Dell DD and PowerProtect Hardware 8.0 Features and Specifications

DD6300, DD6800, and DD9300 shelf configurations

There are a few rules that must be followed when adding a mixture of DS60 and other shelf types to your system.

CAUTION:If a system does not follow ALL of these rules it is not a legitimate configuration.

Prerequisites:

You cannot exceed the maximum amount of raw capacity displayed in the cabling table for each system.
You cannot exceed the maximum number of shelves displayed in the cabling table for each system.
There are no specific placement or cabling requirements for SSD shelves, or the metadata shelves for Cloud Tier configurations. These shelves can be installed and cabled the same way as standard ES30 shelves.

Table 1. Minimum and maximum configurationsMinimum and maximum configurations
System	Appliance	Minimum appliance ES30 shelf count*	Max appliance ES30 shelf count
	48 TB usable	0	1
w/ Expansion	144 TB usable	1	5
	144 TB usable	2	28
w/ Expansion	288 TB usable	2	28
w/ High Availability (HA)	288 TB usable	2	28
w/ Extended Retention (ER)	576 TB usable	2	28
w/ Cloud Tier	288 TB usable (96 TB for Cloud Tier)	2	28
w/ HA and Cloud Tier	288 TB usable (96 TB for Cloud Tier)	2	28
	384 TB usable	3	28
w/ Expansion	720 TB usable	3	28
w/ HA	720 TB usable	3	28
w/ ER	1440 TB usable	7	28
w/ Cloud Tier	720 TB usable (192 TB for Cloud Tier)	7	28
w/ HA and Cloud Tier	720 TB usable (192 TB for Cloud Tier)	7	28

* The minimum appliance shelf count does not include shelves for Cloud Tier.