JUNE2015(RevisedJanuary2017)
APRINCIPLEDTECHNOLOGIESTESTREPORTCommissionedbyDellEMC
COMPARINGPERFORMANCEANDCOST:DELLEMCPOWEREDGEVRTXWITHTWODELLEMCPOWEREDGEM630SERVERNODESVS.ALEGACYSOLUTION
Businessesusingoutdatedserversforemail,database,andfileandprint
workloadsstandtobenefitgreatlybyreplacingthem.TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellEMCPowerEdgeM630bladeservers,bothpoweredbytheIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3,canprovidetheperformance,scalability,andhighavailabilityyourbusinessneedstokeeprunningandmeetincreaseddemand.
InthePrincipledTechnologieslabs,wesimultaneouslyranemail,database,andsimulatedfileandprintworkloadsinaVMware®vSphere®ESXi™virtualenvironmentonthePowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoPowerEdgeM630servernodesconfiguredinahigh-availability(HA)cluster.TheVRTXperformedmoresimultaneousworkwhilerequiringlessspaceandpower,andprovidedalowerfive-yearTCOwhencomparedwithalegacydisparatehardwaresolution.1Combiningservers,networking,andsharedstorageintoanall-in-onesolution,thePowerEdgeVRTXcandeliverbigperformanceandsavings.
1InJune2013,PrincipledTechnologiesconductedtestingcomparingtheperformanceof(1)theDellPowerEdgeVRTXwithDellPowerEdgeM620servernodesand(2)alegacyhardwaresolution.Theresultsforthelegacysolutionthatweciteinthisreportarefromthatearlierstudy.Formoredetails,seethereportforthatstudy,availableatwww.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/VRTX_performance_TCO_0713.pdf.
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Comparingperformanceandcost:DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodesvs.alegacysolution
GETBETTERPERFORMANCEWHILEUSINGLESSPOWERWecomparedperformance,powerconsumption,space,andcostofrunning
typicalofficeapplications(email,database,andfile/printserver)onthefollowingsolutions:
• ADellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodespoweredbytheIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3,runningVMwarevSphere5.5inahigh-availability(HA)clusterconfigurationwithfourMicrosoft®WindowsServer®2012R2virtualmachines(VMs)–onerunningSQLServer®2014,tworunningExchangeServer2013,andoneactingasafile/printserver.
• AlegacydisparatehardwaresolutionconsistingofthreeolderHPtowerservers,aNETGEAR®switch,andanHPstorageappliance.ThelegacytowerserversranbaremetalinstancesofWindowsServer2012withonerunningSQLServer2012,onerunningExchangeServer2010,andonerunningasadedicatedfile/printserver.
Weranthreebenchmarkssimultaneouslytostresstheemail,database,andfileandprintapplicationsallatonce.TheperformanceofthelegacyhardwaresolutionwediscussinthisreportisfromaJune2013PrincipledTechnologiesstudy(availableatwww.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/VRTX_performance_TCO_0713.pdf).
Whenconfiguringtheworkloadsforthisstudy,webeganbyrunningworkloadsidenticaltotheonesinthepreviousstudy,andfoundthatthePowerEdgeVRTXhadanenormousamountofunusedhardwarecapacity.
WethenincreasedtheloadofeachbenchmarkontheVRTXsolutiontoreflectthebusinessgrowththatwouldoccurinatypicalcompanyoverthreeyears.NotethatwedidnotincreasetheloadstoalevelthatwouldpushtheVRTXtoitslimits.Rather,weattemptedtorepresentrealisticgradualgrowthacompanywouldobserve.Undertheincreasedworkload,theCPUutilizationoftheVRTXremainedatlevelsthatwouldallowforevengreaterworkloadsasthecompanyexperiencedfurthergrowthinthefuture.
WealsomeasuredthepowerconsumptionofthePowerEdgeVRTXandthelegacysolutionwhileidleandduringthesimultaneousworkloads.Fordetailedconfigurationinformationaboutthesolutionswetested,seeAppendixA.Fortestingdetails,includingtheincreasedworkloadparametersweused,seeAppendixB.Fordetailedtestresults,seeAppendixC.
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DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwiththeIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3optimizedapplicationperformancewhilereducingpowerconsumptionandprovidingheadroomforfuturegrowthDatabaseperformance
AsFigure1shows,duringourtestrunningthreeworkloadsatthesametime,theDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3-poweredDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodesachieved2.9timesthedatabaseperformanceofthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.ThismeanstheVRTXsolutionwouldbeabletoproduceatleast2.9timesasmanydatabaseordersperminute.Tosimulategrowthintheoverallbusinessandnumberofemployees,wedecreasedthethinktimeofourdatabasebenchmarkontheM630sfromthe300millisecondsweranonthelegacysolutionto100milliseconds;thisshorterthinktimerepresentsmoreactivityandstressonthedatabase.
Figure1:Whilerunningsimultaneousemail,database,andfileandprintworkloads,theDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelprocessor-poweredM630servernodessupportedmoredatabaseworkloadthanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
FileandprintperformanceAsFigure2shows,duringourtestrunningthreeworkloadsatthesametime,
thePowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3-poweredDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodesachieved4.8timesthesimulatedfileandprintperformanceofthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.Again,toshowtheimpactofbusinessgrowth,weincreasedthenumberofworkersinourbenchmarktoolontheM630storepresentmoresimulatedusersaccessingfileandprintcapabilities.
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Figure2:Whilerunningsimultaneousemail,database,andfileandprintworkloads,theDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelprocessor-poweredM630servernodessupportedmorefileandprintworkloadthanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
ExchangeperformanceAlongwithgrowingtheworkloadstocompensateforbusinessgrowthsincethe
legacysystemstesting,weupgradedfromExchange2010toExchange2013andfromMicrosoftLoadGenerator2010toLoadGen2013.WealsoincreasedthenumberofExchangeusersfrom500to750.Figure3showsourfindings.
Numberofuserssupported LatencyinmillisecondsDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTX 750 1.8Legacydisparatehardwaresolution 500 1.5Figure3:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXreducedcablingcomplexitycomparedtothelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
Whilewecan’tdirectlycomparetheresultsfromthesetwotestscenariosduetothedifferencesbetweenthetwoversionsofExchange,wecanlookatthenumberofusersandthelatency,orresponsetime,inmillisecondstolearnabouttheirrelativeperformance.Wefoundthatlatenciesremainedroughlyevenonthenewersolutionevenwiththeincreasednumberofusers,andwellwithintheaveragelatencythresholdof50millisecondsthatMicrosoftsets.ThismeansthattheVTRXsolutioncansupportone-and-a-halftimesasmanyemailuserswhilestayingwithinanacceptableresponsetime.
Powerconsumption
ThecompactIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3-poweredDellEMCPowerEdgeM630withDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXnotonlysupportedmoreworkthanthelegacytowersolution,italsousedsignificantlylesspowerwhileunderheavierloadthankstoDellEMC’sperformance-per-wattsystempowermanagementpolicy.AsFigure4shows,
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theM630servernodeswithVRTXused41.5percentlesspowerwhilerunningourthreesimultaneousworkloadsthanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolutiondid.Thisreducedconsumptioncantranslatedirectlytosavings.
Figure4:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelprocessor-poweredM630servernodesusedlesspowerwhilerunningsimultaneous,morerobust,workloadsthanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolutiondid.
Inourtests,weusedaDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithonlytwoserverscomparedtothethreephysicalserversinthelegacyhardwaresolution.Addingservernodesandmoreorfasterdrivestothesharedstoragemayachievegreaterperformancegains,thoughthecurrentconfigurationstillhadplentyofroomforgrowth.Additionally,addingnewapplicationVMstoyourVMwarevSphereenvironmentmaygivetheIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3-poweredVRTXsolutionscalabilityandroomtogrowasthedemandsofyourbusinesscontinuetoincrease.Withalegacydisparatehardwaresolution,achievingsimilarresultsmayrequirepurchasingadditionalserversthattakeupmorespaceandconsumemorepower.
ReducedspaceandphysicalcomplexityInadditiontotheextraspacethatlegacydisparatehardwaresolutions
encompass,theyoftenhaveagreatdealofcomplexitywhenitcomestohardwarepiecesandcabling.Ifyourbusiness’locationhaspremiumsquarefootagevalue,accommodatingyourlegacysolutioncanmeansacrificingpreciousspace.TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXisacompactall-in-one-solutionthatfitseasilyunderadeskandusesminimalcablingbecausethesolutionresidesinonechassis.
Thoughthesolutionisunlikelytobeinaserverrackinasmallorremoteoffice,welookedattherack-equivalentspaceeachsolutionwouldoccupytomakeauniversalsizecomparison.WefoundthattheVRTXsolutionwouldfitintojust5Uofrack-equivalentspace–a70.6percentreductioninthespacethatthelegacysolutionwouldtakeup(amassive17U).
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ForeachUofrack-equivalentspace,theDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3-poweredDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodesdeliveredawhopping10timesthedatabaseperformance,inordersperminute,thanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution(seeFigure5).
Figure5:ThecompactformfactoroftheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXmeansthat,withtwoIntelprocessor-poweredM630servernodes,itpacksmoreperformanceintolessspacethanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
AsFigure6shows,regardlessoftheservernodeconfiguration,theVRTXsolutionpoweredbytheIntelXeonprocessorE5v3familyalsousedonly6cables,13fewerthanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTX Ethernetcables Powercables
Totalbytype 2 4Totalcables 6Legacydisparatehardwaresolution
Ethernetcables PowercablesHPProLiantML310G5 2 1HPProLiantML370G5 2 1HPProLiantML110G6 2 1NETGEARProSAFE®SmartSwitch 1 1Storage 6 2Totalbytype 13 6Totalcables 19Figure6:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXreducedcablingcomplexitycomparedtothelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
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DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodesofferedmoreperformanceperTCOdollar,lowerfive-yearTCO,andarapidROI
Whilechoosingtokeepalegacydisparatehardwaresolutionmightseemconvenientandcost-effective,wefoundthatpurchasingandrunningtheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3-poweredDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodescoulddeliverasmuchasa30.2percentlowerfive-yeartotalcostofownership(TCO)thancontinuingtousethelegacysolution(seeFigure7).
Figure7:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoM630servernodescoulddelivera30.2percentlowerTCOoverfiveyearsthancontinuingtousethelegacydisparatehardwaresolution.
Savingsinlicensing,management,andsupportoffsetthelargeracquisitioncostsofthePowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3-poweredM630servernodes.Afterfiveyears,theVRTXsolutionis$29,581lessexpensive,saving30.2percent(seeFigure8).
DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoM630servernodes Legacydisparatehardwaresolution
Acquisitioncost $44,000 $5,102Year1costs $4,857 $18,553Year2costs $4,857 $18,553Year3costs $4,857 $18,553Year4costs $4,857 $18,553Year5costs $4,857 $18,553Total $68,286 $97,866Figure8:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoM630servernodescostsupto$29,581lessthanthelegacysolutionafterfiveyears.(Totalsmaynotsumduetorounding.)
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WiththePowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3-poweredM630servernodes,wefoundthatabusinesscouldachievepayback,orareturnoninvestment(ROI),inaslittleas35months(seeFigures9and10).
Figure9:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelprocessor-poweredM630servernodescandeliverpaybackinaslittleas35months.
