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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.15.0.0 Installation Guide for DM5500

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DM5500 storage capacity

There are two drive configurations available for the DM5500:

  • 24 TB - DM5500 populated with 14 drives up to a maximum of 24 TB usable capacity.
  • 96 TB - DM5500 populated with 24 drives up to a maximum of 96 TB usable capacity.

The following figures and tables show the drive configurations for the two drive setups.

Figure 1. 24 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration
This image shows the 24 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration.

The 24 TB usable storage capacity drive configuration includes two operating system boot disk drives, one SSD for cache tier, two 12 TB disk drives for internal system storage, and eight 12 TB disk drives for customer storage capacity.

Drive 0 1.92 TB SAS SSD - system boot drive
Drive 11.92 TB SAS SSD - system boot drive
Drive 21.92 TB cache SSD - internal cache for Protection Storage metadata
Drive 3Filler - If you increase the capacity of the DM5500 to more than 24 TB usable capacity, a 3.84 TB cache SSD is required in slot 3.
Drive 412 TB hard drive - internal storage
Drive 512 TB hard drive - internal storage
Drives 6 - 1312 TB hard drive
Drives 14 - 23Filler - drives 14-23 are 12 TB storage expansion slots that may be used as needed after the initial purchase of the 24 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration. You can add 12 TB drives in these 10 slots as needed up to a total maximum of 96 TB usable capacity.
Figure 2. 96 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration
This image shows the 96 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration.

The 96 TB usable storage capacity drive configuration includes two operating system boot disk drives, two SSDs for cache tier, two 12 TB disk drives for internal system storage, and 18 12 TB disk drives for customer storage capacity.

Drive 0 1.92 TB SAS SSD - system boot drive
Drive 11.92 TB SAS SSD - system boot drive
Drive 21.92 TB cache SSD - internal cache for Protection Storage metadata
Drive 33.84 TB cache SSD - internal cache for Protection Storage metadata. Required for DM5500 configurations of 24 TB capacity or more.
Drive 412 TB hard drive - internal storage
Drive 512 TB hard drive - internal storage
Drive 6-2312 TB hard drive

You can add one, two, or three expansion enclosures to a fully populated 96 TB 2U DM5500 server. The DM5500 expansion enclosure configuration storage capacities are described in the following table. Note that each expansion enclosure ships fully populated, and you can use the storage capacity for which you are licensed. For example, if you have a DM5500 configuration with one expansion enclosure, even though the maximum usable capacity is 144 TB, you could purchase a license for 108 TB and expand to the maximum 144 TB in increments of 12 TB.

Table 1. Storage capacity for DM5500 expansion enclosure configurationsThis table lists the storage capacities for the DM5500 expansion enclosure configurations.
DM5500 configuration Maximum usable capacity Licensable capacity
DM5500 fully populated 2U server (96 TB) + 1 expansion enclosure 144 TB 108 TB, 120 TB, 132 TB, 144 TB
DM5500 fully populated 2U server (96 TB) + 2 expansion enclosures 192 TB 156TB, 168 TB, 180 TB, 192 TB
DM5500 fully populated 2U server (96 TB) + 3 expansion enclosure 256 TB 204 TB, 216 TB, 228 TB, 240 TB, 256 TB

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