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The table below describes the hardware and software components in this SRDF/Metro environment:
Table 1. Hardware and software components
Category |
Type |
Quantity/size |
Release |
Storage system |
PowerMax 8000 storage system |
|
PowerMaxOS Q3 2020 |
Database servers |
2 x Dell R740 |
|
|
Operating System (OS) |
Windows Server 2019 with failover clustering and MPIO |
||
Host bus adapater (HBA) |
Broadcom (Emulex) |
Each server: 2 x dual port 32 Gb HBAs (total of 4 initiator ports) |
2 x LPe32002 (per server) |
Microsoft SQL Server |
SQL Server |
Two-node SQL Server failover cluster |
SQL Server 2019 |
Benchmark tools |
OLTP |
OLTP: HammerDB 3.23 |