Dell PowerEdge R720xd - Figure 4. Internal Storage Controller Settings; Figure 5. RAID Configuration

Dell SMB Reference Configuration for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse on
PowerEdge R720xd
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Figure 4. Internal Storage Controller Settings
RAID configuration
One of the most critical decisions to make when deploying a new storage solution is which RAID type(s)
to use, because that choice heavily impacts the performance of the application. We have configured
the proposed Fast Track configuration using RAID 1 disk groups for database data files and RAID 10 for
database log files. Nine RAID 1 data disk groups and one RAID 10 log disk group were created each with
a single Virtual Disk. Figure 5 shows the proposed RAID configuration.
Figure 5. RAID Configuration
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[Rear Bay Drives]