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Dell SMB Reference Configuration for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse on PowerEdge R720xd Hardware Component Architecture Redundant and robust tests have been conducted on Dell's PowerEdge servers to determine best practices and guidelines for building a balanced FTDW system. Figure 1. Proposed Dell Fast Track Reference Architecture Table 2. Tested Dell Fast Track Reference Architecture Component Details Component Details Server PowerEdge R720xd CPU (1) Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 CPU @3.3GHz (HT Enabled) Number of sockets used 1 Total Number of CPU Cores 4 Memory 96GB RAM (4 X 16GB DDR3 DIMMs @1333MHz 4 X 8GB DDR3 DIMMs @1333MHz) Internal Hard Drives 22x 300GB 10K 2.5" SAS (18 Data, 4 Logs) 2x 600GB 10K 2.5" SAS (2 Hot Spares) 2x 600GB 10K 2.5" SAS (2 drives OS) Rear Bay Operating System Microsoft Windows® 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition Database Software Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition 5