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10 Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 8,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution using 10K drives | 3917-ESRP
5.3 Primary storage software
Primary storage software
Configuration
Detail
HBA driver
Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520, driver version: 3.12.11.1
Multipathing
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 R2 MPIO Round-Robin (in-box
DSM)
Host OS
Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Datacenter Edition with desktop
ESE.dll file version
15.01.1034.026
Replication solution
name and version
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 DAG replication
5.4 Primary storage disk configuration (mailbox store/log disks)
Primary storage disk configuration
Configuration
Detail
Disk type, speed, and firmware revision
SAS 10K 1.2 TB
Number of physical disks in test
20 (+4 hot spares, 2-pool storage pool) =
24 drives
Total raw storage capacity (GB)
28.8 TB
RAID level
ADAPT RAID, N+2
Total formatted capacity
17.8 TB
Storage capacity utilization
81%
Total database size used for testing
12TB