Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 9.1

Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC 6/ Controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC 6/ Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC 6/E PERC 6/I PERC 6/I Modular
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 64 64 64
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB*

Not applicable for RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60.

100MB*

Not applicable for RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60.

100MB*

Not applicable for RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60.

Maximum Virtual Disk Size NoneNoneNone
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 888
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 323232
Minimum Stripe Size 8 K8 K8 K
Maximum Stripe Size 1MB1MB1MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 161616
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that can be Concatenated NANANA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 323232
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 222
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 323232
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 with firmware version 6.1 1616
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256256256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that can be Concatenated NANANA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 111
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 222
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 333
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 444
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 666
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 323232
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256256256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 444
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 888