Dell PowerEdge R940 Deploying the 385TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Ar - 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 385TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 and SC9000, available on the SC Series technical documents page. This guide also covers requirements for preparing the hardware platform and provisioning the OS to achieve a balanced, optimized 385TB configuration for a Microsoft SQL Server 2017 data warehouse by using Dell EMC™ PowerEdge™ R940 servers, Dell EMC SC9000 storage arrays, and Microsoft Data Warehouse Fast Track (DWFT) principles. PPuubblliicc Nneettwwoorrk Brocade 6505 04 15 26 37 8 12 9 13 10 14 11 15 16 20 17 21 18 22 19 23 Brocade 6505 Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 Brocade 6505 04 15 26 37 8 12 9 13 10 14 11 15 16 20 17 21 18 22 19 23 Brocade 6505 2 x Dell EMC SC9000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 x Dell Storage SC420 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Single-server reference architecture Note: The 385TB 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 385TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 and SC9000 | 4033-CD-SQL