FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud

Excels in Price-to-Performance Comparison

Published by: Value Prism Consulting

Sponsored by: Microsoft Corporation

Publish date: April 2015

Abstract: The FlexPod® Datacenter is a pre-validated and flexible integrated system offering that combines NetApp and

Cisco’s compute, storage, and networking technology components. While being largely consistent with hardware, the

jointly developed reference architectures support a broad range of operating system, virtualization, and management

software stack. The different licensing requirements and costs of these reference architectures make it difficult to

compare the FlexPod systems on a price-to-performance scale. Value Prism Consulting, a management consulting firm,

was engaged by Microsoft® Corporation to review and contrast the FlexPod Datacenter private cloud offerings for two of

the most popular private cloud solutions – Microsoft and VMware – based on publicly-available bill-of-materials, costs,

and specification data. On a price-to-performance scale, the FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud was seen as

the more cost-effective solution providing high performance and great value.

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary ............................................................................................... 1

Introduction ........................................................................................................... 3

System Costs .......................................................................................................... 4

FlexPod Hardware and Software ....................................................................... 4

Installation ......................................................................................................... 5

Maintenance and Support................................................................................. 5

Price-to-Performance Comparisons ...................................................................... 6

Price per VM ...................................................................................................... 7

Price per System Core ....................................................................................... 8

Price per System Memory ................................................................................. 8

Price per Usable Storage ................................................................................... 9

Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 9

Case Studies and Evidence .................................................................................. 10

Appendix .............................................................................................................. 11

A: Methodology ........................................................................................... 11

B: About Value Prism Consulting ................................................................. 11

C: Converged Infrastructure System Specifications ..................................... 12

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The FlexPod Datacenter includes an integrated portfolio of compute, storage, and

networking hardware from NetApp and Cisco; along with the required systems

management software. Adopting an “integrated system” approach, the FlexPod aims to

provide a flexible and easy to scale private cloud solution with accelerated time to value

and reduced datacenter cost of ownership.

This whitepaper is aimed at organizations’ IT decision makers and compares FlexPod

reference architecture for private clouds built on the software stack from two leading

vendors – Microsoft and VMware. The FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud

uses Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2 with Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center

2012R2 for virtualization and management (validated within the Microsoft Private Cloud

Fast Track reference architecture program); whereas the FlexPod Datacenter with

VMware vSphere relies on VMware vSphere 5.5, vCenter and vRealize suites. For

consistency, similar FlexPod hardware featuring two Cisco chassis with a total of sixteen

server nodes, Cisco networking components, and two NetApp storage nodes with a total

of forty-eight disk drives were reviewed and compared. Both configurations where

within the guidance provided by Cisco and/or NetApp.

Price-to-performance1 comparisons have been collected and summarized across both

software vendors solutions based on a price-per-Virtual Machine (VM) metric. Three

additional price-to-performance metrics – price-per-system core, price-per-system

memory, and price-per-usable storage were also examined. In Figure 1 (page 2) results

closer to the center show lower price-per-specification. The results show that FlexPod

Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud has a lower price-per-VM for a standard VM

profile. The Microsoft based reference architecture is also better in rest of the price-to-

performance metrics, thus demonstrating that it is both a high-performing and an

economical private cloud offering.

This comparison is based on publicly available list price and specification metrics.

Individual vendors offer different discounts and volume price breaks, so the actual

results may be different than the ones listed here.

1 Refers to the five-year net present value (NPV) of system purchase price. This includes upfront costs of hardware, software licenses, installation, and prepaid maintenance and support; and recurring costs of maintenance and support agreements. All prices are list prices and exclude any vendor and volume specific discounts.

