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9 Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 8,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution using 10K drives | 3917-ESRP
5 Tested deployment
The following tables summarize the testing environment.
5.1 Simulated Exchange configuration
Simulated Exchange configuration
Configuration item
Value
Mailboxes simulated
8,000
DAGs
1
Servers per DAG
8
Active mailboxes per server
1,000
Databases per host
5
Copies per database
2
Mailboxes per database
200
Simulated profile (I/Os per second per mailbox)
.084 (.1 tested)
Database and log LUN size
838 GB
Total database size for testing
12.2 TB
% storage capacity used by Exchange database
81%
5.2 Primary storage hardware
Primary storage hardware
Component
Description
Storage connectivity
iSCSI 10GbE
Storage model and OS or firmware revision
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 array
Number of storage controllers
2
Number of storage ports
2 active per controller
Maximum bandwidth of storage connectivity to host
40Gb/sec (20Gb/sec per controller)
Switch type, model, and firmware revision
Dell EMC Networking S5000; software version:
9.10(0.1P5)
HBA model and firmware
Intel
®
X520 Dual Port 10Gb
Number of HBAs per host
1 Intel X520
Host server type
Dell EMC PowerEdge R640, 2 x Intel Xeon 6126
Gold 12 core 2.6GHz, 128GB RAM
Total number of disks tested in solution
24
Maximum number of hard drives hosted in the
storage array
336 drives using the 24 built-in bays plus external
enclosures