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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Dell PowerVault MD3000i high-availability testing on
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V
Appendix A: Test environment
We used two Dell PowerEdge R710 servers to generate the workload and create demand on the storage. Figure
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Server Dell PowerEdge R710
General dimension information
Height (inches) 3.5
Width (inches) 17.0
Depth (inches) 27.0
U size in server rack (U) 2
Power supplies
Total number 2
Wattage of each (W) 870
Cooling fans
Total number 5
Dimensions (H x W) of each 2.5” x 2.5”
Voltage (V) 12
Amps (A) 1.60
General processor setup
Number of processor packages 2
Number of cores per processor package 4
Number of hardware threads per core 2
System power management policy Balanced
CPU
Vendor Intel
Name Xeon X5570
Stepping D0
Socket type LGA1366
Core frequency (GHz) 2.93
L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB (4 x 256 KB)
L3 cache 1 x 8 MB
Platform
Vendor and model number Dell PowerEdge R710
Motherboard model number 0M233H
Motherboard revision number A02
BIOS name and version Dell Inc. 1.1.4
BIOS settings Enabled Virtualization Technology
Memory modules
Total RAM in system (GB) 48
Number of types of memory modules 1
Vendor and model number Crucial CT51272BB1339
Type PC3-10600 DDR3
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