Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 9.1

Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC Software RAID Controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC S100, PERC S110, PERC S130, PERC S300 and S140 Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC S100 PERC S110 PERC S130 PERC S300 PERC S140
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 8810816
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB100MB105MB100MB100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size NoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk NANANANANA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span NANANANANA
Minimum Stripe Size 64 K64 K64 K64 K64 K
Maximum Stripe Size 64 K64 K64 K64 K64 K
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk 8810816
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated NANANANANA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 841088
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1 22222
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 841088
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 441044
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated NANANANANA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 22222
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 22222
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 33333
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 44444
NOTE: When creating virtual disks using software RAID controllers, the information related to the physical disks linked to the virtual disk is enumerated or displayed on Storage Management after a short delay. This delay in displaying the information does not cause any functional limitation. If you are creating partial virtual disks, it is recommended that you provide Storage Management adequate time between each partial virtual disk creation process.