Paybackcategory DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoM630servernodes
Legacydisparatehardwaresolution Difference
One-timeinitialinvestment $44,000 $5,102 $38,898Monthlycost $405 $1,546 $1,141Paybackperiod $38,898÷$1,141=35monthsFigure10:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoM630servernodescanpaybackyourinvestmentin35months,sobythe35thmonth,thereturnofinvestmentiscomplete.
UsingthecalculationsfromourTCOanalysis,wefoundthatthePowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3-poweredPowerEdgeM630servernodesdelivered4.2timesasmanydatabaseordersperminuteperTCOdollarspent(seeFigure11).
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Figure11:TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelprocessor-poweredM630servernodesdelivered4.2timesasmanyOPMperTCOdollar.Highernumbersarebetter.
ForcompletedetailsandassumptionsofourTCOanalysis,seeAppendixD.ALL-IN-ONEMODULARINFRASTRUCTURE
TheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionwithM-seriesservernodesisanall-in-onesolutiondesignedtohandletheperformanceneedsofasmall-to-mediumbusinessorremoteoffice.Here,weprovideinformationabouteachofthecomponentsweusedaspartofthissolution.
AbouttheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXTheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXisacompact,all-in-onesolutionina5Urack-
abletowerchassis.Designedtobequietundernormaloperatingconditions,thePowerEdgeVRTXcanbestowedunderadeskinasmallofficewithoutdisruptingconversations.ThefourbaysintheVRTXhouseavarietyofdifferentcomputenodes,providingaspace-savingalternativetofourseparatetowerorrackservers.VRTXfansandblowers,basedonDellEMCEnergySmartTechnologies,deliverlowpowerconsumptionandusenext-generationtechnologiestoensuretheyconsumetheleastpossibleamountoffreshairtocooltheenclosure.
Inadditiontoaccommodatingofficespace,acoustics,thermal,andpowerconsiderations,theVRTXprovidesadministratorswithaunifiedinterface,theChassisManagementController,forperformingroutinesystemsmanagementtasks.AdministratorscanmanagetheVRTXlocallyorremotelyfromacentralizeddatacenter.
TheVRTXchassissupportsupto120TBofsharedinternalstoragethatispresentableasvirtualdrivestosingleormultiplecomputenodes,andprovidesoptionalpass-throughandeightPCIe®slotsforadditionaldeviceconnectivity.Thechassis-integratedstoragecanbeconfiguredwith25baysfor2.5-inchdrives,whichwetestedinthisreport,orwith12baysfor3.5-inchdrives.TheVRTXintegratedswitch,whichis
DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwith123.5-inchdrives
DellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXwith252.5-inchdrives
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availableasa1GBor10GBswitch,containsmultipleexternalnetworkportsforeasyexpansionorintegrationintoanycomputingenvironment.TheVRTXisvirtualization-readyandcanenableavirtualdesktopinfrastructureforgeneral-purposecomputinginremoteandbranchoffices.
FormoreinformationabouttheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTX,visithttp://www.dell.com/en-us/work/learn/modular-infrastructure.
AbouttheDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodesAccordingtoDellEMC,thePowerEdgeM630bladeserver“offersflexibilityto
optimizein-serverstorageandIOperformance,allowingyoutotailoryourserverstoyourworkloadstodayandadaptasyourneedschangeovertime.”
Theoptional12GbPowerEdgeRAIDController(PERC)doublesthethroughputandcacheofpreviousgenerationsandcandramaticallyboostIOforapplications.TheM630supportsuptofour1.8-inchSSDsoruptotwo2.5-inchHDDsorExpressFlashPCIeSSDs.DellEMCSelectNetworkAdaptersofferquickaccesstothestorageresourcesyourserverorcloudrequires,viaeitherNASorSAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheDellEMCPowerEdgeM630bladeserver,visitwww.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-m630/pd.
AbouttheIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3productfamilyAccordingtoIntel,theIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3productfamily“helpsIT
addressthegrowingdemandsplacedoninfrastructure,fromsupportingbusinessgrowthtoenablingnewservicesfaster,deliveringnewapplicationsintheenterprise,technicalcomputing,communications,storage,andcloud.”Italsodeliversbenefitsinperformance,powerefficiency,virtualization,andsecurity.
TheE5-2600v3productfamilyhasupto50percentmorecoresandcachethanprocessorsfromthepreviousgeneration.Otherfeaturesincludethefollowing:
• IntelAdvancedVectorExtensions2(AVX2)
• IntelQuickPathInterconnectlink
• Upto18coresand36threadspersocket
• Upto45MBoflast-levelcache
• Next-generationDDR4memorysupport
• IntelIntegratedI/Oprovidingupto80PCIelanespertwo-socketserver
• IntelAES-NIdataencryption/decryptionTheIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3productfamilyalsousesIntelIntelligent
PowertechnologyandPer-corePstatestomaximizeenergyefficiency.Learnmoreatwww.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-e5-
brief.html.
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WHATWETESTEDDatabasetesting
Tocreateourreal-worldecommerceworkload,weusedtheDVDStoreVersion2.1benchmarkingtool.DS2modelsanonlineDVDstore,wherecustomerslogin,searchformovies,andmakepurchases.DS2reportstheseactionsinordersperminutethatthesystemcouldhandle,toshowwhatkindofperformancecustomerscouldexpect.TheDS2workloadalsoperformsotheractions,suchasaddingnewcustomers,toexercisethewiderangeofdatabasefunctionsyouwouldneedtorunyourecommerceenvironment.FormoredetailsabouttheDS2tool,seewww.delltechcenter.com/page/DVD+Store.
FileandprinttestingTotestthefileandprintcapabilitiesofthesolutions,wesimulatedworkloads
usingtheIometerbenchmark.IometermeasuresIOPSonsingleandclusteredsystems.IometerperformsI/Ooperationstostressasystem,andthenrecordstheperformanceoftheseI/Ooperationsandthesystemstresstheycreate.WeusedIometerversion1.1oneachsolutiontosimulatethesamefileandprintworkloadsonthesolutions.FormoredetailsaboutIometer,seewww.iometer.org.
MailtestingTotestthesolutions’mailserverperformance,weusedtheMicrosoftLoad
Generator2013(LoadGen)benchmark,performingtaskstosimulateaheavyusergeneratingmailactivity.Forourworkloads,weusedthefollowingsettings:
• Numberofusers:750• MailboxProfile:250MB• ActionProfile:Outlook_200
FormoredetailsaboutLoadGen,seewww.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DDEC1642-F6E3-4D66-A82F-8D3062C6FA98&displaylang=en.
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INCONCLUSIONKeepingalegacydisparatehardwaresolutioninsteadofchoosingtheDellEMC
PowerEdgeVRTXpoweredbytheIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3familymaycostmorethanonewouldexpect.WefoundthattheVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2650v3-poweredDellEMCPowerEdgeM630servernodessupportedaheavierworkloadthanalegacydisparatehardwaresolutionacrossemail,database,andfile/printserversimultaneousworkloadswhilereducingpowerconsumptionby41.5percent.
ThePowerEdgeVRTXachievedthesesavingsusing70.6percentlessrack-equivalentspacethanthelegacydisparatehardwaresolutionandwithone-thirdasmanycables,toreducecomplexityandreducetheburdenofspaceinsmalloffices.
Finally,despitealargerinitialinvestment,thePowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoIntelXeonprocessorE5-2600v3-poweredPowerEdgeM630servernodescouldactuallylowerthetotalcostofownershipoveryearsasmuchas30.2percent,deliveringasolidreturnoninvestmentinlessthanthreeyears.
Asourtestresultsshow,investingintheDellEMCPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionpoweredbytheIntelXeonprocessorE5v3familycouldprovideacompactsolutiontooptimizeapplicationperformanceandreducecomplexityatalowerlifetimecostthanalegacysolution.
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APPENDIXA–SYSTEMCONFIGURATIONINFORMATIONInSeptember2016,DellEMCrebrandedtheDellPowerEdgeVRTXandDellPowerEdgeM630astheDellEMC
PowerEdgeVRTXandDellEMCPowerEdgeM630.Wecompletedourtestingpriortothatrebranding.Figures12and13providedetailedconfigurationinformationforthetestsystems.
System DellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionEnclosure Computenodeenclosure DellPowerEdgeVRTXGeneraldimensionsofcomputenodeenclosure Height(inches) 8Width(inches) 19Depth(inches) 29.5Usizeinserverrackequivalent(U) 5Powersupplies Totalnumber 4Vendorandmodelnumber Dell80PlusPlatinumE1100E-S0(P/N0YT39Y)Wattageofeach(W) 1,100Coolingfans Totalnumber 6Vendorandmodelnumber DeltaElectronics,Inc.Dimensions(h×w)ofeach 60mm×60mmVolts 12ChassisRAIDcontroller Vendorandmodelnumber DellSPERC8Firmwareversion 23.11.46-0079Cachesize(GB) 1Chassissharedharddrives Harddrive#1 Vendorandmodelnumber DellST300MM0006Numberofdrives 10Size(GB) 300RPM 10kType SAS6.0GbpsHarddrive#2 Vendorandmodelnumber DellC06VXNumberofdrives 2Size(TB) 400RPM SSDType SAS12.0GbpsChassisUSBports Number 2Type 2.0Platform Vendorandmodelnumber DellPowerEdgeM630
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System DellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionMotherboardmodelnumber 0JXJPTMotherboardchipset IntelC600BIOSnameandversion DellBIOS1.1.8BIOSsettings DefaultGeneral Numberofprocessorpackages 2Numberofcoresperprocessor 10Numberofhardwarethreadspercore 2Systempowermanagementpolicy Performance/wattCPU Vendor IntelName XeonE5-2650v3Stepping M0Sockettype Socket2011-3LGACorefrequency(GHz) 2.30L1cache 32KB(percore)L2cache 256KB(percore)L3cache 25MB(shared)Memorymodules(pernode) TotalRAMinsystem(GB) 64
Vendorandmodelnumber HynixSemiconductorM393A1G43DB0-CPB
Type PC4-2133PSpeed(MHz) 2,133Speedinthesystemcurrentlyrunning@(MHz) 2,133Timing/latency(tCL-tRCD-iRP-tRASmin) 13-13-13-33Size(GB) 8NumberofRAMmodules 8Chiporganization Double-sidedRank DualRAIDcontroller Vendorandmodelnumber DellPERCH730MiniFirmwareversion 25.2.1.0037Cachesize(GB) 1024MBNetworkadapter Vendorandmodelnumber Broadcom®NetXtreme®II10GbEthernetBCM57810sType IntegratedNumberofNetworkAdapters 1USBports(pernode) Number 2Type 3.0Figure12:DetailedconfigurationinformationfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolution.
