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Dell Virtualization Solution for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using PowerEdge R820
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Why Dell™ Server & Storage Hardware
Dell 12 th generation servers offer an efficient infrastructure for hosting a virtualized platform.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012, along with its robust HA and DR capabilities, offer a high performing and
reliable software stack good for consolidation scenarios.
Dell PowerEdge R820 as a Virtualization Platform
PowerEdge R820, with the multi-core Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 product family support, may be
beneficial in delivering outstanding performance for server. The PowerEdge R820, with 2-socket and 4-
socket configuration options, can feature up to 32 cores of latest generation server-class processing
power. This server supports up to 16 TB internal capacity and integrated PCIe Gen3-capable expansion
slots for extra capacity and functionality. Plus, up to two internal RAID controllers allow a range of
RAID levels for improved storage reliability, and the front-access PCIe SSDs enable performance-
enhancing in-box storage tiering.
Up to 1.5TB of highly scalable memory (48 DIMM slots) lets the R820 efficiently process extremely
demanding workloads, such as:
 Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
 Databases and data warehousing
 eCommerce
 Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
 Data-node high-performance computing (HPC)
Visit http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/poweredge-r820/pd for more information on Dell
PowerEdge R820 Server.
Dell SQL Server 2012 Reference architecture using PowerEdge
R820
The sections below discuss the sample single server and multi-server virtualized reference
architectures that are possible using Dell PowerEdge R820, SQL Server 2012, and Hyper-V.
Single Server Reference Architecture
Figure 1 shows an example virtualized database reference configuration using PowerEdge R820,
Hyper-V, and SQL Server 2012. In the proposed reference configurations and for the follow-on
experiments of this white paper, we have used PowerVault MD3620F as the SAN storage, QLogic
QLE2562 as the storage interface and Brocade 5100 as the SAN switch.