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Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server takes advantage of the many new features that come with Windows Server 2019. Some of these features vastly improve on the features and functionality of Windows Server 2016. Each component has a unique impact on the workloads running on Windows Server HCI:
The following table lists increases to storage limits in Windows Server 2019 compared to Windows Server 2016:
Maximum components |
Windows Server 2016 |
Windows Server 2019 |
Increase |
Servers per cluster |
16 |
16 |
- |
Drives per cluster |
416 |
416 |
- |
Raw capacity per cluster |
1 PB |
4 PB |
4x |
Raw capacity per server |
100 TB |
400 TB |
4x |
Number of volumes |
32 |
64 |
2x |
Size per volume |
32 TB |
64 TB |
2x |