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$-

$2

$4

$6

$8

Price per Standard VM ($thousands)

Price per System Core ($thousands)

Price per System Memory($ hundreds)

Price per Usable Storage ($ten-thousands)

FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphereFigure 1: Price-to-Performance Ratios across the two FlexPod solutions

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INTRODUCTION

Many businesses today are transitioning to a cloud computing (public, private, or

hybrid) model that offers greater speed, scalability and efficiency in deploying

infrastructure and applications, while simultaneously reducing overall IT costs. Private

cloud solutions adopt a virtualized, self-service (IaaS) model that is dedicated to the

organization and resides within the company’s firewall. However even with a self-

service and virtualized environment, considerable amounts of time and effort are

invested in design and provisioning of basic cloud services, scaling out (adding new

servers, storage, and application workloads), and integrating and maintaining various

non-standard hardware and software components.

FlexPod, a joint offering from NetApp, Cisco, in collaboration with major software

vendors, delivers a consistent private cloud experience that supports business agility

and reduces infrastructure and IT management costs. FlexPod is designed as a pre-

validated and configurable integrated system solution, and includes:i,ii

Hardware components from NetApp and Cisco that are required to run the system,

including the rack, servers, storage, and networking devices that support the

organization’s datacenter workloads;

Software required to run the system, including server operating system,

virtualization hypervisor, and management software used for monitoring and

provisioning of datacenter workloads.

With FlexPod, organizations simply follow the available reference architecture design

and guidance documents – NetApp Verified Architecture (NVA) or Cisco Validated

Design (CVD) – to build out a private cloud that meets their desired scale and size. The

pre-validated designs removes much of the guess-work and planning associated with

custom or build-it-yourself solutions that could take many months; and provides

organizations an opportunity to get up and running quickly with their cloud initiatives,

lower their IT costs, and deploy their revenue generating applications and services much

faster.

In this study commissioned by Microsoft, two FlexPod Datacenter configurations, as

listed in the sidebar, have been reviewed, summarized, and compared. NetApp and

Cisco provides via their Website datasheets, architecture guidelines, and bill-of-material

(BOM) lists that have been used as the primary source for specification data (such as

cores, memory, storage, etc.). List pricing and other annual costs details are cited

specifically, and are also taken from public sources. Consistent hardware specifications

were used for each solution to ensure consistent comparison across the Microsoft based

and the VMware based private clouds.

FlexPod Private Cloud Solution

Configurations:

FlexPod Datacenter with

Microsoft Private Cloudi

(Microsoft Private Cloud Fast

Track v4)*

FlexPod Datacenter with

VMware vSphere 5.5ii

* The Microsoft Fast Track Reference

Architecture (FTRA) is a joint effort between Microsoft and its hardware partners to deliver a pre-integrated and consistent private cloud solution. The Microsoft validated configurations increase agility and minimize complexity and risk associated with private cloud deployments. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1As4bXe.

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SYSTEM COSTS

The system costs over a five-year period were calculated to include upfront investments

in hardware, software licenses, installation, maintenance and support; and recurring

annual investments in the FlexPod maintenance and support agreements. The summary

of the total price for the private cloud solution is presented as a five year NPV, which

assumes a discount rate of 10%.

NOTE: This comparison is based on the list price and publicly available price and specification metrics. Each unique customer discount situation will be different, and more information (and customization) is likely available from each vendor so the comparison may be different than the one using only list prices and specifications. All prices are listed in U.S. dollars and rounded to the nearest hundreds for sub-categories and nearest thousands for totals.

FlexPod Hardware and Software

The total price of the FlexPod hardware and software components is based on publicly-

available information directly from the vendor price lists or pricing tools, from a reseller

that has listed vendor list pricing, or if necessary from news or blog articles that have

published price estimates. Total retail price for each configuration option, along with the

pricing source, is listed below.

The Microsoft solution is based on the Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track reference

architecture design by NetApp.i The total system pricing (hardware and software) of

U.S. $855,500 is based on the hardware for a two chassis configuration with 16

system nodes (256 cores) and two 28.8TB disk enclosures. The FlexPod system

contains server and network hardware from Cisco,iii storage hardware from

2 Includes capacity and management nodes. 3 Includes cost of hardware components from Cisco and NetApp. 4 Includes cost of software licenses from Cisco, NetApp, Microsoft and VMware. 5 Considers only hardware setup and pre-requisite software installation; with customer performing the workload configuration / deployment tasks.

