
A Principled Technologies test report 11
Consolidating older database servers with the Intel processor-powered
Dell PowerEdge R730xd using SanDisk DAS Cache
5. Press any key when prompted to boot from DVD.
6. When the installation screen appears, click My language is English (United States).
7. Leave language, time/currency format and input method as default, and click Next.
8. Click Install now.
9. When the installation prompts you, enter the product key.
10. Select Windows Server 2012 Datacenter (Server with a GUI), and click Next.
11. Check I accept the license terms, and click Next.
12. Click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
13. Select Drive 0 Unallocated Space, and click Next, at which point Windows begins automatically, and restarts
automatically after completing.
14. When the Settings page appears, fill in the Password and Reenter Password fields with the same password.
15. Log in with the password you set up previously.
Creating new disks in Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition on Dell PowerEdge R730xd
1. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and click Computer Management.
2. In the left pane, click Disk Management.
3. Right-click the shaded area, and click New Simple Volume.
4. On the New Simple Volume Wizard that pops up, click Next.
5. Select a size (maximum, for logs and database volume, and 372GB for the SATA SSDs), and click Next.
6. Assign a drive letter, and click Next.
7. For the log and database volume select Format this volume with the following settings, and leave the default
settings. Click Next.
8. For the SATA SSD DAS Cache volume, select Do not format this volume to make it a RAW device.
9. Click Finish.
Creating a Mirrored Volume for PCIe SSDs using Windows Disk Management on Dell
PowerEdge R730xd
1. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and click Computer Management.
2. Under Storage, Select Disk Management.
3. Right-click the first PCIe SSD, and select Online.
4. Right-click the second PCIe SSD, and select Online.
5. Right-click top of the unallocated space of the first PCIe SSD, and select New Mirrored Volume…
6. At the Welcome, screen click Next.
7. Select the disk under Available, click Add. Click Next.
8. Assign a drive letter, and click Next.
9. Select Do not format this volume to make it a RAW device. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. At the Disk Management warning, click Yes.
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