Storage Center Scalability Guidelines
The following scalability guidelines are the
maximum recommended design guidelines for storage systems running Storage Center 7.2.
SC9000, SC8000, SC7020F, SC7020, SC5020F, SC5020, and SC4020 Storage Systems
The following scalability guidelines are the maximum recommended
design guidelines for storage systems running
Storage Center 7.2.
Storage Center Object |
Supported Maximum |
Disk Folder |
10 disk folders |
Server |
- 500 servers (Total number
of servers includes physical servers, virtual servers, and server
clusters)
- 500 server folders
- 1000 server HBA initiator
ports (Total number of HBA initiator ports includes all physical and
virtual ports that are visible to the SAN)
|
Volume |
- 500 TB maximum
volume size (or the maximum addressable storage space, whichever is
less)
- 2000 volumes
- 500 volume
folders
|
Deduplication |
1 PB data ingestion limit (SC4020 – 500 TB data ingestion
limit) |
Live Volume |
100 Live Volumes |
Thin Import |
10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports) |
QoS Profiles |
- 100 Volume
QoS Profiles
- 100 Group
QoS Profiles
- 100 Volumes
per Group QoS Profile
|
Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) |
- Snapshots:
- SC9000 – 32,000 snapshots
- SC8000 – 16,000 snapshots
- SC7020F or SC7020 – 16,000 snapshots
- SC5020F or SC5020 – 8000 snapshots
- SC4020 – 8000 snapshots
- 1000 snapshot
profiles
- 100 snapshot
history profiles
- 200 consistency
groups
- 100 volumes
per consistency group (SC4020 – 40 volumes per consistency group)
|
Replications |
- Source replications:
- SC9000 – 1000 source replications
- SC8000 – 500 source replications
- SC7020F or SC7020 – 1000 source replications
- SC5020F or SC5020 – 500 source replications
- SC4020 –500 source replications
- 2000 target
replications (SC4020 –
1000 replications for FC and 230 replications for iSCSI)
|
SCv3000 Series Storage
Systems
The following scalability guidelines are the maximum
recommended design guidelines for
SCv3000 series storage systems running
Storage Center 7.2.
Storage Center Object |
Supported Maximum |
Disk Folder |
10 disk folders |
Server |
- 250 servers (Total number
of servers includes physical servers, virtual servers, and server
clusters)
- 250 server folders
- 500 server HBA initiator
ports (Total number of HBA initiator ports includes all physical and
virtual ports that are visible to the SAN)
|
Volume |
- 500 TB maximum
volume size (or the maximum addressable storage space, whichever is
less)
- 1000 volumes
- 500 volume
folders
|
Live Volume |
100 Live Volumes |
Thin Import |
10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports) |
QoS Profiles |
- 100 Volume
QoS Profiles
- 100 Group
QoS Profiles
- 100 Volumes
per Group QoS Profile
|
Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) |
- 4000 snapshots
- 1000 snapshot
profiles
- 100 snapshot
history profiles
- 200 consistency
groups
- 25 volumes
per consistency group
|
Replications |
- 250 source
replications
- 250 target
replications
|
SCv2000 Series Storage
System
The following scalability guidelines are the maximum
recommended design guidelines for
SCv2000 series storage
systems running
Storage Center 7.2.
Storage Center Object |
Supported Maximum |
Disk Folder |
4 disk folders |
Server |
- 100 servers
(Total number of servers includes physical servers, virtual servers,
and server clusters.)
- 100 server
folders
- 200 server
HBA initiator ports (Total number of HBA initiator ports includes
all physical and virtual ports that are visible to the SAN.)
|
Volume |
- 500 TB maximum
volume size (or the maximum addressable storage space, whichever is
less)
- 1000 volumes
- 500 volume
folders
|
Thin Import |
10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports) |
QoS Profiles |
- 100 Volume
QoS Profiles
- 100 Group
QoS Profiles
- 100 Volumes
per Group QoS Profile
|
Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) NOTE: Data Instant Replay
is a licensed feature. |
- 2000 snapshots
- 1000 snapshot
profiles
- 100 snapshot
history profiles
- 100 consistency
groups
- 25 volumes
per consistency group
|
Replications |
- 124 source
replications
- 500 target
replications
|