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6 Dell EMC SC Series: Microsoft Windows Server Best Practices | 680-042-007
1 Introduction
Microsoft Windows Server and Dell EMC SC Series storage are feature-rich solutions that together present
administrators with a diverse range of configuration options to solve key business objectives such as storage
capacity, performance, resiliency, and security. This section provides an overview of SC Series storage,
Windows Server, and general best practices.
1.1 SC Series overview
The SC Series storage array is well suited to provide a solid, proven, high-performance storage solution for
Windows Server environments. SC Series storage is designed from the ground up with features and
redundancies to optimize performance, maximize storage efficiency, and avoid downtime due to component
failures, maintenance, upgrades, and expansion.
SC7020F all-flash storage array
SC Series storage solutions offer enterprise-grade features at mid-range prices including:
• Hybrid and all-flash configurations
• Thin provisioning
• Automated sub-LUN tiering
• Intelligent block-level data placement, migration, and optimization between disk tiers
• Data encryption with self-encrypting drives
• Intelligent data reduction (compression and deduplication)
• Sub-disk RAID levels and distributed sparing
• Synchronous and asynchronous replication
• Live Volume with automatic failover for disaster recovery protection
• Federation with Live Migrate and Volume Advisor
• Cluster server support
• MPIO support for DAS and SAN configurations with SAS, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI
• Data-consistent snapshots (Replays) of Microsoft workloads with Replay Manager
• Easy-to-use management tools for configuration, monitoring, and reporting
• PowerShell integration
• LDAP/AD user authentication
• CloudIQ web-based analytics and monitoring
SC Series arrays provide a robust platform for the ultimate experience in performance, adaptability, and
efficiency.
Note: Not all features are supported with all SC Series models. To learn more about a specific SC Series
array and available features, visit the SC Series product page.