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NSS-HA hardware configuration details Table 5.
Server configuration
NFS server model
Two PowerEdge R710
Processor
Dual Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53GHz
Memory
12 * 4GB 1333MHz RDIMMs
(The test bed used 48GB; the recommendation
for production clusters is to use 96GB).
Local disks and RAID controller
PERC H700 with five 146GB 10K SAS hard drives
Optional InfiniBand HCA (slot 4)
Mellanox ConnectX-2 QDR PCI-E card
Optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet card
(slot 4)
Intel X520 DA 10Gb Dual Port SFP+ Advanced
External storage controller (slot 3
and slot 2)
Two 6Gbps SAS HBA
Systems Management
iDRAC Enterprise
Power Supply
Dual PSUs
Storage configuration
Storage Enclosure
One PowerVault MD3200 array.
Three MD1200 expansion arrays for the 144TB
solution. Seven MD1200 expansion arrays for the
288TB solution.
High Performance Tier feature enabled on the
PowerVault MD3200
RAID controllers
Duplex RAID controllers in the MD3200
Hard Disk Drives
Twelve 3TB 7200 rpm NL SAS drivers per array
Other components
Private Gigabit Ethernet switch
PowerConnect 5424
Power Distribution Unit
Two APC switched Rack PDUs, model AP7921