Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) Storage

The Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) Storage is a Microsoft Exchange Server program designed to facilitate third-party storage testing and solution publishing for Exchange Server.

About the ESRP program

The program combines a storage testing harness (Jetstress) with solution publishing guidelines. Microsoft Gold Certified or Certified Storage Partners (storage original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who are part of the Microsoft Certified Partner Program) can use the ESRP framework provided to test their storage solutions targeted for Microsoft Exchange deployment. Customers can use the solutions published here to help plan/design their own Exchange storage architectures. The program is broken down in to two categories:

  • ESRP Storage v 3.0: Provides Exchange 2010 specific storage solutions.
  • ESRP Storage v 4.0: Provides Exchange 2013/2016 specific storage solutions. Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 have the same basic IO behavior so ESRP solutions for Exchange 2013 work for Exchange 2016 and vice versa.

To participate in the program, Microsoft Partners (storage original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who are part of the Microsoft Certified Partner Program) send email to esrp-storage@microsoft.com with a request to download the ESRP v3.0 zip package. Partners can then follow the testing procedure document to complete all the tests, and follow the guidelines in the whitepaper template to develop the solution whitepaper. The Microsoft Exchange product group reviews the submitted solution whitepaper and performance data. Reviewed solutions are linked to from the ESRP Web site.

Note

The ESRP Storage program is not a Microsoft certification, qualification, or logo program. Microsoft makes no warranties or representations with regard to third-party storage solutions, including without limitation regarding the supportability of such third-party storage solutions. It is solely your responsibility to confirm the accuracy of the data and contents of the storage solution whitepaper you produce using the ESRP - Storage program testing framework.

Exchange Server 2013 and 2016

Cisco: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Cisco C3160 Server 8,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 19, 2015)

Dell: 1-1000 mailboxes

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 500 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapter

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 1,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 500 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - FC SAN using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters and Brocade 6505 16-Gb FC switch

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 1,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - FC SAN using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters and Brocade 6505 16-Gb FC switch

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 500 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach SAS using dual LSI 9300-8e 12-Gb SAS adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 1,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach SAS using dual LSI 9300-8e 12-Gb SAS adapters

Dell: 1001-5000 mailboxes

Dell EqualLogic PS 6210E Series 5,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (July 11, 2014)

Dell PowerEdge R730xd 2,500 5GB Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (September 28, 2015)

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 3,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 3,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach SAS using dual LSI 9300-8e 12-Gb SAS adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 3,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - FC SAN using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters and Brocade 6505 16-Gb FC switch

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 5,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 5,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach SAS using dual LSI 9300-8e 12-Gb SAS adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3820f 5,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - FC SAN using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters and Brocade 6505 16-Gb FC switch

Dell Storage Center 6.6 SCv2000 iSCSI 2,500 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (September 17, 2015)

Dell Storage Center 6.6 SCv2000 SAS Front-end Arrays 2,500 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (October 14, 2015)

Dell Compellent: 1001-5000 mailboxes

Dell Compellent SC4020 v6.5 4,500 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 09, 2014)

Dell: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Dell EMC SC Series SC5020 9,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution using 7.2-K drives (June 26, 2017)

Dell EMC SC Series SC5020 15,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution using 10K drives (June 26, 2017)

Dell EMC DSS 7000/DSS 7500 100,000 user Mailbox Resiliency Microsoft Exchange 2016 Storage Solution (April 4, 2017)

Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd and MD1400 10,000 Mailbox Resiliency Microsoft Exchange 2016 Storage Solution (February 21, 2017)

Dell PowerEdge R730xd 10,000 20GB Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2016 Storage Solution (July 22, 2016)

Dell PowerEdge R730xd 10,000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (May 15, 2015)

Dell PowerEdge R720xd 6,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (April 23, 2014)

Dell PowerEdge R730xd 8,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (Sept 12, 2014)

Dell PowerEdge R730xd and Powervault MD1400 12,500 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (October 7, 2014)

Dell PowerEdge R720xd 12,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (May 3, 2014)

Dell PowerVault MD3860f 10,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3860f 10,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach SAS using dual LSI 9300-8e 12-Gb SAS adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3860f 10,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - FC SAN using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters and Brocade 6505 16-Gb FC switch

Dell PowerVault MD3860f 15,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3860f 20,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - Direct Attach FC using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters

Dell PowerVault MD3860f 20,000 user Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution - FC SAN using dual QLogic QLE2662 16-Gb FC adapters and Brocade 6505 16-Gb FC switch

Dell Storage Center SC4020 v6.5 with iSCSI 7,000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (January 30, 2015)

Dell/ATTO: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Dell/ATTO 10,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (May 2016)

Dell Compellent: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Dell Compellent SC4020 v6.5 10,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 09, 2014)

Dell Compellent Storage Center 6.4 / 25,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (January 20, 2014)

Dell Compellent Storage Center 6.4 / 50,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (January 20, 2014)

