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Storage Solutions Guide 27
NOTE: Follow the steps for Windows Server 2008 within the documentation.
The configuration and software installation detailed in the guide should be
carried out in the parent partition.
Best practices during configuration:
• For information on appropriately sizing the LUNs, see "Sizing Storage
for Your VM" on page 30.
• LUNs that store virtual machine data should reside on a fault tolerant
RAID group.
• Each virtual machine should have its own unique set of LUNs that
contain the virtual machine files and virtual machine hard drives.
3 Provide virtual machines with the provisioned storage as either
passthrough disks or format the disks and place VHDs on the formatted
partition (see "Appendix B: Preparing Storage for Your VMs" on page 40).
SAS Arrays
Dell PowerVault MD3000
The PowerVault MD3000 is a modular disk storage array capable of housing
up to fifteen 3.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives in a single 3U rack enclosure
and is expandable by adding up to two additional expansion enclosures for a
total of 45 drives. In the recommended configuration, the MD3000 can
support up to two hosts (see Figure 12). The entire array subsystem is
managed from the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM), a single
software application that streamlines the management and maintenance of
storage as it scales.