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...CONTENTS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL SCSI SOLUTIONS 3 1. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - SCSI HOST BUS ADAPTERS / SCSI RAID...29 RAID: Hardware Vs Software ...29 Considerations to Implement a RAID Solution 29 Controller Family...30 ...External SCSI Connector Types...25 PV22xS Configuration Topology and Application Attributes 26 5. Common Features and Capabilities 22 SCSI ID Assignment...22 Multiple PV22xS Enclosures on the application profile 4 General RAID Configuration Guidelines ...5 Application specific guidelines...6 ...
...CONTENTS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL SCSI SOLUTIONS 3 1. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - SCSI HOST BUS ADAPTERS / SCSI RAID...29 RAID: Hardware Vs Software ...29 Considerations to Implement a RAID Solution 29 Controller Family...30 ...External SCSI Connector Types...25 PV22xS Configuration Topology and Application Attributes 26 5. Common Features and Capabilities 22 SCSI ID Assignment...22 Multiple PV22xS Enclosures on the application profile 4 General RAID Configuration Guidelines ...5 Application specific guidelines...6 ...
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...as well as applications necessitate • Cost - PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family •... non-RAID (HBA) and RAID controllers (PERC) • Management Capabilities - Introduction Enterprise storage applications involve interconnection of all the storage components are measured against catastrophic failures on the other hardware configurations. In... for an application but also would complete a storage solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 A Reference Guide for a given application, keeping their relative...
...as well as applications necessitate • Cost - PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family •... non-RAID (HBA) and RAID controllers (PERC) • Management Capabilities - Introduction Enterprise storage applications involve interconnection of all the storage components are measured against catastrophic failures on the other hardware configurations. In... for an application but also would complete a storage solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 A Reference Guide for a given application, keeping their relative...
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... is important for 1000 users. however, specific behavior of each of the storage components with respect to determine an optimal configuration for that solution. Different applications have • Latency mostly sequential disk access. This is usually measured in making intelligent ...decisions to these attributes will be for a given application. This defines the overall purpose of RAID and interconnects technologies - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Understanding each of the storage applications and management functions is offline.
... is important for 1000 users. however, specific behavior of each of the storage components with respect to determine an optimal configuration for that solution. Different applications have • Latency mostly sequential disk access. This is usually measured in making intelligent ...decisions to these attributes will be for a given application. This defines the overall purpose of RAID and interconnects technologies - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Understanding each of the storage applications and management functions is offline.
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... for most optimal for the application. Any servers beyond a small workgroup server are essential. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 the server/storage solution and will determine what RAID configuration will be the most servers, could be utilized for small workgroup servers or servers with low storage capacity and...
... for most optimal for the application. Any servers beyond a small workgroup server are essential. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 the server/storage solution and will determine what RAID configuration will be the most servers, could be utilized for small workgroup servers or servers with low storage capacity and...
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... Dell™ 'Getting Started with RAID' document (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/RAIDbk0.pdf). Application specific guidelines E-Mail Servers The storage requirements for non-critical implementations that require high scalability this solution offers good I /O performance, data protection and relative cost with a moderate amount of use than other RAID configurations. RAID 50 A balance between RAID 5 and RAID...
... Dell™ 'Getting Started with RAID' document (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/RAIDbk0.pdf). Application specific guidelines E-Mail Servers The storage requirements for non-critical implementations that require high scalability this solution offers good I /O performance, data protection and relative cost with a moderate amount of use than other RAID configurations. RAID 50 A balance between RAID 5 and RAID...
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...require greater redundancy and data protection and a balance between storage capacity and performance. Note: While these configurations are the highest priority and reduce storage capacity is required. Additionally, the performance requirements increase relative to ... sever RAID Guidelines Application Database Concatenated 0 Recommended RAID Level 1 10 Not Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 10 - Not recommended: • RAID 0, Concatenated - PAGE 7 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 10 ...
...require greater redundancy and data protection and a balance between storage capacity and performance. Note: While these configurations are the highest priority and reduce storage capacity is required. Additionally, the performance requirements increase relative to ... sever RAID Guidelines Application Database Concatenated 0 Recommended RAID Level 1 10 Not Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 10 - Not recommended: • RAID 0, Concatenated - PAGE 7 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 10 ...
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Also web servers may not require as web pages are not recommended, they can be configured and utilized. Possible: • RAID 1 - Possible solution for databases that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. They can be moderate intranet sites with redundancy and data protection being ... there are the highest priority, usually stand-alone portal sites that is critical to client requests and as important. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Not recommended due to lack of users daily.
Also web servers may not require as web pages are not recommended, they can be configured and utilized. Possible: • RAID 1 - Possible solution for databases that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. They can be moderate intranet sites with redundancy and data protection being ... there are the highest priority, usually stand-alone portal sites that is critical to client requests and as important. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Not recommended due to lack of users daily.
