Guide .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
About the Authors ............................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................................ 35