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Server HPProLiantML110G6 HPProLiantML310G5 HPProLiantML370G5Generaldimensionsofserver Height(inches) 14.4 17.0 17.5Width(inches) 6.9 7.9 8.6Depth(inches) 16.8 24.0 28.5Usizeinserverrackequivalent(U) 4 5 5
Powersupplies Totalnumber 1 1 1
Vendorandmodelnumber DeltaElectronics®DPS300AB
DeltaElectronicsDPS-410DB
HPSwitchingPowerSupplyDPS-800GBA
Wattageofeach(W) 300 410 850Coolingfans Totalnumber 1 1 3Vendorandmodelnumber HP576930-001 HP459188-001 NidecBetaV35633-94Dimensions(h×w)ofeach 92mm×25mm 120mm×25mm 130mm×125mmVolts 12 12 12General Motherboardmodelnumber 576924-001 A61TR1 434719-001
Motherboardchipset Intel3400Chipset Intel3210Chipset IntelC600
BIOSnameandversion HPSystemBIOS-0270126_TAN ProLiantSystemBIOS-W05 ProLiantSystemBIOSP57
BIOSsettings Performance Performance PerformanceNumberofprocessorpackages 1 1 2
Numberofcoresperprocessor 4 4 4
Numberofhardwarethreadspercore 2 1 1
Systempowermanagementpolicy StaticHighPerformance StaticHighPerformance StaticHighPerformance
CPU Vendor Intel Intel IntelName XeonX3460 XeonX3370 XeonE5450Stepping B1 E0 E0Sockettype LGA1156 LGA775 LGA771Corefrequency(GHz) 2.80 3.00 3.00L1cache 32KB(percore) 32KB(percore) 32KB(percore)L2cache 256KB(percore) 12MB(shared) 12MB(shared)L3cache(MB) 8 N/A N/AMemorymodules TotalRAMinsystem(GB) 4 4 8
Vendorandmodelnumber Samsung®M391B5673EH1-CH9
Micron®MT18HTF25672AY-800E1 SamsungM395T5160QZ4
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Server HPProLiantML110G6 HPProLiantML310G5 HPProLiantML370G5Type PC3-10600EDDR3 PC2-6400EDDR2 DDR2-5300FSpeed(MHz) 1,333 800 666Speedinthesystemcurrentlyrunning@(MHz) 1,333 800 666
Timing/latency(tCL-tRCD-iRP-tRASmin) 9-9-9-24 6-6-6-18 5-5-5-15
Size(GB) 2 2 4NumberofRAMmodules 4 2 8Chiporganization Double-Sided Double-sided Double-sidedRAIDcontroller Vendorandmodelnumber HPSmartArrayB110i HPSmartArrayE200 HPSmartArrayP400Cachesize(MB) N/A 128 256Harddrive#1 Vendorandmodelnumber Hitachi®HDS721032CLA362 HPDF0792A9844 HPEG0146FAWHUNumberofdrives 1 2 2Size(GB) 320 72 146RPM 7.2K 15K 10KType SATA SAS SASHarddrive#2 Vendorandmodelnumber N/A ST500NM001 N/ANumberofdrives N/A 2 N/ASize(GB) N/A 500 N/ARPM N/A 7.2 N/AType N/A SAS N/ANetworkadapter
Vendorandmodelnumber IntelPro/1000PTDualPortServerAdapter
IntelPro/1000PTServerAdapter
IntelPro/1000PTDualPortServerAdapter
Type PCIe PCIe PCIeNumberofports 2 1 2Networkadapter2
Vendorandmodelnumber HPNC107iPCIeGigabit IntelPro/1000PTServerAdapter
N/A
Type Integrated PCIe N/ANumberofports 1 1 N/AUSBports(pernode) Number 6 2 4Type 2.0 2.0 2.0Figure13:Detailedconfigurationinformationforthetowersinthelegacyhardwaresolution.
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APPENDIXB–HOWWETESTEDOurtestscenariousedtwoclusteredPowerEdgeM630sandaPowerEdgeR710,whichweusedforour
infrastructureserverandtohostclientVMs.Figure14presentsthevirtualmachinesinourtestenvironment.
VMname vCPUs MemoryHostfor
PowerEdgeM630tests
OS OSdrive Additionaldrive
ExchangeCAS8sockets,eachw/1core
16GB M630A WindowsServer2012R2Standard
100GBstoredonVRTXHDDs None
ExchangeMB8sockets,eachw/1core
16GB M630A WindowsServer2012R2Standard
100GBstoredonVRTXHDDs
750GB,ThickProvisionedEagerZeroed,StoredonVRTXHDDS
Iometer4sockets,eachw/1core
8GB M630B WindowsServer2012R2Standard
100GBstoredonVRTXHDDs
50GB,ThickProvisionedEagerZeroed,StoredonVRTXSSDs
SQL8sockets,eachw/1core
8GB M630B WindowsServer2012R2Standard
100GBstoredonVRTXHDDs
100GB,ThickProvisionedEagerZeroed,StoredonVRTXSSDs
DVDStoreclient
1socketw/4cores
8GB R710 WindowsServer2012R2Standard
100GBstoredonR710HDDs None
ExchangeAD/DNS
1socketw/1core 8GB R710 WindowsServer
2012R2Standard100GBstoredonR710HDDs None
LoadGenclient
1socketw/4cores
8GB R710WindowsServer2008R2Enterprise
100GBstoredonR710HDDs None
NAT1socketw/4cores
8GB R710 WindowsServer2012R2Standard
100GBstoredonR710HDDs None
VMwarevCenterServer
2sockets,eachw/1core
8GB R710VMwarevCenterServerAppliance5.5
25GBstoredonR710HDDs
100GB,ThinProvisioned,StoredontheR710disks
Figure14:Thevirtualmachinesinourtestenvironment.
Wealsofollowedthefollowingguidelines:
1. AllOSdriveswerethinprovisioned.2. AllVMshostedonthebladeserverswerestoredontheVRTXstorage.3. AllVMshostedbytheinfrastructureserverwerestoredontheinfrastructure’sdrives.4. Onallservers,weinstalledallWindowsupdatesavailableupto05/15/2015.
Inadditiontoitsfirstdrive,ExchangeMBhada100GB,ThickProvisionedEagerZeroeddrivestoredontheOSstoragevolumeusedforstoringbackups.
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InstallingandconfiguringtheinfrastructureserverWeconfiguredaDellPowerEdgeR710serverwithVMwarevSphere(ESXi)5.5.0withDellDriverstohostthe
ActiveDirectory®VMsandtheVMwarevCenterVM.
InstallingVMwarevSphere5.5withDellDrivers(ESXi)ontheDellPowerEdgeR7101. InserttheESXi5.5disk,andselectBootfromdisk.2. OntheWelcomescreen,pressEnter.3. OntheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)screen,pressF11.4. OntheSelectaDisktoinstallorUpgradeScreen,selecttherelevantvolumetoinstallESXion,andpressEnter.5. OnthePleaseSelectaKeyboardLayoutscreen,pressEnter.6. OntheEnteraRootPasswordscreen,assignarootpassword,andconfirmthepasswordbyenteringitagain.
PressEntertocontinue.7. OntheConfirmInstallScreen,pressF11toinstall.8. OntheInstallationcompletescreen,pressEntertoreboot.
ConfiguringESXiafterinstallation1. OntheESXi5.5screen,pressF2,entertherootpassword,andpressEnter.2. OntheSystemCustomizationscreen,selectTroubleshootingOptions,andpressEnter.3. OntheTroubleshootingModeOptionsscreen,selectenableESXiShell,andpressEnter.4. SelectEnableSSH,pressEnter,andpressEsc.5. OntheSystemCustomizationscreen,selectConfigureManagementNetwork.6. OntheConfigureManagementNetworkscreen,selectIPv4Configuration.7. OntheIPv4Configurationscreen,selectSetstaticIP;enteranIPaddress,subnetmask,anddefaultgateway;
andpressEnter.8. OntheConfigureManagementNetworkscreen,pressEsc.Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttoapplythe
changes,pressY.9. LoginasrootwiththevSphereclient.
10. SelecttheConfigurationtab,andclickNetworking.11. ClickAddNetworking…12. CreateavirtualmachinenetworkcalledPRIV-NET,andselecttheadapterwithaccesstotheprivatetest
network.13. ClickOK.14. SelecttheConfigurationtab,andclickDNSandrouting.15. Typeaname,andselecttest.localfordomain.
SettinguptwoVMstohosttheMicrosoftWindows®ActiveDirectoryserverandtheNATserver
1. Inyourwebbrowser,connecttothevSphereserver,andbrowsetotheESXihosthostingthemanagementVMs(inourcase,thePowerEdgeR710).
2. Right-clicktheESXihost,andchooseNewVirtualMachine.3. OntheCreateNewVirtualMachinewindow,selectcustom,andclickNext.
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4. Assignanametothevirtualmachine,andclickNext.5. SelecttheLUNforthestorage,andclickNext.6. SelectVirtualMachineVersion11,andclickNext.7. ChooseWindows,selectMicrosoftWindowsServer2012,andclickNext.8. ChoosetheVM’svirtualhardwareoptions,andclickNext(seeeachVM’ssectionbelowforadditionalVM
configurationdata).
• Selectonevirtualprocessorsocket,andonecorepervirtualsocket.
• Select4GBRAM.
• SelecttheNICinterfacewithaccesstotheprivatetestnetwork.
• LeavethedefaultoptionforSCSIcontroller.9. Choosetocreateanewvirtualdisk,andclickNext.10. MaketheOSvirtualdisksize100GB,choosethinprovisioned,specifyexternalstorage,andclickNext.11. Keepthedefaultvirtualdevicenode(0:0),andclickNext.12. ClickFinish.13. Right-clicktheVM,andselectEditSettings.14. ClicktheResourcestab,andclickMemory.15. SelectReserveallguestmemory,andclickOK.16. ConnecttheVMvirtualCD-ROMtotheMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2installationdisk.17. StarttheVM.
InstallingMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2StandardEdition1. ConnecttheinstallationmediaandpowerontheVM.2. Whentheoptionappears,pressF11toentertheBootManager.3. Selecttheconnectedbootmedia,andpressEnter.4. PressanykeywhenpromptedtobootfromDVD.5. Whentheinstallationscreenappears,clickMylanguageisEnglish.6. Leavelanguage,time/currencyformatandinputmethodasdefault,andclickNext.7. ClickInstallnow.8. WhentheWindowsSetupwindowappears,clickNothankswhenpromptedtogoonlinetoinstallupdates.9. SelectWindowsServer2012R2Standard(ServerwithaGUI),andclickNext.10. CheckIacceptthelicenseterms,andclickNext.11. ClickCustom:InstallWindowsonly(advanced).12. PressAlt+Atoopenadvancedpartitionoptions.DeleteanypartitionsuntilthereisonlyDrive0Unallocated
Space.13. SelectDrive0UnallocatedSpace,andclickNext,atwhichpointWindowswillbegininstalling,andwillrestart
automaticallyaftercompleting.14. WhentheSettingspageappears,fillinthePasswordandReenterPasswordfieldswiththesamepassword.15. Loginwiththepreviouslysetuppassword.
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ConfiguringWindowsUpdate1. IntheleftpaneoftheServerManagerwindow,clickLocalServer.2. Inthemainframe,nexttoWindowsUpdate,clickNotconfigured.3. IntheWindowsUpdatewindow,inthemainpane,clickLetmechoosemysettings.4. UnderImportantupdates,selectNevercheckforupdates(notrecommended),andthenclickOK.5. Intheleftpane,clickCheckforupdates,andinstallallavailableupdates.6. ClosetheWindowsUpdatewindow.
ConfiguringWindowsFirewall1. InServerManager,clickToolsàWindowsFirewallwithAdvancedSecurity.2. IntheOverviewsection,clickWindowsFirewallProperties.3. IntheDomainProfiletab,forFirewallstate,clickOff.4. InthePrivateProfiletab,forFirewallstate,clickOff.5. InthePublicProfiletab,forFirewallstate,clickOff.6. ClickOK.7. ClosetheWindowsFirewallPropertieswindow.
