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The architecture was designed to broadly represent the infrastructure customers use for their SQL Server databases. Dell PowerEdge R750xs servers were used for the compute layer. Each PowerEdge R750xs was configured the same way to ensure consistency. Two Intel® Xeon® Gold 6338 processors with 32 physical cores each, for 64 total cores, were used. The default server configuration enables logical processors which means 128 cores were available at the hypervisor level. The following table shows the detailed configuration:
Table 2. PowerEdge R750xs Configuration details
Processors | 2 x Intel® Xeon® Gold 6338 32C CPU @ 2.00 GHz |
Memory | 16 x 64 GB 3200MT/s memory, total of 1 TB |
Network adapters | Embedded NIC: 1 x Broadcom BCM5720 1 GbE DP Ethernet (mgmt.) Integrated NIC1: 1 x Broadcom Adv. Dual port 25 Gb Ethernet NIC Slot 5: 1 x Mellanox ConnectX-5 EN 25 GbE Dual port Adapter |
HBA | 2 x Emulex LPe35002 32 Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel |
To learn more about the server go to the PowerEdge R750xs page and download the specification sheet.