VSAN Hardware Configuration

[chipdewolfe]

I am in the process of specifying hardware for a new all-flash StarWind 3-node VSAN. They would be connected to two SN2700 switches. Would the following be a fully compatible/optimal platform?

SuperMicro 221H-TN24R
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
16 x 32GB PC5-38400 4800MHz DDR5 ECC RDIMM (512GB)
2 x 800GB Micron 7450 MAX Series U.3 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (RAID 1, Boot Drive)
12 x 12.8TB Micron 7450 MAX Series U.3 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (RAID 10, Data Drive)
Intel VROC Premium
2 x NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Dx EN 100-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - PCIe 4.0 x16 - 2x QSFP56
Supermicro AIOM OCP 3.0 - 2x 10GbE RJ45 - Intel X550-AT2 - PCI-E 3.0 x4 - AOC-ATG-i2TM
Supermicro AOM-TPM-9670V - Trusted Platform Module - TPM 2.0 - X11 X12 - Not Provisioned - Vertical
Supermicro Update Manager (SUM) (OOB Management Package), included
Supermicro Server Manager (SSM) (DataCenter Management Package)

Thanks for any insights!

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing. The spec looks ok, yet we don't approve specs for the software users.
VSAN is hardware agnostic (see the system requirements here https://www.starwindsoftware.com/system-requirements). Also, it is always better to use RAID controller and direct connections for DATA and SYNC.