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Storage Center 7.5.10 Release Notes

Environmental and system requirements

This section describes environmental and system requirements in this release.

Storage Manager 2020 R1 or later is required to manage storage systems running Storage Center 7.5.10 and Storage Center 7.5.10 supports the following storage system models:

  • SC9000
  • SC8000
  • SC7020F
  • SC7020
  • SC5020F
  • SC5020
  • SC4020
  • SCv3000 Series
  • SCv2000 Series
NOTE Storage Center 7.5.10 supports cabling mixed-speed expansion enclosures. SC400, SC420, and SC420F expansion enclosures can be cabled with SC200 and SC220 expansion enclosures.

Storage System Scalability Guidelines

The following table lists the scalability guidelines for dual-controller storage systems:
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.

Storage Center Scalability Guidelines

The following tables list the Storage Center scalability guidelines:
Table 2. Storage Center Scalability Guidelines (except for SCv3000 Series and SCv2000 Series Storage Systems)Scalability guidelines for storage systems except for SCv3000 Series and SCv2000 Series 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)
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
Live Volumes
  • 500 Live Volumes
  • 150 Live Volumes with Auto-Failover
QoS Profiles
  • 100 Volume QoS Profiles
  • 100 Group QoS Profiles
  • 100 Volumes per Group QoS Profile
Thin Import 10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports)
Table 3. 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
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
Live Volumes
  • 250 Live Volumes
  • 150 Live Volumes with Auto-Failover
QoS Profiles
  • 100 Volume QoS Profiles
  • 100 Group QoS Profiles
  • 100 Volumes per Group QoS Profile
Thin Import 10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports)
Table 4. 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
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
QoS Profiles
  • 100 Volume QoS Profiles
  • 100 Group QoS Profiles
  • 100 Volumes per Group QoS Profile
Thin Import 10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports)

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