
Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 | Server Sizing Guide Selecting Your Hardware Components | 1
Chapter 1
Selecting Your Hardware Components
This document provides information for selecting hardware. Note that this document is current with supported
information for Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6.
This section includes the following topics:
l "CPU, Memory, and Storage Matrix" on page 1
l "Choosing Your CPU" on page 2
l "Choosing Your Memory" on page 2
l "Choosing Your RAID Controller" on page 3
l "Choosing Your Hard Drives" on page 4
CPU, Memory, and Storage Matrix
The following table lists the recommended specifications for optimum AirWave server performance.
Devices CPU
RAM
(GB)
Disk Config
IOs Needed
by AirWave
Storage (GB)
Less than 500 Any 8 Any 50 75
500
Intel Core i3-2220 @
3.30GHz
16
6x 146GB 15k RAID
10
300 410
1000
Intel Core i5-3570 @
3.40GHz
32
10x 146GB 15k
RAID 10
600 685
1500
Intel Xeon E5-2660 @
2.20GHz
48
12x 146GB 15k
RAID 10
900 821
4000
Dual Intel Xeon E5-
2660 @ 2.20GHz
80
16x 146GB 15k RAID
10
2400 1095
5000
Dual Intel Xeon E5-
2690 @ 2.90GHz
96
18x 146GB 15k RAID
10
3000 1232
5000 SSD
Dual Intel Xeon E5-
2690 @ 2.90GHz
96
6x 500GB SSD RAID
10
3000 1397
Table 1:
Recommended CPU, Memory, and Storage
NOTE: Ensure that the disk subsystem can sustain 4KB random write rates. Sustained sequential write rates will not help because
AirWave writes are primarily random.
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