Dell Solutions for SQL Server 2005 are designed to simplify operations, improve utilization and cost effectively scale as your needs grow over time. This white paper provides a blueprint for setting up a standalone SQL Server 2005 database on Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage arrays (with MD1000 expansion enclosures). Based on observations derived from testing and analysis by the Dell Database Solutions Engineering team, this iSCSI storage solution offers a cost-effective and easy to deploy foundation for SQL Server 2005 databases with OLTP-type workloads.