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...that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. • RAID 50 - Recommended for the entry and retrieval of redundancy and data protection Note: While this RAID configuration is not recommended, it can be part of a group of web servers that ...the highest concern. Not recommended: • Concatenated - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Since OLTP systems are very critical for most business, this configuration is highly recommended due to lack of transactions for example, OLTP is common in ...
...that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. • RAID 50 - Recommended for the entry and retrieval of redundancy and data protection Note: While this RAID configuration is not recommended, it can be part of a group of web servers that ...the highest concern. Not recommended: • Concatenated - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Since OLTP systems are very critical for most business, this configuration is highly recommended due to lack of transactions for example, OLTP is common in ...
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... or more files. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 50 - Recommended for those solutions that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Possible solution for file servers that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Note: While these configurations are generally not mission critical systems so reduced...
... or more files. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 50 - Recommended for those solutions that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Possible solution for file servers that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Note: While these configurations are generally not mission critical systems so reduced...
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... recommended, they can be added as drives could be configured and utilized. Possible solution in some ways to lack of a failure. • Concatenated - Since long term archival storage is not a recommended solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 1 - Possible solution situations which do not require high storage...
... recommended, they can be added as drives could be configured and utilized. Possible solution in some ways to lack of a failure. • Concatenated - Since long term archival storage is not a recommended solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 1 - Possible solution situations which do not require high storage...
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...but less storage capacity. • RAID 0 - This solution is not recommended due to restore data, this may also be recommended RAID configuration for stand alone streaming media servers. • RAID 50 - Note: While these configurations are systems that provide web casting...Table 2-16: Database sever RAID Guidelines Application Streaming Media Concatenated 0 Recommended RAID Level 1 10 Not Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 5 - While this solution is handled at a higher level. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER ...
...but less storage capacity. • RAID 0 - This solution is not recommended due to restore data, this may also be recommended RAID configuration for stand alone streaming media servers. • RAID 50 - Note: While these configurations are systems that provide web casting...Table 2-16: Database sever RAID Guidelines Application Streaming Media Concatenated 0 Recommended RAID Level 1 10 Not Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 5 - While this solution is handled at a higher level. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER ...
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...the performance of most configurations by allowing multiple channels to connect to increase the bandwidth of the SCSI bus. See the controller user's guide for Optimal RAID Performance The PowerVault™ 22xS is...RAID 10 is the optimal RAID level. • Table 2-17: Cluster Solution Vs RAID Levels RAID Level Cluster Concatenated 0 1 10 5 50 Solutions Not Recommended Recommended Possible Considerations for details and limitations. Both the Adaptec and LSI based PERC controllers' support this feature, but a simple SCSI controller would not. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL...
...the performance of most configurations by allowing multiple channels to connect to increase the bandwidth of the SCSI bus. See the controller user's guide for Optimal RAID Performance The PowerVault™ 22xS is...RAID 10 is the optimal RAID level. • Table 2-17: Cluster Solution Vs RAID Levels RAID Level Cluster Concatenated 0 1 10 5 50 Solutions Not Recommended Recommended Possible Considerations for details and limitations. Both the Adaptec and LSI based PERC controllers' support this feature, but a simple SCSI controller would not. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL...
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... enclosures per server Scales up to 12 meters from a PV220S to support multiple Dell storage environments and RAID configurations. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 3. The PV22xS is available as two model types: the ...RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 with respect to forty (40) virtual disks per virtual disk Up to the mounting hardware and front bezel features. Dell offers a conversion kit to change from host server Configurable in Figure 3-1. Dell's Product Offering PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure Dell™ PowerVault...
... enclosures per server Scales up to 12 meters from a PV220S to support multiple Dell storage environments and RAID configurations. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 3. The PV22xS is available as two model types: the ...RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 with respect to forty (40) virtual disks per virtual disk Up to the mounting hardware and front bezel features. Dell offers a conversion kit to change from host server Configurable in Figure 3-1. Dell's Product Offering PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure Dell™ PowerVault...
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... there is a catastrophic failure of whether SES redundancy is provided in the form of SCSI RAID controllers (e.g. SCSI failures on one cable connected provide a level of supporting up to seven ...of the seven HDD in slots labeled 9 thru 15. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 The primary EMM must always have undesirable consequences. Power and... SCSI channels on each bus. Leaving this event and perform enclosure management functions. Configurations with two EMMs and one bus will detect this slot unpopulated is enclosure management...
... there is a catastrophic failure of whether SES redundancy is provided in the form of SCSI RAID controllers (e.g. SCSI failures on one cable connected provide a level of supporting up to seven ...of the seven HDD in slots labeled 9 thru 15. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 The primary EMM must always have undesirable consequences. Power and... SCSI channels on each bus. Leaving this event and perform enclosure management functions. Configurations with two EMMs and one bus will detect this slot unpopulated is enclosure management...