SettingupRemoteDesktop1. IntheLocalServertaboftheServerManagerwindow,nexttoRemoteDesktop,clickDisabled.2. IntheSystemPropertieswindowthatappears,intheRemoteDesktopsection,selecttheAllowremote
connectionstothiscomputerradiobutton,andclickOKwhenthewarningmessageappears.3. UncheckAllowconnectionsonlyfromcomputersrunningRemoteDesktopwithNetworkLevelAuthentication
(recommended),andclickOK.
DisablingIEEnhancedSecurityConfiguration1. IntheLocalServertaboftheServerManagerwindow,nexttoIEEnhancedSecurityConfiguration,clickOn.2. IntheInternetExplorerEnhancedSecurityConfigurationwindow,selecttheOffradiobuttonsforboth
AdministratorsandUsers,andclickOK.
InstallingVMwareTools1. InstallVMwareTools.Formoreinformation,see
kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340.Repeatthevirtualmachine,OSinstallation,andOSconfigurationdescribedabovetocreateaVMfortheNATserver.
InstallingActiveDirectoryandDNSservices1. PowerontheActiveDirectoryVM.2. OntheActiveDirectoryserver,openWindowsPowerShell®.3. Runthefollowingcommand:Install-WindowsFeatureRSAT-ADDS4. Whentheinstallationisfinished,closePowerShell.5. OntheVM,openServerManager.6. OntheWelcomescreen,click2,andclickAddrolesandfeatures.7. AttheinitialBeforeyoubeginscreen,clickNextthreetimes.
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8. AttheServerRolesscreen,selectActiveDirectoryDomainServices.9. Onthepop-upwindow,clickAddFeatures.10. ClickNextthreetimes.11. Verifythedesiredroleisbeinginstalled,andclickInstall.12. Onceinstallationhasfinished,closetheAddrolesandfeatureswizard.13. InServerManager,clicktheflagatthetop,andselectthePromotethisservertoadomaincontrollerlink.14. SelectAddanewforest,enterarootdomainnameoftest.localandclickNext.15. OntheDomainControllerOptionsscreen,enterapassword,andclickNext.16. OntheDNSOptionsscreen,clickNext.17. OntheAdditionalOptionsscreen,clickNext.18. OnthePathsscreen,clickNext.19. OntheReviewOptionsscreen,clickNext.20. OnthePrerequisitesscreen,verifyallprerequisiteshavepassed,andclickInstall.21. OnceActiveDirectoryDomainServicesfinishesinstalling,clickFinish,andrestartthesystem.
InstallingtheNATontheNATserverBeforeinstallingthenetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)service,youwillneedtoplugasecondnetworkcable
intotheR710serverthathasaccesstotheinternetandconfigurevSpheretomakethatconnectionavailableasasecondNICfortheNATVM.
1. OntheNATserver,opentheAddRolesandFeatureWizard.2. OntheBeforeyouBeingscreen,clickNext.3. OntheInstallationTypescreen,clickNext.4. OntheServerSelectionscreen,clickNext.5. OntheServerRolesscreen,selectRemoteAccess,andclickNext.6. OntheFeaturesscreen,clickNext.7. OntheRemoteAccessscreen,clickNext.8. OntheRoleServicesscreen,selectRouting,clickAddFeaturesonthepopup,andclickNext.9. OnTheWebServerRole(IIS)screen,clickNext.10. OntheRoleServicesscreen,clickNext.11. OntheConfirmationscreen,clickInstall.12. Oncetheinstallationiscomplete,clickClose.13. FromAdministrativeTools,openRoutingandRemoteAccess…14. Intheleftpanel,right-clickthetargetserverandselectConfigureandEnableRoutingandRemoteAccess.15. IntheRoutingandRemoteAccessServerSetupWizard,clickNext.16. OntheConfigurationscreen,selectNetworkAddressTranslation(NAT).17. OntheNATInternetConnectionscreen,selecttheEthernetportthatwillprovideinternetconnectionandclick
Next.18. OntheCompletionscreen,clickFinish.WhensettingstaticIPaddress,thevCenterserver’sIPcannowbeused
asthegatewayontheisolatedtestingnetwork.
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ConfiguringtheVMwarevSphereenvironmentfortheVRTXservernodesInstallingandconfiguringvCenterServer
1. InthevSphereclient,selectFile,thenDeployOVFTemplate.2. IntheDeployOVFTemplatewindow,clickBrowse,thenbrowsetothelocationofthevCenterServerAppliance
.ovffile,clickOpen,andclickNext.3. OntheOVFTemplateDetailsscreen,clickNext.4. IntheNameandLocationscreen,entervCenter Serverforthename,andclickNext.5. IntheStoragescreen,selecttheappropriatedatastore,andclickNext.6. IntheDiskFormatscreen,selectThinProvision,andclickNext.7. IntheNetworkMappingscreen,selecttheprivatetestnetwork.8. IntheReadytoCompletescreen,checkthePoweronafterdeploymentcheckbox,andclickFinish.9. InthevSphereclient,right-clickthenewvCenter,andselectOpenConsole.10. Notetheinstructionsandtheaddresstouseforconfiguration.11. Openawebbrowsertotheaddresslistedintheconsole.12. Loginwithrootandthepasswordvmware13. InthevCenterServerSetupwindow,checktheboxtoacceptthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.14. IntheConfigureOptionsscreen,selecttheConfigurewithdefaultsettings,andclickNext.15. IntheReviewConfigurationscreen,clickStart.Setupwillcomplete,andanewdatabasewillbeconfigured
automatically.Whenitisfinished,clickClose.16. ClicktheAdminTab.
a. Inthecurrentadministratorpasswordsection,entervmwareb. Enteranewpasswordintobothpasswordfields.
ConfiguringtheVRTXsharedstorage1. Openawebbrowser,andentertheaddresslistedfortheCMCIPonthefrontLCDdisplay.2. Loginwiththeappropriatecredentials.3. ExpandStorage.4. ClickStorage.5. ClicktheSetuptab.
a. UnderAssignmentMode,selecttheMultipleAssignmentradiobutton,andclickApply.b. ToconfirmtheOperationSuccessfulmessagebox,clickOK.
6. Configurevirtualdisks:a. ClickStorageàVirtualDisks.b. OntheVirtualDiskstab,clickCreate.
i. ForMediaType,selectHDD.ii. ForChooseavirtualdisktype,selectRAID10.iii. Selectthe10available300GBharddiskdrives.iv. Forthefirstvolume(tobeusedforMicrosoftExchange),enter850GBandclickCreateVirtual
Disk.v. ToconfirmthemessageboxindicatingOperationSuccessful,clickOK.
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vi. Repeatstepsithroughivforthenextexternalvolume(tobeusedforsystemoperatingsystems),choosing500GB.
vii. ForMediaTypeselectSDD.viii. ForChooseavirtualdisktype,selectRAID1.ix. Selectthetwoavailable400GBSSDs.x. Forthefirstvolume(tobeusedforMicrosoftSQLServer),enter120GBandclickCreateVirtual
Disk.xi. ToconfirmthemessageboxindicatingOperationSuccessful,clickOK.xii. Repeatstepsixthroughforthenextexternalvolume(tobeusedforIometer),choosing100GB.
c. OntheVirtualDiskstab,clickManage.i. SelecttheVirtualDisksActiondrop-downmenuforVirtualDisk0,andinitializethedrives.ii. ClickApply.iii. ToconfirmthemessageboxindicatingOperationSuccessful,clickOK.iv. Repeatstepsithroughiiifortheremainingvirtualdisks.
d. AllowsharedLUNaccesstobothcomputenodes.OntheVirtualDiskstab,clickAssign.i. Usethedrop-downmenuforallvirtualdisksandSLOT-01,andselectFullAccess.ii. Usethedrop-downmenuforallvirtualdisksandSLOT-02,andselectFullAccess.iii. Usethedrop-downmenuforallvirtualdisksandSLOT-03,andselectFullAccess.iv. Usethedrop-downmenuforallvirtualdisksandSLOT-04,andselectFullAccess.v. ClickApply.vi. ToconfirmtheOperationSuccessfulmessagebox,clickOK.
ConfiguringtheVMwarevSphereenvironmentfortheVRTXservernodesConfiguringbootpropertiesoftheDellPowerEdgeM630servers
1. Openawebbrowser,andentertheaddresslistedfortheCMCIPonthefrontLCDdisplay.2. Loginwiththeappropriatecredentials.3. ExpandServerOverview,andselectSlot-01.4. ClicktheSetupTab.PerformthefollowingstepsintheiDRACsettings:
a. ChecktheEnableLANcheckbox.b. ChecktheEnableIPv4checkbox.c. ChecktheDHCPcheckbox.d. ChecktheIPMIOverLANcheckbox.e. ClickApplyiDRACNetworkSettings.f. ToconfirmchangestotheiDRACnetworksettings,clickOK.
5. Powerontheserver.a. ClickthePowerTab.b. SelectPowerOnServer.c. ClickApply.d. Toconfirmservercontrolaction,clickOK.e. Toconfirmoperationwassuccessful,clickOK.
6. ClickthePropertiestab.7. ClickLaunchRemoteConsole.
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8. Onnewbrowserpage,clickContinuetowebsite(notrecommended)ifprompted.a. Ifamessageappearsindicatingapop-upwasblocked,selectAlwaysallowpop-upsfromthissite.b. ClosethebrowsertabfortheiDRAC.c. ClickLaunchRemoteConsole.d. IfamessageappearsindicatingtheWebpagewantstorunanadd-oncalled“VirtualConsolefrom
DellInc.,”selectAllowforallwebsites.9. Anewwindowappearsshowingtheconsolefortheservertoconfigure.SelectPoweràResetSystem.10. ChangethebootdiskorderinSystemSetup.
a. WhenpromptedduringPOST,pressF2toenterSystemSetup.b. ClickSystemBIOS.c. ClickBootSettings.d. ClickBIOSBootSettings.e. Scrolldown,andclickHardDiskDriveSequence.
i. HighlighttheSDcardorUSBdriveentry,andmoveittothetopusingthe+key.ii. ClickOK.
f. ClickBacktwice.g. ClickFinish.h. ClickYes.i. ClickFinish.j. ClickOK.Thesystemwillrestart.
InstallingVMwarevSphere5.5(ESXi)ontheDellPowerEdgeM630servers1. MounttheESXi5.5ISOviatheiDRAC,andboottheM630tothatISO.2. OntheWelcomescreen,pressEnter.3. OntheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)screen,pressF11.4. OntheSelectaDisktoinstallorUpgradeScreen,selecttheanSDcardorUSBdrivetoinstallESXion,andpress
Enter.5. OnthePleaseSelectaKeyboardLayoutscreen,pressEnter.6. OntheEnteraRootPasswordScreen,assignarootpassword,andconfirmthepasswordbyenteringitagain.
PressEntertocontinue.7. OntheConfirmInstallScreen,pressF11toinstall.8. OntheInstallationcompletescreen,pressEntertoreboot.9. RepeatfortheadditionalPowerEdgeM630.
ConfiguringVMwarevSphere(ESXi)embeddedonservernodes1. CompleteconfigurationofESXihost:
a. PressF2.b. Entertherootaccountpassword,andpressEnter.c. SelectConfigureManagementNetwork,andpressEnter.d. SelectNetworkAdapters.e. Selecttheadapterthatconnectsyourservertotheprivatetestingnetwork.f. PressEsc.
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g. Torestartnetworking,pressY.h. SelectTroubleshootingOptions.
i. SelectEnableESXishell,andpressEnter.ii. SelectEnableSSH,andpressEnter.iii. PressEsc.
i. Tologout,pressEsc.2. RepeatforthesecondPowerEdgeM630.