Costs FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud

FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere

System Nodes2 (and Cores) 16 (256) 16 (256)

Hardware3 $624,200 $624,200

Software4 $231,300 $603,000

Installation5 $5,500 $5,500

Maintenance/Subscription $78,400 $122,400

Support $32,300 $32,300

Total Y1 (Upfront) $972,000 $1,387,000

Total Y2- Y5 (Annual) $111,000 $155,000

5 Year NPV of Costs* $1,324,000 $1,878,000

Price per VM** $2,380 $3,370

* Calculated based on list prices over 5 years. Negotiated prices after vendor discounts will likely be lower.

** Total supported VMs was limited either by capacity cores, memory, or usable storage available for

hosting a standard VM with 1.6 CPUs, 3.0GB RAM, and 112GB storage space. See Price per VM section for

more details.

Table 1: Costs summary for FlexPod Systems (Costs in U.S. dollars)

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NetApp,iv and virtualization and private cloud management software from

Microsoft. Microsoft software pricing and maintenance (Software Assurance) are

part of an annual subscription. Select Level pricing was used, which is a licensing

program designed for medium and large organizations with more than 250 PCs and

provides a simple, flexible way to purchase Microsoft technologies. While this is not

the least expensive option for licensing, it does provide a good correlation with the

targeted environments for FlexPod. Additional Cisco and NetApp software add-ons

were included for various system management functions.

The VMware solution is based on the reference architecture by Cisco.ii For

consistency, we assumed the same system configuration as the FlexPod solution

with Microsoft. The total system price (hardware and software) of U.S. $1,277,200

thus includes the same Cisco and NetApp hardware components and software add-

ons, however the virtualization and the private cloud management software is

provided from VMware.v vi vii

Installation

The installation costs are one-time professional services costs related to system and

software installation and start up.

NOTE: Note that this is only part of the overall deployment cost considerations.

Customers should carefully evaluate overall project management, workload migration,

and testing costs, which are highly variable and may not be similar across platforms.

The installation costs were identified by the SMEs to be the same for both Microsoft and

VMware configuration options.

Maintenance and Support

Most vendors require customers to pay an annual hardware and software support fee

as a percentage of the initial acquisition costs. The list below summarizes these costs

along with the source and assumptions:

The Microsoft solution annual maintenance and subscription price of U.S. $78,400

includes annual software license subscription and software assurance (SA) costs for

the Microsoft Windows Server and System Center; and additional NetApp and Cisco

software support costs, which ranges 5% to 25% of the list price. Further, we

estimated the annual support price of U.S. 32,300 by including Cisco’s SmartNet

24x7x4iii viii and NetApp’s SupportEdge Premium 4hr Onsite for hardware.6

Similarly, the VMware solution annual software maintenance price of U.S. $122,400

includes VMware Support and Subscription (SnS)v vi for VMware vSphere, vCenter

Server, and vRealize Suite; and additional NetApp and Cisco software support costs.

The support costs of U.S. $32,300 is the same as the Microsoft private cloud option

since both configurations included the same hardware components.

6 Vendor furnished pricing data for the purpose of the whitepaper.

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PRICE-TO-PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS

The Table 2 below summarizes key specifications of the two private cloud solutions as

designed based on the architecture reference documents. Refer to Appendix C for more

detailed specifications.

Specifications FlexPod Datacenter with

Microsoft Private Cloud

FlexPod Datacenter with

VMware vSphere

Total System Cores7 256 256

Total System Memory (GB)7 3,968 3,968

RAW Storage (TB)8 57.6 57.6

Usable Space Estimate (%)9 73% 73%

Usable Storage (TB) 42.0 42.0

Since both options offer the same hardware configuration, the following scaled price-to-

performance and VM performance metrics have been calculated and presented.

Performance Metrics:

Price-per-VM as a key performance metric that shows the price for hosting a

single standard VM across each private cloud solution. A lower value for a

solution indicates that, at the same available budget, a customer can set up a

much denser environment hosting larger number of VM workloads compared

to rest of the options.

Price-per-system core as a measure of system performance at a given price.

