Hardware specifications

Outlined here are the hardware specifications that we will use in this test setup. These specifications are aligned with the requirements and prerequisites:

Component

Make and model

Server hardware

Dell PowerEdge R720xd - 2U rack

Controller

PERC H710P Integrated RAID controller

Memory

64 GB

CPU

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Solid State Disk

2 x 400 GB SSD

Hard Disk Drives

4 x 300 GB SAS

Network Interface Card

2 x Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57810 10 Gigabit Ethernet

4 x Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet

Boot Device

SanDisk Cruzer 32 GB USB Device

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