HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Site Planning Manual

NOTE: SSDs have a limited number of writes that can occur before reaching the SSD's write
endurance limit. This limit is generally high enough so wear out will not occur during the expected
service life of an HP 3PAR StoreServ under the great majority of configurations, I/O patterns, and
workloads. HP 3PAR StoreServ tracks all writes to SSDs and can report the percent of the total
write endurance limit that has been used. This allows any SSD approaching the write endurance
limit to be proactively replaced before they are automatically spared out. An SSD has reached the
maximum usage limit once it exceeds its write endurance limit. Following the product warranty
period, SSDs that have exceeded the maximum usage limit will not be repaired or replaced under
HP support contracts.
Table 2 Capacity Specifications
7450 (Four Nodes)7450 (Two Nodes)Feature
42Number of controller nodes
32GB16GBControl cache
32GB16GBData cache
8–244–12Host ports
0-80-410 Gb/s iSCSI host ports
8–244–12Fibre Channel host ports
1
12–4806–240Number of drives
1
2.4TB to 864TB1.2TB to 432TBRaw capacity (approximately)
1
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6RAID 0, 1, 5, 6RAID levels
2:1 - 8:12:1 - 8:1RAID 5 data to parity ratios
Minimum physical drives to create
RAID 5 volume: 8
4:2; 6:2; 8:2; 10:2; 14:24:2; 6:2; 8:2; 10:2; 14:2RAID 6 data to parity ratios
Base RAID sets: 12 drives
Minimum physical drives to create
RAID 6 volume: 12
100 GB SSD, 200 GB SSD, 400 GB
SSD, 480 GB SSD, 920 GB SSD
100 GB SSD, 200 GB SSD, 400 GB
SSD, 480 GB SSD, 920 GB SSD
Drive capacities (in approximate GB)
1
Number of drive enclosures
2
0–180–9HP M6720 (4U24)/DC1
0–180–9HP M6710 (2U24)/DC2
1
Levels, ratios, and capacities are all mixable within the same storage system. 1 GB=1,000,000,000 bytes.
2
A single drive enclosure holds up to 24 drives in both 4U and 2U chassis within an EIA-standard rack.
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