AddingtheservernodestothevCenterServer1. Inawebbrowser,navigatetothevCenterIP,clickLogintovSphereWebClient,andloginusingrootandyour
password.2. Intheleftpanel,selectvCenter,thenDatacenters.3. Right-clickintheemptypanel,andselectNewDatacenter.4. IntheNewDatacenterwindow,givetheDatacenteranameandclickOK.WeusedVRTX-015. Selectyourtestdatacenter.6. Ontheleftpanel,selectHosts,thenclickAddahost.7. OntheNameandLocationscreen,entertheIPaddressfortheR710clientandclickNext.8. OntheConnectionsettingsscreen,entertheUsernameandPasswordandclickNext.9. OntheHostsummaryscreen,clickNext.10. OntheAssignlicensescreen,clickNext.11. OntheLockdownmodescreen,clickNext.12. OntheVMlocationscreen,clickNext.13. Repeatsteps7–11forbothPowerEdgeM630s.
Configuringtheexternalvolumes1. InthevSphereclient,selectthefirsthost.2. ClicktheConfigurationtab.3. ClickStorage,andclickAddStorage…4. ChooseDisk/LUN.5. Selectthedisk,andclickNext.6. AcceptthedefaultofVMFS-5forthefilesystem.7. Reviewthedisklayout,andclickNext.8. Enterthedatastorename,andclickNext.9. Acceptthedefaultofusingmaximumcapacity,andclickNext.10. ClickFinish.11. RepeatforallvolumesavailablethroughtheSharedPERC8Mini.12. Addsharedstorageonthesecondhost:
a. Onthesecondhost,clicktheConfigurationtab.b. ClicktheStoragemenu.c. Thenewstorageshouldappearautomatically.Ifnostorageislisted,clickRescanAll…
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d. ClickOKtorescanalladapters.ThesharedstoragewillappearautomaticallywiththenameVRTX-shared-01alreadyconfigured.
Settingupahigh-availabilitycluster1. Right-clicktheVRTX-01Datacenter.2. SelectNewCluster.3. Namethecluster.Forourtesting,weusedVRTX-M6304. ChecktheTurnOnvSphereHAcheckbox,andclickNext.5. AcceptallvSphereHAdefaults,andclickNext.6. AcceptVirtualMachineOptionsdefaults,andclickNext.7. AcceptVMMonitoringdefaults,andclickNext.8. AcceptVMwareEVCdefaults,andclickNext.9. AcceptVMSwapfileLocationdefaults,andclickNext.10. Tocreatethecluster,clickFinish.11. ClickanddrageachESXihostintotheclustertopopulateit.
CreatingthefirstVM1. UsingthevSphereclient,connecttothevCenterServer.2. Right-clickthecluster,andchooseNewVirtualMachine.3. OntheConfigurationscreen,chooseCustom,andclickNext.4. OntheNameandLocationscreen,addaname,selectthedatacenter,andclickNext.5. OnthespecificHostscreen,choosethefirstPowerEdgeM630bladeandclickNext.6. OntheStoragescreen,selecttheOSdatastoreontheexternalstorage,andclickNext.7. OntheVirtualMachineVersionscreen,chooseVirtualMachineVersion8,andclickNext.8. OntheGuestOperatingSystemscreen,chooseWindows,selectMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2(64-bit),and
clickNext.9. OntheCPUsscreen,choose1virtualsocket,and4virtualprocessorspercore,andclickNext.10. OntheMemoryscreen,choose8GBRAM,andclickNext.11. OntheNetworkscreen,click1forthenumberofNICs,selecttheNICconnectedtotheisolatedtestingnetwork,
andclickNext.12. OntheSCSIControllerscreen,leavethedefaultvirtualstoragecontroller,andclickNext.13. OntheSelectaDiskscreen,choosetocreateanewvirtualdisk,andclickNext.14. OntheCreateaDiskscreen,maketheOSvirtualdisksize100GB,andchoosethinprovisioned.15. OntheAdvancedOptionsscreen,leavethedefaultvirtualdevicenode(0:0),andclickNext.16. OntheReadytoCompletescreen,clickFinish.17. Right-clicktheVM,selectUpgradeVirtualHardware,andclickYes.18. StarttheVM.19. AttachtheWindowsServer2012R2ISOimagetotheVM,andinstallWindowsServer2012R2onyourVM.
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InstallingtheoperatingsystemontheVMsRepeatthesectionsaboveregardingtheinitialcreationofthevirtualmachinesandinstallationofWindows
Server2012R2Standard.
CloningtheVM1. UsingthevSphereClient,right-clickthefirstVMandselectTemplate,thenClonetoTemplate.2. OntheNameandLocationscreen,enteraTemplateName.3. OntheHost/Clusterscreen,selectthemanagementserver.4. OntheDatastorescreen,selectadatastore,andclickNext.5. OntheReadytoCompletescreen,clickFinish.
ThetemplatecreatedwillbeusedtocloneouttherestoftheVMs.
InstallingandconfiguringMicrosoftExchangeServersWeinstalledMicrosoftExchange2013SP3CASserverandmailboxserverontwoVMsresidingonthefirstDell
PowerEdgeM630.
ConfiguringtheExchange2013VMsontheVRTXAftercloning,modifytheExchange2013VMstocontainthefollowingsettings:
• Memory:16GB
• VirtualProcessors:8
• Additionalvirtualdisksforthemailboxserver.o 1×750GBvirtualdiskformailboxstorage(Thick-provisioned,eager-zeroed)o 1×100GBvirtualdiskforlogstorage(Thick-provisioned,eager-zeroed)
AfteraddingthedrivesfromthevSphereclient,configureadditionaldrivesinWindowsusingthefollowingsteps.1. Inthetaskbar,clicktheServerManagericon.2. Intheleftpane,expandStorage,andclickDiskManagement.3. Right-clickthefirstvolume,andchooseInitializeDisk.4. Intherightpane,right-clickthevolume,andchooseNewSimpleVoIume…5. Atthewelcomewindow,clickNext.6. AttheSpecifyVolumeSizewindow,leavethedefaultselection,andclickNext.7. AttheAssignDriveLetterorPathwindow,chooseadriveletter,andclickNext.8. AttheFormatPartitionwindow,chooseNTFS,andclickNext.9. AttheCompletingtheNewSimpleVolumeWizardwindow,clickFinish.
TestingoverviewWeusedtheRAID10consistingof300GBharddrivesontheVRTXsharedstoragetostoretheExchange
mailbox.WeaddedtwovirtualdrivestotheExchangeMailbox:oneforExchangedataandoneforlogs.Forourworkloads,weusedthefollowingsettings:• Users:750
• MailboxProfile:250MBmailboxes
• ActionProfile:Outlook_200
• ClientType:Outlook2007Cached
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ConfiguringtheActiveDirectoryserverInstallingtheActiveDirectoryDomainServicesrole
Beforecompletingthisstep,youwillneedtoapplyastaticIPaddressfortheserver.Inourcase,weused192.168.1.10.
1. LaunchServerManager,andselectAddrolesandfeatures.2. ClickNextattheAddRolesandFeaturesWizard.3. SelectRole-basedorfeature-basedinstallation,andclickNext.4. SelecttheADserverfromtheserverpool,andclickNext.5. SelectActiveDirectoryDomainServicesfromthelistofRoles,clicktheAddFeaturesbuttontoaddfeaturesthat
arerequiredbyActiveDirectoryDomainServices,andclickNext.6. AcceptthedefaultsselectedbysetupattheSelectFeaturesscreen,andclickNext.7. ClickNextattheADDSscreen.8. SelectRestartthedestinationserverautomaticallyifrequiredattheconfirmationscreen,andclickInstall.9. Clicktheyellowwarningtriangleintheservermanagerwindow.10. ClickPromotethisservertoadomaincontroller.11. SelectAddanewforest,typeintheRootdomainname(fqdn),andclickNext.Forourtesting,weused
test.local12. Typeinandconfirmthepassword,andclickNext.13. ClickNextattheDNSOptionsscreen.14. VerifytheNetBIOSname,andclickNext.15. Acceptthedefaultpaths,andclickNext.16. Reviewtheoptions,andclickNext.17. Verifytheprerequisitecheckpassessuccessfully,andclickInstall.
PreparingADforExchange
1. Createareverselookupzone:a. Clickthestartbutton,andtypeDNSinthesearchfield.b. OpentheDNSmanagerbyclickingonitintheresultsfield.c. ExpandyourActiveDirectorydomain,andclickonReverseLookupZones.d. ClickActionàNewZone.e. ClickNextontheWelcomescreen.f. ChosePrimaryZone,andclickNext.g. Leavedefaultreplicationscope,andclickNext.h. ChooseIPv4,andclickNext.i. EntertheIPaddressofyourdomain(192.168.3forourexample).j. ChooseAllowbothnonsecureandsecuredynamicupdates,andclickNext.k. ClickFinish.
2. InserttheExchange2012SP1InstallationISOintheADVMDVDdrive.3. InWindowsExplorer,double-clicktheExchangeDVDicon.
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4. IntheExchangeinstallationfolder,holddownshift,andright-click.5. ChooseOpenacommandwindowhere.6. Runthefollowingcommand:Setup.exe /PrepareSchema
/IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms7. Whenthepreviouscommandcompletes,runthefollowingcommand:Setup.exe /PrepareAD
/OrganizationName:”organization name” /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms8. Closethecommandwindowwhenthesetupfinishes.
InstallingActiveDirectoryCertificateServices1. LaunchServerManager,andselectAddrolesandfeatures.2. ClickNextattheAddRolesandFeaturesWizard.3. SelectRole-basedorfeature-basedinstallation,andclickNext.4. ChooseActiveDirectoryCertificateServices.5. ClickAddFeatures,ifprompted,toinstallanyrequiredfeatures.6. ClickNext.7. ClickNext.8. ClickNext.9. ChooseCertificateAuthorityandCertificationAuthorityWebEnrollment.10. ClickAddFeatures,ifprompted,toinstallanyrequiredfeatures.11. ClickNext.12. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.13. ClickInstall.14. ClickClosewhentheinstallfinishes.15. ClickontheyellowwarningsymbolintheServerManager,andclickConfigureActiveDirectoryCertificate
Services16. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.17. CheckbothCertificationAuthorityandCertificationAuthorityWebEnrollment,andclickNext.18. ChooseEnterpriseCA,andclickNext.19. ChooseRootCA,andclickNext.20. ChooseCreateanewprivatekey,andclickNext.21. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.22. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.23. Leave5years,andclickNext.24. Leavedefaultlocations,andclickNext.25. ClickConfigure.26. Closewhentheconfigurationfinishes.27. OpenInternetExplorerandnavigatetolocalhost/certsrv/Default.asptoverifythattheinstallation
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InstallingExchangeServer2013SP1MailboxandClientAccessServerrolesUsingthetemplate,clonetwoVMs:onefortheExchangeClientAccessServer,orCAS,andtheotherforthe
ExchangeMailboxServer.Editthehardwaresettingsineach.TheMailboxservershouldhaveeightvCPUs(eightvirtualsocketseachwithonecore)and16GBofmemory.UsingtheExchangedatastore,adda750GBdiskanda100GBdisktotheMailboxserverfortheExchangemailboxandExchangelogsrespectively.SetstaticIPsonbothVMsandjointhedomain.
