Storage Center 7.3 Release Notes

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Storage Center Scalability Guidelines

The following scalability guidelines are the maximum recommended design guidelines for storage systems running Storage Center 7.3.

Table 1. Storage Center Scalability Guidelines for SC9000, SC8000, SC7020F, SC7020, SC5020F, SC5020, and SC4020 Storage SystemsScalability guidelines for SC9000, SC8000, SC7020F, SC7020, SC5020F, SC5020, and SC4020 storage systems
Storage Center Object	Supported Maximum
Drives	SC9000 – 1024 drives total, 192 drives per SAS chain SC8000 – 960 drives total, 168 drives per SAS chain SC7020F or SC7020 – 606 drives total, 192 drives per SAS chain SC5020F or SC5020 – 222 drives total, 192 drives per SAS chain SC4020 – 192 drives total, 168 drives per SAS chain
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	500 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 SC5020F or SC5020 – 50 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 with Fibre Channel front-end ports – 1000 replications SC4020 with iSCSI front-end ports – 230 replications

Table 2. Storage Center Scalability Guidelines for SCv3000 Series Storage SystemsScalability guidelines for SCv3000 series storage systems
Storage Center Object	Supported Maximum
Drives	SCv3000 – 208 drives total, 192 drives per SAS chain SCv3020 – 222 drives total, 192 drives per SAS chain
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	250 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 100 snapshots per volume 200 consistency groups 25 volumes per consistency group
Replications	250 source replications 1000 target replications

Table 3. Storage Center Scalability Guidelines for SCv2000 Series Storage SystemsScalability guidelines for SCv2000 series storage systems
Storage Center Object	Supported Maximum
Drives	SCv2000 – 168 drives total, 156 drives per SAS chain SCv2020 – 168 drive totals, 144 drives per SAS chain SCv2080 – 168 drives total, 84 drives per SAS chain
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 snapshots per volume 100 consistency groups 25 volumes per consistency group
Replications	124 source replications 1000 target replications