Dell PowerEdge R640 Deploying the 55TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Arc - Page 4

Overview Overview This guide provides step-by-step instructions to build a balanced configuration for a Microsoft® SQL Server® data warehouse workload, as specified in the companion reference architecture document, 55TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 and Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 (available on Dell.com/support). This guide also covers requirements for preparing the hardware platform and provisioning the OS to achieve a balanced, optimized 55TB configuration for a Microsoft SQL Server 2017 data warehouse by using Dell EMC™ PowerEdge™ R640 servers, Dell EMC PowerVault™ ME4024 storage arrays, and Microsoft Data Warehouse Fast Track (DWFT) principles. Single-server reference architecture Note: The 55TB solution includes both a single-server configuration and a highly available (HA) configuration. For simplicity, this guide only covers the single-server implementation. 4 Deploying the 55TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 and Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 | 4023-CD-SQL