More cores provide capacity for more concurrent compute tasks. Lower price

indicates better system performance at a given price.

Price-per-system memory as a second measure of system performance. Since

memory is able to store information in a quickly-accessible place, more

memory means more information can be stored without having to write to a

disk. Again, lower price indicates better system performance at a given price.

Price-per-usable storage space as a storage value approximation that can help

provide more comparison details when the amount of usable space is not the

same across all vendor appliances. Lower price for a solution indicates

availability of more space for VM workloads compared to rest of the options, at

the same price point.

7 Includes compute and management nodes. 8 Includes storage from storage nodes / racks only. Does not count the disk space available within system nodes. 9 Discounted for RAID and fault tolerance. NetApp uses RAID6-DP.

Table 2: FlexPod Private Cloud Solution Specifications

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Price per VM

For calculating the price-per-VM, we started off by defining the following VM profiles

based on the private cloud capacity planning guide by NetApp.ix A blended profile based

on the expected workload mix is used as a “standard” for the metric calculations.

Form Factor CPU RAM (GB) Disk Size

(TB) Storage IOPS

Workload

Mix

Small 1 1 0.06 25 60%

Medium 2 4 0.10 80 30%

Large 4 12 0.49 200 10%

“Standard” 1.6 3.0 0.11 59 100%

Most datacenter virtual environments are oversubscribed and stacked, meaning the

number of VMs multiplied by the available CPU cores is greater than the total CPU GHz

purchased. This is required to make sure that the datacenter resources are not under-

utilized. There are varying arguments on what should be considered an acceptable

oversubscription factor; NetApp estimates 8:1 as a maximum acceptable

oversubscription / fan-out ratio for VM workloads without a visible loss in

performance.ix

Most private cloud configurations now support thin provisioning, which allows for a

memory oversubscription. A 2:1 oversubscription ratio was considered. Finally, we

assumed a storage efficiency factor of 50% or 1.5:1 based on the NetApp planning

guide.ix

Oversubscription Constants CPU

CPU fan-out ratio 8:1

Memory oversubscription 2:1

Storage efficiency 1.5:1

Supported VM Calculations:

The total number of supported VMs was limited either by total capacity cores, memory,

or usable storage available for hosting the standard VM. This was calculated based on

the total resources available for each option and the standard VM profile above.

Specifications Capacity

Cores10

Capacity RAM

(GB)10

Usable Storage

(TB)

Supported

“Standard” VMs

FlexPod Datacenter with

Microsoft Private Cloud

224 2,688 42 557

FlexPod Datacenter with

VMware vSphere

224 2,688 42 557

10 The private cloud solutions use a portion of their capacity nodes on the cluster as management servers. These are independent of the Cisco USC Manager nodes. For both configuration options, we assume a minimum of two nodes out of the 16 system nodes are reserved for service management functions.

Table 3: Standard VM Profile

Table 4: Virtual Machine Oversubscription Constants

Table 5: Supported VM Calculations

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As seen in Figure 2, the FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud has a lower

price-per-VM metric.

Private Cloud Solution Supported

VMs

5Yr NPV of

Costs*

FlexPod with Microsoft

Private Cloud 557 $1,324,000

FlexPod with VMware

vSphere 557 $1,878,000

* Calculated based on list prices over 5 years. Negotiated prices after vendor discounts will likely be lower.

Price per System Core

Processors and cores provide the engines for running the VM workloads and associated

management functionality. Dedicated management nodes ensure robust systems and

private cloud management capabilities.

With more cores virtual machines run more efficiently; meaning they can handle larger

workloads, while still providing high performance results. More is better, but with

reference architectures that can scale by adding more nodes, chassis, or racks, even

more important is the price per system core. Note that the number of cores is not

directly correlated with the price – some licenses are not required for every core, but

price-per-system core provides a view into the performance of each solution as a factor

of total costs. When viewed in relation to the price for the FlexPod solution, the

Microsoft private cloud option was the least expensive at U.S. $5,170 per core. The

VMware option was more expensive at U.S. $7,340 per system core.