Dell EMC: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Dell EMC SCv3020 7,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution using 7.2-K drives (October 17, 2017)

Dell EMC SCv3020 14,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution using 10K drives (October 17, 2017)

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd 10,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution (November 2, 2017)

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd and MD1400 10,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution (January 31, 2018)

Fujitsu: 1001-5000 mailboxes

FUJITSU ETERNUS DX600 S3 Storage Array 5000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (October 31, 2014)

FUJITSU ETERNUS DX200S3 Storage Array 5000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (October 31, 2014)

Fujitsu: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Fujitsu ETERNUS DX200 S3 Storage Array 20,000 Mailbox Virtualized Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (Sept 29, 2014)

Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX for VMware vSAN 20,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution (October 24, 2018)

HPE: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server 11,750 user Mailbox Resiliency Microsoft Exchange 2016 Storage Solution (April 25, 2017)

Infortrend: 1-1000 mailboxes

Infortrend EonStor DS 1016R 1,000 user Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2013 Storage Solution (July 26, 2016)

Infortrend: 1001-5000 mailboxes

Infortrend EonStor DS 1016R 5,000 user Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2013 Storage Solution (July 26, 2016)

Infortrend: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Infortrend EonStor DS 1016R 20,000 user Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2013 Storage Solution (July 26, 2016)

Lenovo: 1-1000 mailboxes

Lenovo Storage S2200 and System x3550 M5 Server 750 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (October 23, 2015)

Lenovo Storage S3200 and System x3550 M5 Server 750 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (November 9, 2015)

Lenovo: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Lenovo Converged HX7510 and AHV 30,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution User (August 30, 2016)

Lenovo Converged HX7510 and Hyper-V 30,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution User (August 30, 2016)

Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7520 30,000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution (December 4, 2017)

Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7520 60,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution (January 31, 2018)

Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7520 30,000 Mailbox Exchange 2016 Resiliency Storage Solution (January 31, 2018)

NetApp: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

NetApp E-Series E2700 20,000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (May 5, 2015)

NetApp E-Series E5600 50,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (September 2, 2015)

Nutanix: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Nutanix 24,000 Mailbox Virtualized Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (September 28, 2015)

Nutanix NX-8150-G4 30,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (February 15, 2016)

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform 50,000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution (August 21, 2017)

Oracle (Sun): Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Oracle Flash Storage FS1-2 10,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (November 18, 2015)

Pure Storage: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Pure Storage FlashArray//m20 40,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (February 15, 2016)

Tegile: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Tegile IntelliFlash 120,000 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (February 26, 2016)

Synology: Greater than 5,000 Mailboxes

Synology FlashStation FS3017 20,000 Mailbox Exchange 2013 Resiliency Storage Solution (August 21, 2017)

Exchange Server 2010

Cisco: 1001-5000 mailboxes

Cisco UCS C210 M2 2500 Mailbox Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (September 13, 2012)

Dell: 1-1000 mailboxes

Dell PowerEdge T610 500 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 1, 2010)

Dell: 1001-5000 mailboxes

Dell Equallogic PS Series 5,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (August 4, 2011)

Dell PowerEdge R510 near line SAS 4000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 23, 2010)

Dell PowerEdge R510 Nearline SAS 1500 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 13, 2011)

Dell Powervault MD3220i 2000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (July 20, 2011)

Dell: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Dell Equallogic PS Series 10,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (August 4, 2011)

Dell Equallogic PS Series 20,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (August 4, 2011)

Dell Equallogic PS Series 75,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (August 4, 2011)

Dell PowerVault MD1200 7200 Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2010 Storage Solution (April 25, 2010)

Dell PowerVault MD1200 Nearline SAS 7,200 Mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 8, 2010)

Huawei: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

HUAWEI OceanStor S5500T 20,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (July 2012)

IBM: 1001-5000 mailboxes

IBM System Storage DS3524 and System x3650 M3 server "No-Touch" 3,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (November 20, 2012)

IBM: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

IBM System Storage DCS3700 40,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (June 15, 2012)

Infortrend: 1-1000 mailboxes

Infortrend EonStor DS S12E-R2140 1,000-Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution for Exchange 2010 (August 25, 2012)

Infortrend: 1001-5000 mailboxes

Infortrend EonStor DS S16E-R2142 2,500-Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution for Exchange 2010 (August 25, 2012)

Infortrend EonStor DS S16S-R2240-4 4,000-Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution for Exchange 2010 (August 25, 2012)

Infortrend: Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Infortrend EonStor DS S16F-R2842 6000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (July 15, 2012)

Oracle (Sun): Greater than 5,000 mailboxes

Sun ZFS Storage 7320 Appliance 10,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Solution (January 10, 2011)

Sun ZFS Storage 7420 Appliance 32,000 Mailbox Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution (January 10, 2011)

Exchange 2013 Mailbox server role requirements calculator.

Exchange 2010 mailbox server role requirements calculator.

Exchange Server Jetstress 2013 Tool.