Dell PowerEdge R720xd Dell SMB Reference Configuration for Microsoft SQL Serve - Page 9

Dell SMB Reference Configuration for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse on PowerEdge R720xd Drive Slot configuration:  Slot 0-17: Nine RAID 1 disk groups were created, each configured with a single Virtual Disk dedicated for the primary user data.  Slot 18-21: One RAID 10 disk group was created of four disks and a single Virtual Disk dedicated to host the database log files.  Slot 22-23: The remaining two disks were assigned as global hot spares.  Slot 24-25: Rear Bay Drives, One RAID 1 disk group for operating system and stage space. For Fast Track architectures, Dell recommends that you use mount-point rather than drive letters for storage access. It is also very important to assign the appropriate virtual disk and mount-point names to the configuration in order to simplify troubleshooting and performance analysis. Mount-point names should be assigned in such a way that the logical file system reflects the underlying physical storage enclosure mapping. Table 3 shows the virtual disk and mount-point names used for the specific reference configuration and the appropriate storage layer mapping. All the logical volumes were mounted to the "C:\FT" folder. Table 3. Mount Point Naming and the Storage Enclosure Mapping Disk Virtual Virtual Disk Label Group Disk Logical Label Full Volume Path 1 1 Cage1-Card1-vData1 Data1 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData1 2 2 Cage1-Card1-vData2 Data2 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData2 3 3 Cage1-Card1-vData3 Data3 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData3 4 4 Cage1-Card1-vData4 Data4 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData4 5 5 Cage1-Card1-vData5 Data5 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData5 6 6 Cage1-Card1-vData6 Data6 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData6 7 7 Cage1-Card1-vData7 Data7 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData7 8 8 Cage1-Card1-vData8 Data8 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData8 9 9 Cage1-Card1-vData9 Data9 C:\FT\PRI\Cage1-Card1-vData9 10 10 Cage1-Card1-vLog Log C:\FT\LOG\Cage1-Card1-vLog 9