Private Cloud Solution System Cores 5Yr NPV of

Costs*

FlexPod with Microsoft

Private Cloud 256 $1,324,000

FlexPod with VMware

vSphere 256 $1,878,000

* Calculated based on list prices over 5 years. Negotiated prices after vendor discounts will likely be lower.

Price per System Memory

Like cores, the amount of memory included in the private cloud solution is a significant

indicator of potential performance. Large amounts of memory allow for faster operation

of workloads by keeping more information to be processed in memory, instead of

having to make read/write calls to the hard drive. Memory is much more expensive than

disk drives (for equal units of storage), so in addition to the storage metric considered

below, it is important to include price-per-memory ratio comparison as well. As seen in

$2,380

$3,370

$-

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

Price per Standard VM

Microsoft VMWare

$5,170

$7,340

$-

$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

Price per System Core

Microsoft VMWare

Figure 3: Price per System Core Comparison for Each Solution (Costs in U.S. dollars)

Figure 2: Price per VM Comparison for Each Solution (Costs in U.S. dollars)

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Figure 4, the FlexPod solution with Microsoft Private Cloud fared better than the

competition.

Private Cloud Solution System

Memory (GB)

5Yr NPV of

Costs*

FlexPod with Microsoft

Private Cloud 3,968 $1,324,000

FlexPod with VMware

vSphere 3,968 $1,878,000

* Calculated based on list prices over 5 years. Negotiated prices after vendor discounts will likely be lower.

Price per Usable Storage

Usable storage for the private cloud is included to provide perspective of total storage

provided for VM workloads after discounting for RAID and fault tolerance. For each

solution, we selected the recommended and maximum supported disk size as per the

architecture guidance. On the price-per-usable storage metric, the FlexPod solution with

Microsoft Private Cloud once again led the pack.

Private Cloud Solution Usable Storage

(TB)

5Yr NPV of

Costs*

FlexPod with Microsoft

Private Cloud 42 $1,324,000

FlexPod with VMware

vSphere 42 $1,878,000

* Calculated based on list prices over 5 years. Negotiated prices after vendor discounts will likely be lower.

CONCLUSION

The FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud not only provides a competitively

priced solution compared to the VMware option, it also offers the best price-to-

performance on key metrics such as Price-per-VM and price-per- system core, memory,

and usable storage. This enables customers to run intensive and mixed workloads at a

lower cost compared to the competition.

In addition to the superior price-to-performance economics, the Microsoft private cloud

based solution comes ready with all the required tools needed by organizations to easily

integrate and expand their private clouds to a public cloud / hybrid cloud scenario. With

Microsoft System Center 2012R2, the IT departments can leverage their existing

$330

$470

$-

$200

$400

$600

Price per System Memory

Microsoft VMWare

$31,520

$44,710

$-

$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

Price per Usable Storage

Microsoft VMWare

Figure 4: Price per System Memory (GB) Comparison for Each Solution (Costs in U.S. dollars)

Figure 5: Price per Usable Storage (TB) Comparison for Each Solution (Costs in U.S. dollars)

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investments in building out and managing from one place any workload that is

distributed across their physical, virtual, and private or public clouds.

Finally, with Windows Azure Pack, organizations can build out rich, self-service, and

multi-tenant public-cloud consistent experiences within their private cloud deployment,

further allowing for flexibility and agility in meeting their business needs. A comparison

of similar capabilities could not be made as no equivalent solution is available on a

VMware based FlexPod datacenter.

CASE STUDIES AND EVIDENCE

Please find some customer proof points in support of the FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud:

Date Description Type Link

2/25/2015 ING DIRECT’s “Bank in a Box” Private Cloud Innovation

Enables Rapid Provisioning and Accelerates Time to

Market.

Video https://youtu.be/NTV7WHv

5uvo

1/30/2015 Robust and Agile Private Cloud Enables IT-as-a-Service

for International Insurance Firm, Allianz Australia.

Document http://bit.ly/1qMHQif

1/15/2015 Airplane Manufacturer, Aerolia, Switches to Microsoft

Cloud to Dynamically Expand Server Capacity.

