Dell PowerEdge R720xd - About Your System; Front-Panel Features and Indicators

Dell SMB Reference Configuration for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse on
PowerEdge R720xd
9
Drive Slot configuration:
 Slot 0-17: Nine RAID 1 disk groups were created, each configured with a single Virtual Disk
dedicated for the primary user data.
 Slot 18-21: One RAID 10 disk group was created of four disks and a single Virtual Disk dedicated
to host the database log files.
 Slot 22-23: The remaining two disks were assigned as global hot spares.
 Slot 24-25: Rear Bay Drives, One RAID 1 disk group for operating system and stage space.
For Fast Track architectures, Dell recommends that you use mount-point rather than drive letters for
storage access. It is also very important to assign the appropriate virtual disk and mount-point names
to the configuration in order to simplify troubleshooting and performance analysis. Mount-point names
should be assigned in such a way that the logical file system reflects the underlying physical storage
enclosure mapping. Table 3 shows the virtual disk and mount-point names used for the specific
reference configuration and the appropriate storage layer mapping. All the logical volumes were
mounted to the “C:\FT” folder.
Table 3. Mount Point Naming and the Storage Enclosure Mapping
Disk
Group
Virtual
Disk
Virtual Disk Label
Logical Label
Full Volume Path
1
1
Cage1-Card1-vData1
Data1
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData1
2
2
Cage1-Card1-vData2
Data2
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData2
3
3
Cage1-Card1-vData3
Data3
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData3
4
4
Cage1-Card1-vData4
Data4
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData4
5
5
Cage1-Card1-vData5
Data5
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData5
6
6
Cage1-Card1-vData6
Data6
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData6
7
7
Cage1-Card1-vData7
Data7
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData7
8
8
Cage1-Card1-vData8
Data8
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData8
9
9
Cage1-Card1-vData9
Data9
C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData9
10
10
Cage1-Card1-vLog
Log
C:\FT\LOG\Cage1-Card1-vLog