Introduction
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The solution was deployed on four R640 vSAN Ready Nodes. The following table lists the components for each R640 vSAN Ready Node:
Table 1. Components for each R640 vSAN Ready Node
Component
Details
HCI platform
4 x PowerEdge R640 vSAN Ready Nodes (see the VMware Compatibility Guide)
Processors
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.9 GHz, 24C/48T
Memory
1536 GB DDR4 RAM
NDC
Network card
2 x QLogic FastLinQ 41262 Dual Port 10/25GbE SFP28 Adapter, PCIe Low Profile
Storage controller
Cache Drives
NVMe: 2 x Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
Capacity drives
SSD: 8 x 1920GB Solid State Drive SAS Read Intensive MLC 12Gbps 2.5 inch Hot-Plug Drive
Switch
2 x PowerSwitch S5248-F
The following figure shows the high-level architecture overview of the solution:
Figure 1. Solution architecture