Storage Center 7.3 Release Notes

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Storage System Scalability Guidelines

The following scalability guidelines apply to SC9000, SC8000, SC7020F, SC7020, SC5020F, SC5020, SC4020, SCv3000 Series, and SCv2000 Series storage systems running Storage Center 7.3.

Table 1. Scalability Guidelines for Dual-Controller Storage SystemsScalability guidelines
Storage System (memory per controller)	Raw (512 KB pages)	Addressable (512 KB pages)	Raw (2 MB pages)	Addressable (2 MB pages)	Raw (4 MB pages)	Addressable (4 MB pages)
SC9000 (128 GB or 256 GB)	1500 TB	1000 TB	6000 TB	4000 TB	12,000 TB	8000 TB
SC8000 (64 GB)	750 TB	500 TB	3000 TB	2000 TB	3000 TB	2000 TB
SC7020F or SC7020 (128 GB)	1000 TB	650 TB	4000 TB	2600 TB	8000 TB	5200 TB
SC5020F or SC5020 (64 GB)	540 TB	350 TB	2160 TB	1400 TB	4320 TB	2800 TB
SC4020 (16 GB)	263 TB	175 TB	1054 TB	700 TB	1054 TB	700 TB
SCv3000 Series (16 GB)	250 TB	169 TB	1000 TB	675 TB	2000 TB	1350 TB
SCv2000 Series (8 GB)	168 TB	112 TB	672 TB	450 TB	N/A	N/A

NOTE In the release notes for Storage Center 7.2 and Storage Center 7.1, the supported maximum storage space for an SC4020 using a 512 KB page size was incorrectly calculated as 500 TB raw and 400 TB addressable. The correct supported maximum storage space for an SC4020 using a 512 KB page size is 263 TB raw and 175 TB addressable.