Document http://bit.ly/1HuLoQw

8/7/2014 ahd Selected FlexPod with Microsoft Cloud OS for

Rapidly Growing Cloud Business with ahd Managed

Services.

Document http://nt-ap.com/1OsHWb3

3/20/2014 SMD Builds a Big Data Cloud on FlexPod to Drive New

Vehicle Management Product “Auto 360.”

Document http://nt-ap.com/1boPwUZ

7/19/2013 Car manufacturer, Toyota Tsusho Africa, Powers

Business Vision with Microsoft Private Cloud Solution

on FlexPod Architecture.

Document http://bit.ly/1N2iiIt

6/20/2013 King County Creates Shared Infrastructure on FlexPod

with Microsoft Private Cloud and Saves $700,000

Annually.

Document http://nt-ap.com/1ek9A8J

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APPENDIX

A: Methodology

In a study commissioned by Microsoft, FlexPod Datacenter reference architectures for

two leading virtualization and management software stack vendors have been

reviewed, summarized, and compared, based on publicly-available price and

specification information. The two vendors compared in this study were:

Microsoft

VMware

Similar two chassis, 16 blade configurations were analyzed to ensure standard

comparisons across the reference architectures for both Microsoft and VMware private

clouds. Summary metrics and total price were compared. Price-per-VM is used as a

price/value approximation that can help provide more accurate comparison details

across multiple private cloud offerings.

Comparisons are based on the list price and publicly available cost and specification

metrics. In addition to the hardware and software price, which is only part of the cost

considerations, the analysis included installation, maintenance and support costs.

Each discussion with vendors and their customer discount situation will be different,

and more information (and customization) is likely available from the vendors.

Individual results may thus be different than the ones listed here. Customer should

carefully evaluate deployment, migration, and on-going management costs specific to

their solution requirements before making a decision.

B: About Value Prism Consulting

Value Prism Consulting is a valuation and management consulting firm that provides

services to a broad range of clients worldwide. Our Management Consulting Practice

assists clients with business case development and decision support analysis. Our

solutions measure the results of various options related to business process

improvement, capital and major budget-spending decisions, including infrastructure

upgrades, and the value of new product introductions. Visit www.valueprism.com for

more information.

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C: Converged Infrastructure System Specifications

FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud VMware vSphere 5.5 Notes

Product: FlexPod Datacenter

with Microsoft Private

Cloud

FlexPod Datacenter

with VMware vSphere

5.5

Reference

Architecture:

NVA-0010

(May 2014)

CVD esxi55u1

(August 2014)

Hypervisor: Microsoft Hyper-V VMware vSphere 5.5

Management: System Center 2012R2,

Windows Azure Pack

VMware vCenter,

VMware vRealize Suite

Chassis: 2 2 Cisco UCS 5108 server chassis

Capacity Nodes: 14 14 Cisco UCS B200-M3 blades

Processors: 28 28 Dual, 8 core Intel E5-2650 v2 per

blade

Cores: 224 224

Memory (GB): 2,688 2,688 96GB per processor

Clock Speed (GHz): 2.6 2.6

Management Nodes: 2 2 Cisco UCS B200-M3 blades

(reserved for management

functions)

Processors: 4 4 Dual, 8 core Intel E5-2650 v2 per

blade

Cores: 32 32

Memory (GB): 384 384 96GB per processor

Clock Speed (GHz): 2.6 2.6

UCS Manager Nodes: 2 2 Cisco UCS C220-M3

Storage Nodes: 2 2 NetApp FAS3250 Storage

Controller

Storage Units: 2 2 NetApp DS2246 Disk Shelves

with 24 disk capacity

Number of HDs: 48 48

HDD Size (TB): 1.2 1.2

RAW Storage (TB): 57.6 57.6 Total raw hard disk capacity

Usable space 73% 73% RAID6-DP with Stripe;

Discounted for parity and spares

Usable Storage (TB): 42.0 42.0 Total usable storage for VM

workloads

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D: Sources