11.0 HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Installation and Configuration Guide (TA688-96141, September 2013)

Configuration requirements
The following configuration requirements are prerequisites for HP to support your virtual storage
pool for production use.
• Available drive space of up to 32 GB for StoreVirtual VSA plus up to 50 TB of storage which
should be virtualized. HP recommends installing vSphere Server or Hyper-V Server on top of
a redundant RAID configuration. Do not use RAID 0.
• Dedicated RAID set for StoreVirtual VSA.
• Reserved memory based on total disk capacity, as listed in Table 2 (page 5).
Plan the capacity you intend to configure on the StoreVirtual VSA. The StoreVirtual VSA requires
a capacity license for use beyond the 60–day evaluation period. Licenses are available in
the capacities listed in Table 1 (page 5), two of which apply to tiered storage on the
StoreVirtual VSA.
Table 1 StoreVirtual VSA license capacity
Adaptive OptimizationMaximum cluster sizeMaximum capacity
No31 TB
No34 TB
YesUnlimited10 TB
YesUnlimited50 TB
Table 2 Memory requirements for StoreVirtual VSA disks
Total AO memory requirement in GBTotal memory requirement in GBTotal virtualized capacity
44<= 500 MB
55500 MB – 4 TB
874 TB – 10 TB
12910 TB – 20 TB
171220 TB – 30 TB
211530 TB – 40 TB
261840 TB – 50 TB
• If you plan to use tiered storage for Adaptive Optimization, plan the configuration of the
datastore and physical disks in preparation for installing and configuring the tiered storage
on the StoreVirtual VSA.
IMPORTANT: In the StoreVirtual VSA, Tier 0 designates the fastest storage media. Tier 1
designates the next tier down in speed.
• Two virtual CPUs with at least 2000 MHz reserved.
NOTE: Default CPU speed assignments are typically less than the recommended minimum.
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