1. 11 Intel Modular Server Understanding the Storage MFSYS25 MFSYS35

2. 22 Storage Pools 1.Storage Pools are created from physical disks. 2.You select how many disks go into a Storage Pool. 3.You can create multiple Storage Pools 4.Storage Pools can be expanded More disks = more performance!

3. 33 Virtual Drives 1.Virtual Drives (LUNs) are carved out of the storage pool 2.You define the size and the RAID level 3.You can have multiple Virtual Drives in a storage pool 4.Virtual Drives can be expanded 5.Virtual Drives are assigned to any of the 6 servers in the system Virtual Drives can be assigned or reassigned on the fly!

4. 44 Slot Based LUN Mapping

5. 55 1.With Slot Based LUN Mapping, the Virtual Drives are assigned to the server slot 2.If you replace a server in a particular slot, all the virtual drives will be automatically connected to the new server 3.You can reassign Virtual Drives if you encounter a server failure or if you proactively want to move operations to a different physical server

6. 66 Configuration Guide One of the most common questions asked is “How should I lay it out?” Should I create 1 large Storage Pool? Should I have multiple Storage Pools? With Multiple Servers, you should create multiple pools which you can segregate by application workload

7. 77 Configuration Guide Create Storage Pools based on application types for example Operating Systems Databases Log Files Build on this foundation as you add servers into the system This way your physical disks will be dedicated to particular types of applications – OS, DB, Logs, etc And should provide the best performance

8. 88 Configuration Guide Summary 1.Multiple Storage Pools will yield better performance in a multiple compute module configuration 2.Group applications together based on type in Storage Pools, such as 1 pool for all your Operating Systems, 1 pool for Databases etc. 3.Treat the Modular Server System as a SAN, and consult SAN application guides, such as those for Exchange, SQL, Oracle etc.