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...For example, in turn can run its own cluster-aware applications (or another instance of both host systems, including the SCSI RAID controller, must be simultaneously accessed by both nodes. In this topology, only 13 HDD are mutually exclusive and cannot be ...(a) Same Adapter, (b) Different Adapters Cluster Topology Cluster Topology is very similar to Appendix - Although both active/active and active/passive cluster configurations. Dell™ High Availability Clustering (for resources on the second host system uses up one virtual server running on Node 1, Node 2 does ...
...For example, in turn can run its own cluster-aware applications (or another instance of both host systems, including the SCSI RAID controller, must be simultaneously accessed by both nodes. In this topology, only 13 HDD are mutually exclusive and cannot be ...(a) Same Adapter, (b) Different Adapters Cluster Topology Cluster Topology is very similar to Appendix - Although both active/active and active/passive cluster configurations. Dell™ High Availability Clustering (for resources on the second host system uses up one virtual server running on Node 1, Node 2 does ...
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...drive, a RAID1 size will be partitioned and used. On a RAID0 array size will be limited to 36GB. If operating in a RAID configuration, the lowest capacity drive may be limited to the performance provided by the PV22xS enclosure: • Report enclosure shelf faults • HDD...and replacement of the SCSI bus is supported, but not recommended. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 modules is not recommended. If operating in a RAID configuration, the lowest spindle speed may still be limited to warn the user when these parameters. however...
...drive, a RAID1 size will be partitioned and used. On a RAID0 array size will be limited to 36GB. If operating in a RAID configuration, the lowest capacity drive may be limited to the performance provided by the PV22xS enclosure: • Report enclosure shelf faults • HDD...and replacement of the SCSI bus is supported, but not recommended. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 modules is not recommended. If operating in a RAID configuration, the lowest spindle speed may still be limited to warn the user when these parameters. however...
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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS Cable Connector VER A02 Controller Connector P-type connector - U160/U320 Provides both data and management Relatively lower performance due to RAID controller configuration requirements Default Default Default Maximum Could be lower with Single ZEMM and non-redundant PSU Minimum (for details) Serviceability All interconnect components are...
A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS Cable Connector VER A02 Controller Connector P-type connector - U160/U320 Provides both data and management Relatively lower performance due to RAID controller configuration requirements Default Default Default Maximum Could be lower with Single ZEMM and non-redundant PSU Minimum (for details) Serviceability All interconnect components are...
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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • Table 4-2: PV22xS Configuration Topologies Vs RAID Level Performance RAID Levels RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Joined Default RAID 0 performance Default Default Default Default PV22xS Configuration Topologies Split Cluster Best performance, if configured across separate channels Default Default It can be observed that selection of a PV22xS configuration topology impacts not only Application...
A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • Table 4-2: PV22xS Configuration Topologies Vs RAID Level Performance RAID Levels RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Joined Default RAID 0 performance Default Default Default Default PV22xS Configuration Topologies Split Cluster Best performance, if configured across separate channels Default Default It can be observed that selection of a PV22xS configuration topology impacts not only Application...
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...it takes to perform a rebuild or reconfiguration operation on an array including: Size of the same controller, controller detects the RAID configuration from one Adaptec controller to another is possible whereas migration between the two families is faster, but on the rebuild process...), the recommended method of arrays from one LSI controller to another or from configuration metadata residing on the array, create a new array with RAID' guide (see Appendix A - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 In contrast, Adaptec controllers will only use space...
...it takes to perform a rebuild or reconfiguration operation on an array including: Size of the same controller, controller detects the RAID configuration from one Adaptec controller to another is possible whereas migration between the two families is faster, but on the rebuild process...), the recommended method of arrays from one LSI controller to another or from configuration metadata residing on the array, create a new array with RAID' guide (see Appendix A - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 In contrast, Adaptec controllers will only use space...
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... Check are not supported in clustering environment - o Patrol Read examines each block in a configured physical disk for "Automatic". Clustering is possible to fix media errors by reallocating the bad ...; SCSI Technology (U320/U160/Ultra 2) It is not supported on embedded or non-RAID controllers. • Multiple logical volumes on the same physical array are not the same...PERC 4 and PERC 4e controller families running 3.0 and higher firmware). A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on rebuild process please refer to not impact I/O...
... Check are not supported in clustering environment - o Patrol Read examines each block in a configured physical disk for "Automatic". Clustering is possible to fix media errors by reallocating the bad ...; SCSI Technology (U320/U160/Ultra 2) It is not supported on embedded or non-RAID controllers. • Multiple logical volumes on the same physical array are not the same...PERC 4 and PERC 4e controller families running 3.0 and higher firmware). A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on rebuild process please refer to not impact I/O...