1. OntheExchangeMailboxServer,logintotheserverusingdomainadministratorcredentials.2. OpenWindowsPowerShellandrunthefollowingcommand:
Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, Web-Mgmt-Console, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation
3. Restarttheserver.4. DownloadtheMicrosoftUnifiedCommunicationsManagedAPI4.0,CoreRuntime64-bit
(go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkId=258269).5. RunUcmaRuntimeSetup.exe.6. Whentheinstallationcompletes,clickFinish.7. NavigatetothelocationoftheExchangeinstallationmedia,anddouble-clickSetup.exe.8. AttheCheckforUpdates?screen,checktheConnecttotheInternetandcheckforupdatescheckbox,andclick
Next.9. Whentheupdatescomplete,clickNext.10. AttheIntroductionscreen,clickNext.11. AttheLicenseAgreementscreen,checktheboxtoaccepttheterms,andclickNext.12. AttheRecommendedSettingsscreen,checktheDon’tuserecommendedsettingscheckbox,andclickNext.13. AttheServerRoleSelection,selectMailboxorClientAccessrole,andclickNext.14. AttheInstallationSpaceandLocationscreen,leavethedefaultlocationfortheinstallation,andclickNext.15. AttheMalwareProtectionSettings,selectYestodisable,andclickNext.16. AttheReadinessChecksscreen,allowtheverificationtocomplete.Iftherearenofailures,clickInstall.17. Whentheinstallationcompletes,clickFinish,andrestarttheserver.18. Repeatsteps1–17fortheExchangeCASserver.
ConfiguringExchange1. OntheCASserver,opentheExchangeAdminCenterbyusingabrowserandnavigatingto
https://localhost/ecp2. Enterthedomainadministratorcredentials,andclickSignin.3. Ifprompted,selectthelanguageandtimezone,andclickSave.
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4. Intheleftpane,clickMailFlow,thenclickSendConnectors.5. OntheSendConnectorspage,clicktheNewicon.6. IntheNewSendConnectorwizard,specifySMTPasthenameandselectInternetasthetype.ClickNext.7. IntheNetworksettingsscreen,chooseMXrecordassociatedwithrecipientdomain,andclickNext.8. IntheAddressspacescreen,clicktheAddicon.9. IntheAdddomainwindow,enter*intheFullyQualifiedDomainName(FQDN)field,andclickSave.10. ClickNext.11. IntheSourceServerscreen,clicktheAddicon.12. IntheSelectaServerwindow,selectthemailboxserver,clickAdd,andthenclickOK.13. ClickFinish.14. IntheleftpaneoftheEAC,clickservers,selectthenameoftheCASserver,andclickEdit.15. ClickOutlookAnywhere,andentertheappropriateFQDNoftheClientAccessServerfortheexternaland
internalhostnamefield.Forexample,exchangeserver.test.local16. ChooseNTLMastheauthenticationmethod,andclickSave.17. ClickVirtualDirectories,andthenclicktheConfigureexternalaccessdomainicon.18. IntheSelecttheClientAccessserverstousewiththeexternalURLwindow,clicktheAddicon.19. SelecttheCASserver,andclickAdd.ClickOK.20. TypetheFQDNoftheCASserverintheEnterthedomain,andclickSave.21. LogintotheActiveDirectoryserverusingadministratorcredentials,andcompletethefollowingsteps:
a. OpenServerManager,thenclickToolsàDNS.b. InDNSManager,expandtheActiveDirectoryservernameàForwardLookupZonesàtest.localin
theleftpane.c. Intherightpane,verifyorcreatetheDNSrecordsaspresentedinFigure15.
Type Hostorchilddomain/aliasname FQDN FQDNofmail
serverMailExchanger(MX) Leaveblank domain.com casserver.domain.comAlias(CNAME) Autodiscover Autodiscover.domain.com casserver.domain.comAlias(CNAME) Owa Owa.domain.com casserver.domain.comFigure15:DNSrecords.
22. LogbackintoyourCASserver.23. IntheExchangePowerShell,runthefollowingcommands,replacing“$HostName”withthehostname(not
FQDN)ofyourCASserver.Set-EcpVirtualDirectory "$HostName\ECP (Default Web Site)" -InternalUrl ((Get-EcpVirtualDirectory "$HostName\ECP (Default Web Site)").ExternalUrl) Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory "$HostName\EWS (Default Web Site)" -InternalUrl ((get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory "$HostName\EWS (Default Web Site)").ExternalUrl)
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Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory "$HostName\Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync (Default Web Site)" -InternalUrl ((Get-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory "$HostName\Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync (Default Web Site)").ExternalUrl) Set-OabVirtualDirectory "$HostName\OAB (Default Web Site)" -InternalUrl ((Get-OabVirtualDirectory "$HostName\OAB (Default Web Site)").ExternalUrl) Set-OwaVirtualDirectory "$HostName\OWA (Default Web Site)" -InternalUrl ((Get-OwaVirtualDirectory "$HostName\OWA (Default Web Site)").ExternalUrl) Set-PowerShellVirtualDirectory "$HostName\PowerShell (Default Web Site)" -InternalUrl ((Get-PowerShellVirtualDirectory "$HostName\PowerShell (Default Web Site)").ExternalUrl)
Get-OfflineAddressBook | Set-OfflineAddressBook -GlobalWebDistributionEnabled $True -VirtualDirectories $Null
24. CreateafolderattherootofC:ontheCASserver,andshareittoEveryonewithread/writepermissions.25. LogbackintotheExchangeadmincenter,andnavigatetoServersàcertificates.26. ChoosetheCASserverinthedrop-downmenu,andclicktheplussigntocreateanewcertificate.27. ChooseCreatearequestforacertificatefromacertificationauthority,andclickNext.28. Namethecertificate,andclickNext.29. Donotrequestawildcardcertificate,andclickNext.30. ClickBrowse,choosetheCASserver,andclickOK.ClickNext.31. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.32. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.33. Enteryourorganizationinformation,andclickNext.34. EnterthepathtotheshareyoucreatedontheCASserver,andclickFinish.Example:
\\cas\share\myrequest.REQ35. LogintotheADserver,andopenInternetExplorer.36. Browsetolocalhost/CertSrv37. ClickRequestacertificate.38. Chooseadvancedcertificaterequest.39. ChooseSubmitacertificaterequestbyusingabase-64-endcodedCMC…40. OpenWindowsExplorerandnavigatetothesharefolderontheCASserverwherethecertificaterequestis
stored.41. OpenthecertificatewithnotepadandcopythecontentbetweenBEGINNEWCERTIFICATEREQUESTandEND
NEWCERTIFICATEREQUEST.42. PastethecopiedcontentintotheSavedRequestwindow.43. ChooseWebServerintheCertificateTemplatedrop-downmenu,andclickSubmit.44. ChooseBase64encoded,anddownloadthecertificate.
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45. CopythenewcertificateintothesharefolderontheCASserver.46. LogbackintotheCASserverandopentheExchangeAdminCenter.47. GotoServersàCertificates,andhighlightthecertificateyoubeganbefore(shouldsayPendingrequestinthe
statuscolumn).48. ClickCompleteontherightside.49. Typethepathtothecertificate,includingthecertificatename,andclickOK.Example:
\\cas\share\certnew.CER50. VerifythatthestatushaschangedtoValid.51. Editthenewentry,andclickEdit.52. GotoservicesandcheckSMTPandIIS,clickSave.53. ClickYesonthewarningmessage.54. RunthefollowingstepsontheCASandADservers.
a. ClickStart,andtypeMMCb. ClickFileàAdd/RemoveSnap-inc. ChooseCertificates,andclickAdd.d. ChooseComputeraccount,andclickNext.e. ChooseLocalcomputer,andclickFinish.f. ClickOK.g. ExpandCertificatesàTrustedRootCertificateAuthoritiesàCertificatesh. ClickActionàAllTasksàImporti. ClickNext.j. BrowsetothesharefolderontheCASserver,andchoosethenewcertificateyoucreated.Click
Next.k. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.l. ClickFinish.m. ClickOKontheImportwassuccessfulmessage.
55. LogintotheCASserverandopentheExchangeadmincenter.56. NavigatetoServersàDatabases.57. RestarttheMicrosoftExchangeInformationStoreserviceontheMBserver.58. UsingtheEditbutton,disablethemaintenancescheduleandenablecircularloggingforeachmailboxdatabase.59. Dismountandremountthedatabases.60. OpentheExchangeManagementshell,andenterthefollowingtomovethepathsofthedefaultmailbox:61. Move-Databasepath“DatabaseName”–EdbFilepath“E:\Newlocation\DBname.edb”–LogFolderpath
“F:\Newlocation”62. Whenprompted,typeAandpressEnter.63. OpenExchangeManagementShell,andenterthefollowing:
Get-OutlookAnywhere |Set-OutlookAnywhere -ExternalHostname cas.domain.com -
DefaultAuthenticationMethod NTLM -ExternalClientsRequireSsl $true
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InstallingandconfiguringtheExchange2013mailtestclientsandcompletingLoadGenconfigurationontheExchange2013
Forourtesting,weusedonevirtualclientmachinetorunLoadGen2013.Tocreatethemailclients,weinstalledseveralsoftwarecomponents.Wefollowedthisprocessforeachinstallation:
InstallingWindowsServer2008R2SP1EnterpriseEdition1. InserttheinstallationDVDforWindowsServer2008R2SP1EnterpriseintotheDVDdrive.2. AttheLanguageSelectionScreen,clickNext.3. ClickInstallNow.4. SelectWindowsServer2008R2Enterprise(FullInstallation),andclickNext.5. ClicktheIacceptthelicensetermscheckbox,andclickNext.6. ClickCustom.7. ClickNext.8. AttheUser’spasswordmustbechangedbeforeloggingonwarningscreen,clickOK.9. Enterthedesiredpasswordfortheadministratorinbothfields,andclickthearrowtocontinue.10. AttheYourpasswordhasbeenchangedscreen,clickOK.11. ClickStart,typechange power-saving settingsandpressEnter.12. ClickChangeplansettings.13. ChangetheTurnoffthedisplaydrop-downmenutoNever.14. ClickSavechanges,andclosethePowerOptions,ScreenSaverSettings,andPersonalizationscreens.
Tosetupthisserver,wehadtoinstallseveraladditionalsoftwarecomponents.Thefollowingsubsectionsdetailthenecessaryinstallationprocesses.
Joiningthedomain1. SetastaticIP.2. SelectStartàControlPanelàNetworkConnectionsàLocalAreaConnection.3. ClickProperties.4. HighlightInternetProtocol(TCP/IP),andclickProperties.5. SelecttheUsethefollowingDNSserveraddressesradiobutton,andentertheIPoftheDNSserverinthe
PreferredDNSserverfield.ClickOK.6. Right-clickMyComputer,andselectProperties.7. UndertheComputerNametab,clickChange.8. IntheComputerNameChangesscreen,undertheMemberofsection,selecttheDomainradialbox,andtype
test.local9. SelectOKtostartjoiningthedomain.10. Whenthescreenappearsaskingforapersonqualifiedonthedomain,typeAdministratorastheusername
andPassword1asthepassword.11. AttheWelcomepop-upwindowandthewindowwarningthatyoumustresetthecomputerforthechangesto
takeeffect,clickOK.12. AttheSystemPropertiesscreen,clickOK.
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13. Whenapop-upappearsaskingifyouwanttorestartnow,clickYestorestartyourcomputer.
