Specifications

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Hardware upgrades to improve database, SharePoint, Exchange, and
file server performance with the Intel processor-powered Dell
PowerEdge T630
Base configuration:
128GB memory,
18 × 1TB SAS/SATA
HDDs
Memory upgrade
configuration:
384GB memory,
18 × 1TB SAS/SATA
HDDs
SSD upgrade
configuration:
384GB memory,
14 × 1TB SAS/SATA
HDDs + 4× 800GB SSDs
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 5
15,458
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 6
15,424
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 7
15,366
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 8
15,492
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 9
15,446
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 10
15,513
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 11
15,529
SQL Server database / DVD Store
(OPM) – Instance 12
15,443
Total OPM
16,014
29,216
185,645
Figure 8: Detailed results for the Dell PowerEdge T630 baseline configuration, upgraded memory configuration, and
upgraded SSD configuration.