Users Guide

Rack requirements

When planning to deploy this solution, you must estimate the physical space requirements required in the

rack. Dell recommends you to use a 48U rack with a depth of over 1000 mm when deploying this

solution to ensure ease of cable management.

The four major components of this solution are the client servers, switches, storage nodes, and the

storage enclosures. While the quantity of storage nodes 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 Table 1.

Table 1. Rack space requirements

Server or storage

solution

2x2 2x3 3x3 2x4 4x4

Dell PowerEdge

R630 or Dell

PowerVault

MD3060e

10U 14U 15U 18U 20U

Dell PowerEdge

R730 or Dell Storage

MD1400 series

8U 10U 12U 12U N/A

Dell PowerEdge

R730 or Dell

PowerVault

MD3060e

12U 16U 18U 20U N/A