InstallingInternetInformationServices1. ClickStartàAdministrativeToolsàServerManager.2. Ontheleftpane,clickRoles.3. ClickAddRoles.4. ClicktheApplicationServercheckbox.5. WhentheAddfeaturesrequiredforApplicationServer?screenappears,clickAddRequiredFeatures.6. ClickNext.7. ClickNext.8. AttheSelectRoleServicespageforApplicationServer,clicktheWebServer(IIS)Supportcheckbox.9. ClickAddRequiredSupportRoleServices.10. ClickNext.11. ClickNext.12. AttheSelectRoleServicespageforWebServer(IIS),clickIIS6ManagementCompatibility,ASP,andCGI
checkboxes;andclickNext.13. ClickInstall.14. ClickClose.
InstallingLoadGeneratorDownloadandinstallLoadGenerator2013usingalldefaults.
Importingthecertificateandeditingthehostsfile1. ClickStart,andtypeMMC
2. ClickFileàAdd/RemoveSnap-in3. ChooseCertificates,andclickAdd.4. ChooseComputeraccount,andclickNext.5. ChooseLocalcomputer,andclickFinish.6. ClickOK.7. ExpandCertificatesàTrustedRootCertificateAuthoritiesàCertificates.8. ClickActionàAllTasksàImport.9. ClickNext.10. BrowsetothesharefolderontheCASserver,andchoosethenewcertificateyoucreated.ClickNext.11. Leavedefaults,andclickNext.12. ClickFinish.13. ClickOKontheImportwassuccessfulmessage.14. OpentheNotepadprogram,anduseFileàOpentoopenthehostsfilestoredat
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc15. AddtheIPandFQDNoftheCASserver.16. SaveandcloseNotepad.
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PreparingLoadGenerator1. Logintothemailclient.2. SelectStartàAllProgramsàMicrosoftExchangeàExchangeLoadGenerator2013.3. WhentheLoadGeneratorscreenappears,selectStartanewtest.4. SelectCreateanewtestconfiguration,andclickContinue.5. Changethetotallengthofsimulationto1hour.6. IntheSpecifytestsettingsscreen,typePassword1astheDirectoryAccessPasswordandMailboxAccount
MasterPassword,andclickContinuewithrecipientmanagement.7. Create750usersintheMailboxDatabase,andclickContinue.8. ToacceptdefaultsforAdvancedrecipientsettings,clickContinue.9. IntheSpecifytestusergroupsscreen,selecttheplussigntoaddausergroup.10. ChangetheClientTypetoOutlook2007Cached,theactionprofiletoOutlook_200,andtheMailboxsizeto250
MB,andclickContinue.11. InRemoteconfigurations,checkthecheckboxtoenabledistributingtheworkload,enterthecomputernamesof
allofthetestclients,andclickContinue.12. ClickSavetheconfigurationfileas,andnameittestcfg.xml13. ClickStarttheinitializationphase(recommendedbeforerunningthetest).14. Onceyouhaveinitializedthedatabase,createabackupcopyoftheExchangemailboxdatabases.
InstallingandconfiguringMicrosoftSQLServer2014WeinstalledMicrosoftSQLServer2014onaVMresidingonthesecondDellPowerEdgeM630.
ConfiguringtheSQLServerVM(VRTXonly)1. Aftercloning,modifytheSQLVMtocontainthefollowingsettings:
o Memory:16GBo VirtualProcessors:8o Additionalvirtualdisks:
§ 1×100GBvirtualdisksforSQLdatabaseandlogdata(Thickprovisioned,eager-zeroed)
InstallingSQLServer20141. OpentheconsolefortheVMorconnecttotheVMwithRDP.2. MounttheinstallationISOtotheVM.3. ClickRunSETUP.EXE.IfAutoplaydoesnotbegintheinstallation,navigatetotheSQLServer2014DVD,and
double-click.4. Iftheinstallerpromptsyouwitha.NETinstallationprompt,clickYestoenablethe.NETFrameworkCorerole.5. Intheleftpane,clickInstallation.6. OntheProductKeyscreen,enteraproductkeyforstandard,andclickNext.7. AttheSetupSupportRulesscreen,waitfortherulechecktocomplete.Iftherearenofailuresorrelevant
warnings,clickOK.8. SelecttheSpecifyafreeeditionandfromthedrop-downmenu,selectEvaluation.ClickNext.9. Clickthecheckboxtoacceptthelicenseterms,andclickNext.
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10. Ifnofailuresaredisplayedafterthesetupsupportfilesareinstalled,clickNext.11. AttheSetupRolescreen,chooseSQLServerFeatureInstallation.12. AttheFeatureSelectionscreen,selectDatabaseEngineServices,Full-TextandSemanticExtractionsforSearch,
ClientToolsConnectivity,ClientToolsBackwardsCompatibility,ManagementTools–Basic,andManagementTools–Complete.ClickNext.
13. AttheInstallationRulesscreen,clickNextafterthecheckcompletes.14. AttheInstanceconfigurationscreen,leavethedefaultselectionofdefaultinstance,andclickNext.15. AttheDiskSpaceRequirementsscreen,clickNext.16. AttheServerConfigurationscreen,checkthatNTAUTHORITY\SYSTEMisselectedforSQLServerAgentandSQL
ServerDatabaseEngine.ClickNext.17. Assumingtherearenofailures,clickNext.18. AttheDatabaseEngineConfigurationscreen,selectMixedMode.19. Enterandconfirmapasswordforthesystemadministratoraccount.20. ClickAddCurrentuser.Thismaytakeseveralseconds.21. ClickNext.22. AttheErrorandusagereportingscreen,clickNext.23. AttheInstallationConfigurationRulesscreen,checkthattherearenofailuresorrelevantwarnings,andclick
Next.24. AttheReadytoInstallscreen,clickInstall.25. Afterinstallationcompletes,clickClose.26. CreateaSQLServerloginfortheds2user(seetheConfiguringthedatabase(Datagenerationoverview)section
forthespecificscripttouse).27. Copythepre-createdDVDStorebackuptothespecifiedbackupvolume.28. DownloadandinstallanyavailableupdatesforMicrosoftSQLServer2014.WeinstalledSQLServer2014SP1
andCU5.
ConfiguringthedatabaseworkloadclientForourtesting,weusedasingleclientmachinefortheMicrosoftSQLServerclient.Tocreatethisclient,we
createdaWindowsServer2013R2VM,assignedastaticIPaddress,andinstalled.NET3.5.WeusedthisclienttodrivetheDVDStorebenchmarkweranagainsttheSQLdatabase.
ConfiguringthedatabaseDatagenerationoverview
WegeneratedthedatausingtheInstall.plscriptincludedwithDVDStoreversion2.1(DS2),providingtheparametersforour10GBdatabasesizeandthedatabaseplatformonwhichweran:MicrosoftSQLServer.WerantheInstall.plscriptonautilitysystemrunningLinux.ThedatabaseschemawasalsogeneratedbytheInstall.plscript.
Afterprocessingthedatageneration,wetransferredthedatafilesandschemacreationfilestoaWindows-basedsystemrunningSQLServer2014.Webuiltthe10GBdatabaseinSQLServer2014,andthenperformedafullbackup,storingthebackupfileontheC:driveforquickaccess.Weusedthatbackupfiletorestoretheserverbetweentestruns.
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Theonlymodificationwemadetotheschemacreationscriptswerethespecifiedfilesizesforourdatabase.Weexplicitlysetthefilesizeshigherthannecessarytoensurethatnofile-growthactivitywouldaffecttheoutputsofthetest.Besidesthisfilesizemodification,thedatabaseschemawascreatedandloadedaccordingtotheDVDStoredocumentation.Specifically,wefollowedthestepsbelow:
1. WegeneratedthedataandcreatedthedatabaseandfilestructureusingdatabasecreationscriptsintheDS2download.Wemadesizemodificationsspecifictoour10GBdatabaseandtheappropriatechangestodriveletters.
2. WetransferredthefilesfromourLinuxdatagenerationsystemtoaWindowssystemrunningSQLServer.3. Wecreateddatabasetables,storedprocedures,andobjectsusingtheprovidedDVDStorescripts.4. Wesetthedatabaserecoverymodeltobulk-loggedtopreventexcesslogging.5. Weloadedthedatawegeneratedintothedatabase.Fordataloading,weusedtheimportwizardinSQLServer
ManagementStudio.Wherenecessary,weretainedoptionsfromtheoriginalscripts,suchasEnableIdentityInsert.
6. Wecreatedindices,full-textcatalogs,primarykeys,andforeignkeysusingthedatabase-creationscripts.7. Weupdatedstatisticsoneachtableaccordingtodatabase-creationscripts,whichsample18percentofthe
tabledata.8. OntheSQLServerinstance,wecreatedads2userSQLServerloginusingthefollowingTransactSQL(TSQL)
script:
USE [master]
GO
CREATE LOGIN [ds2user] WITH PASSWORD=N’’, DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=[us_english],
CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF,
CHECK_POLICY=OFF
GO
9. Wesetthedatabaserecoverymodelbacktofull.10. WecreatedthenecessaryfulltextindexusingSQLServerManagementStudio.11. WecreatedadatabaseuserandmappedthisusertotheSQLServerlogin.12. Wethenperformedafullbackupofthedatabase.Thisbackupallowedustorestorethedatabasestoapristine
staterelativelyquicklybetweentests.
Figure16showsourinitialfilesizemodifications.
Logicalname Filegroup Initialsize(MB)Databasefiles primary PRIMARY 3.25cust1 DS_CUST_FG 5,767cust2 DS_CUST_FG 5,767ind1 DS_IND_FG 2,621
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Logicalname Filegroup Initialsize(MB)ind2 DS_IND_FG 2,621ds_misc DS_MISC_FG 2,621orders1 DS_ORDERS 2,621orders2 DS_ORDERS 2,621Logfiles ds_log NotApplicable 20,480Figure16:Ourinitialfilesizemodifications.
InstallingandconfiguringIometerWeinstalledIometerusingalldefaultsonaVMresidingonthesecondDellPowerEdgeM630.
ConfiguringtheIometerVM(VRTXonly)Aftercloning,modifytheIometerVMtocontainthefollowingsettings:
o Memory:8GBo VirtualProcessors:4o Additionalvirtualdisks:
§ 1×50GBvirtualdiskforIometertarget(Thickprovisioned,eager-zeroed)
InstallingandconfiguringIometerontheVM1. DownloadtheIometer1.1packageforWindowsfromwww.iometer.org/doc/downloads.html.2. Double-clicktheinstaller,andclickRun.3. AttheWelcomewindow,clickNext.4. AttheLicenseAgreementwindow,clickIAgree.5. AttheChooseComponentswindow,leavethedefaultsselected,andclickNext.6. AttheChooseInstallLocationwindow,changetheDestinationFoldertoC:\Iometer1.1,andclickInstall.7. Whentheinstallationcompletes,clickFinish.8. CopytherelevantaccessspecificationfiletotheVM.
ConfiguringtheIometerworkloads(bothlegacyandVRTX)WesetupIometertodeliveralightfile/printserver-likeI/Oloadthroughthedurationofthetests.Belowwe
reviewthespecificconfigurationofourIometerworkload.
Iometerworkloadspecifications• 50GBdataset,1OutstandingI/Opertarget(sectors)
• 512KBtransferrequestsize
• 100mstransferdelay
• 1BurstI/O
• 80%read,100%random
• 45minuteruntime
• 60secondrampuptime
• Cycling–normal
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RunningthetestTeststartandruntimes
Weranallworkloadsconcurrentlyinordertostartandrecordallperformancecountersforthisreport.Thespecifictestingparametersweusedforeachbenchmarkareincludedinthesetupsections,andspecificsforlaunchingthesetestsaredescribedbelow.
