All VxRail nodes support Big Data Cluster deployment. For our use case, we chose the VxRail E560F, as described in the following table:
Table 3. VxRail E560F specifications
Form factor |
Single system, 1U |
Processors |
Single or dual socket, up to 28 cores per CPU |
Memory |
Up to 3,072 GB RAM (1,536 GB per processor) |
Additional network options |
Up to 1 NIC per processor 2 x 10 GbE SFP+, 2 x10GbE RJ45, 4x10GbE RJ45, 2 x 25 GbE SFP28, 2 x 100 GbE QSFP28 |
Drive configuration |
- 10 x 12 Gbps 2.5-inch SAS drive slots
- 1 or 2 disk groups with up to 4 capacity drives each
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Max capacity |
76.8 TB SSD or 19.2 TB hard drive |
Power supplies |
1,100 W 100–240 V AC, 1,100 W 48 V DC, 1,600 W 200–240 V AC |
Boot |
BOSS with 2 x 240 GB SATA M.2 |
For more details about server node specifications and configurations for VxRail HCI, see the Dell EMC VxRail product page.
The following table lists the details of the VxRail E560F server that we used for our lab validation:
Table 4. VxRail E560F server cluster configuration
Processors per server |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6512 @ 2.10 GHz |
Cores per server |
44 |
vCores (threads) per server |
88 |
DIMMs per server |
12 x 64 GB @ 2,666 MHz |
Memory per server |
768 GB |
rNDC |
1 x Intel 10 GbE 4P X710 rNDC |
NICs |
1 x Intel 10 GbE 2P X710 adapter |
Boot disks |
2 x 224 GB SSDs @ 6 Gbps |
Disk groups |
2 |
Cache disks per disk group |
1 x 800 GB Toshiba SSD @ 12 Gbps |
Capacity disks per disk group |
3 x 3.84 TB Toshiba SSD @ 12 Gbps |
Power supplies |
2 x 1,100 W |
