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Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes
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Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes

Software-defined storage building blocks

Pre-configured with certified components and validated building blocks that can simplify ordering and reduce deployment risks

Starting at $30,199.01

This product is part of our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solutions.

Tech Specs & Customization

Processor

Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with Silver, Gold and Platinum options

Compute

PowerEdge R740xd
PowerEdge R640

Memory*

128GB –1.5TB

Software

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 9
Software (optional)
OpenManage Essentials
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter comes with Storage Spaces Direct

Chassis

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
12 x 3.5” front + 4 x 3.5” mid + 2 x 3.5” rear

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
12 x 3.5” front

All-NVMe PowerEdge R740xd
24 x 2.5” front with 12 NVMe drives

All-flash PowerEdge R740xd
24 x 2.5” front

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5” front + 2 x 2.5” rear
 
Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5” front

All-flash capacity PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5” front + 2 x 2.5” rear flex

All-flash balanced PowerEdge R640
10 x 2.5” front

Storage: OS Boot

BOSS with dual M.2 240GB (RAID 1)

Storage Devices

Storage capacity
Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
Up to 12 x 3.5” NL-SAS/SATA HDD

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
4 or 8 x 3.5” NL-SAS/SATA HDD

All-NVMe PowerEdge R740xd
4 – 12 PCIe SSD NVMe mixed use

All-flash PowerEdge R740xd
4 – 24 x 2.5” SAS/SATA SSDs

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
4/8/9 NL-SAS/SATA/SAS 10K HDD

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
4/6/8 NL-SAS/SATA/SAS 10K HDD

All-flash capacity PowerEdge R640
4–12 x 2.5” SAS/SATA SSDs

All-flash balanced PowerEdge R640
4–10 x 2.5” SAS/SATA SSDs

Cache

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
Up to 6 x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
2 or 4 x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
2/3/4 x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
2x SAS/SATA WI/MU SSDs

Networking

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R740xd
Add-in-card: 
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or 
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE with + dual port 1GbE

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R740xd
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or 
1 or 2 x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE + dual port 1GbE

All-NVMe PowerEdge R740xd
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE + dual port 1GbE

All-Flash PowerEdge R740xd
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: dual port 10GbE + dual port 1GbE

Hybrid capacity PowerEdge R640
Add-in-card:
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE + dual port 1GbE

Hybrid balanced PowerEdge R640
Add-in-card:
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE + dual port 1GbE

All-flash capacity PowerEdge R640
NDC: Mellanox® ConnectX-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or 
Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE

All-flash balanced PowerEdge R640
Add-in-card: 
1 or 2x Mellanox® ConnectX-4 Lx dual port 25GbE or 
1 or 2x Qlogic FastLinQ QL41262 dual port 25GbE
NDC: Dual port 10GbE + dual port 1GbE

Power

PowerEdge R640, R740xd
Redundant; 1,100 or 750 watts

Drive Controllers

Internal HBA330

Features

Hardware designed just for Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct

Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are pre-configured with certified components and validated building blocks that can simplify ordering and reduce deployment risks while providing a superb customer support experience.

Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016

Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable software-defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional SAN or NAS arrays. Its converged or hyper-converged architecture radically simplifies procurement and deployment, while features like caching, storage tiers, and erasure coding, together with the latest hardware innovation like RDMA networking and NVMe drives, deliver unrivaled efficiency and performance.

Confidence

Tested and certified by Dell EMC and Microsoft to take the guesswork out of building Storage Spaces Direct clusters.

Convenience

Pre-configured Dell EMC Ready Nodes make adoption very convenient. And they reduce administrative work with fewer interfaces, fewer steps and less need for specialized knowledge.

Customer support

Supported globally by Dell EMC, providing streamlined, collaborative support from the first call.

Solutions & Services

This product is part of our VDI solutions

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Securely and reliably deliver virtual desktops and applications to any device with Ready Solutions for VDI. These optimized client virtualization infrastructure solutions allow employees to work from any where at any time, greatly improve security, reduce IT operation costs and speed up deployment.

Dell EMC offers complete end-to-end services

Optimizing the IT lifecycle is vital. Dell EMC has expert services* for all lifecycle phases that save you time and resources, reduce effort, and improve your IT experience.

ProSupport Enterprise Suite

Gain the freedom to focus on your business transformation with the support expertise and insights Dell EMC is known for across the globe. Choose the right support based on the criticality of specific systems with available automated predictive analysis, collaborative third-party assistance and service account management.

ProDeploy

ProDeploy Enterprise Suite helps you get more out of technology starting on day one. Trust Dell EMC experts to lead deployments from basic hardware installations through planning, configuration and complex integrations. Our complete suite of deployment services and professional certifications helps you achieve business outcomes today and tomorrow.

Training

Education Services offers an expansive suite of training services with multiple delivery methods, including instructor-led, self-paced online and virtual instructor-led training. With comprehensive and flexible training programs, we make it easy to ensure your staff has the skills they need to successfully manage and utilize your new technology to its full potential.

Consulting

Consulting services give expert guidance to help you grow, optimize and transform your IT environment at your own pace and budget. We employ a broad range of certified consultants and engineers, backed by program management teams, who can deliver deep technical expertise. We give you the confidence that your project will be done right and on time.
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