AboutrunningtheLoadGentest Torunthetest,weinstalledtheLoadGenclientandservercomponentsandsimulated750Exchangeusers
targetingtheExchangeVMusingLoadGen’sExchange_200Workloadprofile.WerantheLoadGenbenchmarkfor45minutes,andbeginningatthe15-minutemark,weuseda30-minutemeasurementwindowforperformancemonitoring.
FormoredetailsaboutLoadGen,seewww.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=14060.
AboutrunningtheDVDStoretestsWecreatedaseriesofbatchfiles,SQLscripts,andshellscriptstoautomatethecompletetestcycle.DVDStore
outputsanorders-per-minutemetric,whichisarunningaveragecalculatedthroughthetest.Inthisreport,wereportthelastOPMreportedbyeachclient/targetpair.
Eachcompletetestcycleconsistedofthegeneralstepslistedbelow.1. Cleanupprioroutputsfromthetargetsystemandtheclientdriversystem.2. Dropthedatabasefromthetarget.3. Restorethedatabaseonthetarget.4. Shutdownthetarget.5. Rebootthehostandclientsystem.6. Waitforapingresponsefromtheserverundertest(thehypervisorsystem),theclientsystem,andthetarget.7. Letthetestserveridlefor20minutes.8. StarttheDVDStoredriverontheclient.
WeusedthefollowingDVDStoreparametersfortesting:ds2sqlserverdriver.exe --target=<target_IP> --ramp_rate=10 --run_time=30 --
n_threads=12 --db_size=10GB --think_time=0.1 --detailed_view=Y --
warmup_time=15
AboutrunningtheIometertests1. LogintotheIometermachine.2. OpentheIometerspecificationforthemachine.3. Clickthestartbutton.4. Afterallaccessspecificationsfinishrunning,removetheresultfilesfromthemachine.
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APPENDIXC–DETAILEDTESTRESULTSFigure17showstheresultsofourdatabase,mail,andfileandprinttestingaswellaspowerdatafortheDell
PowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellPowerEdgeM630servernodes.ThemedianrunwasdeterminedbyOPM.
DellPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellPowerEdgeM630servernodes Run1 Run2 Run3 MedianrunPower
Idlepower(W) 373.6 375.0 375.1 375.0Activepower(W) 397.2 396.8 396.6 396.8Database Ordersperminute 6011 6015 6029 6015Mail Averagelatency(ms) 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8Fileandprint IOPS 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.6
Figure17:DetailedrunresultsfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellPowerEdgeM630servernodes.Figure18showstheresultsofourdatabase,mail,andfileandprinttestingaswellaspowerdataforthelegacy
disparatehardwaresolutionwetested.ThemedianrunwasdeterminedbyOPM.
Legacy,disparatehardware Run1 Run2 Run3 MedianrunPower Idlepower(W) 660.2 671.4 662.9 671.4Activepower(W) 679.7 678.7 678.1 678.7Database Ordersperminute 2,050 2,053 2,053 2,053Mail Averagelatency(ms) 1.22 1.4 1.5 1.4Fileandprint IOPS 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.7
Figure18:Detailedrunresultsforthelegacydisparatehardwaresolutionfromourtesting.
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APPENDIXD–TCOCALCULATIONSInthisappendix,weestimateandcomparefive-yearcostsforthetwosolutionswetestedinthisreport.Each
solutionsupportsoneSQLServer2014StandardEditioninstance,oneMicrosoftExchange2013StandardEditioninstance,andoneinstanceforfile/print–inthreeVMsontheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionandonindividualserversinthelegacysolution.
• DellPowerEdgeVRTX–weincludeacquisitioncostsandannualcoststoruntheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionwetestedinthisreport.
• Legacysolution–wecomparedperformanceoftheDellPowerEdgeVRTXtoasetofthree4-to5-year-oldHPservers,asharedHPstoragearray,andaswitch.Weestimatecostsforthissolution.
AssumptionsGeneral
• WeusecurrentU.S.dollarsforallcalculations.
• Weassumealltasksareexecutedbyasystemadministratorearninginsalaryandbenefitstheequivalentof$56.09anhour.2
• FortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolution,weassumeanexistingVMwarevCenterserverthatisnotincludedinthiscostanalysis.
• Weconsideronlythecoststhatareplatformspecific.Wethusomitstaffcostsfortasksthatwouldbecommontothetwosolutionsandwouldrequiresameorsimilareffortandcostforthetwosolutions.TheseincludethecostofsettingupandmaintainingtheSQLServerandExchangedatabases,updatingtheoperatingsystemversions,andupdatingtheSQLserverversionsasupdatesbecomeavailableoverthefive-yearTCOtimeframe.
• Weincludeonlyserverlicensinginthismodelandomitclientaccesslicensecostsandotherclientlicensing.• Forthelegacysolution,weassumethebusinesswouldrepurposelegacyequipmentfromotheruses,sowould
needtopurchasesoftwareforboththelegacyandVRTXsolutions.• Weincludesoftwarelicensecostswithacquisitioncostsandsoftwaresupportcostswithannualcosts.• Wedonotincludedatacentercostssuchasspaceorbuildcostsbecauseweassumethecompanywouldinstall
thesesolutionsinthemainofficeorabranchoffice,notinacentralizedenterprisedatacenter.
Acquisitioncosts• AcquisitioncostsforbothsolutionsincludesoftwarelicensesforMicrosoftWindowsServer,MicrosoftSQL
Server,andMicrosoftExchangeServer.CostsfortheDellPowerEdgeM630serversalsoincludeVMwarevSpherelicensecosts.
• AcquisitioncostsfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionincludehardwareandfive-yearhardwaresupport,softwarelicenses,andsetupcosts.
• AcquisitioncostsfortheDellPowerEdgeM630serversincludethe29percentdiscountavailableforthisservermodelintheDellonlinestore.
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Yearlycosts• CostsforbothsolutionsincludeMicrosoftSoftwareAssurancecosts,energycostsforpowerandcooling,and
hardwaremanagementcosts.
• Weincludecoststopowerandcoolthesolutionsusingpowerutilizationmeasurementswemadeduringtesting.Weestimatecoolingcostsequaltopowercosts.
• Forthelegacysolution,weassumethebusinesspurchasespost-warrantyhardwaresupporteachyearfromthevendorfortheserversandstoragearray.Weincludethatinyearlycosts,notacquisitioncosts.
• Wealsoincludeestimatesofthecostofadditionaldowntimefortheaginglegacyservers.WeestimatenegligibledowntimeforVRTXand10hoursperserverperyearfortheolderlegacyservers.Weestimatethecostofthatdowntimeat$300anhourassuminganumberofusersareaffectedeachtimeoneoftheserversbecomesunavailable.
• CostsfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutionalsoincludestaffcostsfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutiontomanagetheVMwareVSphere5virtualization.
DellPowerEdgeVRTXsolutioncostFigure19showsthecostswecalculatedfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXsolution.
DellPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellPowerEdgeM630servernodes
Unit Costperunit Quantitydescription Quantity Totalcost
Acquisitioncosts Hardware
DellPowerEdgeVRTXplatform Platform(after29%discount) $20,515 OneVRTXincluding
five-yearsupport 1 $20,515
DellPowerEdgeM630BladeServer
Node(after29%discount) $7,488 Onenodeincluding
five-yearsupport 2 $14,977
Softwarelicenses
WindowsServer2012R2StandardEdition(processor+CALlicensing)
Eachserverwithuptotwoprocessors.UptotwoVMsperlicense.
$883Twoserverswithtwoprocessorseach(maxtwoVMsperserver)
2 $1,766
MicrosoftSQLServer2012R2Standard(server+CALlicensing)
OnelicenseperSQLVM $898
OneSQLServerVMperlegacySQLserverweconsolidate
1 $898
MicrosoftExchangeServer2013StandardEdition(server+CALlicensing)
OnelicenseperExchangeVM $708
TwoExchangeVMsperlegacyExchangeserverweconsolidate
2 $1,416
VMwarevSphere5Standardforoneprocessor Oneperprocessor $995 Numberprocessors 4 $3,980
Setup Costperhour $56 Numberhours 8 $449Totalacquisitioncosts $44,000
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DellPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellPowerEdgeM630servernodes
Unit Costperunit Quantitydescription Quantity Totalcost
Annualcosts Softwaresupport WindowsServer2012StandardEdition(SoftwareAssurance)
Eachserverwithuptotwoprocessors
$221Twoserverswithtwoprocessorseach(maxtwoVMsperserver)
2 $442
MicrosoftSQLServer2012Standard(SoftwareAssurance)
OnelicenseperSQLVM $225
OneSQLServerVMperlegacySQLserverweconsolidate
1 $225
MicrosoftExchangeServer2013(SoftwareAssurance) Oneserver $177
TwoExchangeVMsperlegacyExchangeserverweconsolidate
2 $354
VMwarevSphere5StandardBasicsupport
Oneperprocessorperyear $273 Numberprocessors 4 $1,092
Energycostforpowerandcooling Platform $725 OneVRTX 1 $725
Hardwaremanagement Costperhour $56 Numberhours 12 $673VMwaremanagement Costperhour $56 Numberhours 24 $1,346Totalannualcosts $4,857Averagecostpermonth $405Figure19:CostanalysisfortheDellPowerEdgeVRTXwithtwoDellPowerEdgeM630servernodes.(Totalsmaynotsumduetorounding.)Legacysolutioncosts
Figure20showsthecostswecalculatedforthelegacysolution.
Legacycosts Unit Costperunit Quantitydescription Quantity Totalcost
Acquisitioncosts Softwarelicenses
WindowsServer2012StandardEdition(processorlicenses)
Eachserverwithuptotwoprocessors.UptotwoVMsperlicense.
$883Threeserverswithoneortwoprocessorseach
3 $2,649
MicrosoftSQLServer2012Standard(processorlicenses) Oneserver $898 OneserverwithSQL
installed 1 $898
MicrosoftExchangeServer2013Standard(serverlicenses)
Oneserver $658 OneServerwithExchange 1 $658
Setup
Costperhour $56 Numberhours 16 $897Totalacquisitioncosts $5,102Annualcosts
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Legacycosts Unit Costperunit Quantitydescription Quantity Totalcost
Support WindowsServer2012StandardEdition(SoftwareAssurance)
Eachserverwithuptotwoprocessors
$221Threeserverswithoneortwoprocessorseach
3 $663
MicrosoftSQLServer2012Standard(SoftwareAssurance)
Oneserver $165 OneserverwithSQLinstalled 1 $165
MicrosoftExchange2013Standard(SoftwareAssurance)
Oneserver $165 OneserverwithExchange 1 $165
Hardwaresupport
HPextendedsupportagreementsforthreeserversandstoragearraywithone-yearterms
$3,091 Oneyear 1 $3,091
Energycostforpowerandcooling
$1,269 Oneyear 1 $1,269
Hardwaremanagement
Persolution $50
Estimateattwohoursamonthperserver+onehouramonthforstoragearrayperyear
84 $4,200
Downtimecost
Perhourdowntimecost $300 Eachserverdownfor
multiplehoursayear 30 $9,000
Legacyannualcosts $18,553Averagecostpermonth $1,546Figure20:Costanalysisforthelegacysolution.(Totalsmaynotsumduetorounding.)
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