Dell EqualLogic PS6100 series Configuration Manual page 13

Table 3 Supported configuration limits
Configuration
Volumes and replica sets per group
c
Volume size
Volumes enabled for replication (outbound)
Snapshots and replicas per group
Snapshots per volume
Replicas per volume
Volumes that have Synchronous Replication
Enabled
Schedules (snapshot or replication) per volume
or volume collection
Persistent Reservation registrants per volume
Replication partners per group
Replication partners per volume
Members per group
Members per pool
Pools per group
Volumes per collection
Collections per group (snapshot and replication)
Volume connections (each time an iSCSI
initiator connects to a volume counts as a
e,f
connection)
Access control records per volume and its
snapshots
Simultaneous management sessions (any
combination of GUI, telnet, or scripting sessions)
i
Thin provisioning limits
(minimum allocation)
Administrator accounts per group
(a) A group can contain a maximum of two PS4000, PS4100, and/or PS-M4110 arrays.
(b) Includes groups of mixed array types and all other group types except groups containing only PS40x0, PS41x0, and
PS-M4110 arrays. When a group contains a mix of PS40x0, PS41x0, and PS-M4110 arrays and other array models,
the higher limits prevail.
(c) Practical maximum volume size is operating system-specific. A PS Series group can create and present volumes up
to 15 TB.
(d) Up to 16 simultaneous replication operations can take place.
(e)
To avoid service outages or possible loss of connectivity during failovers, Dell recommends increasing initiator
timeouts for groups with more than 512 connections. See the iSCSI Initiator and Operating Systems Considerations
document for more information.
(f) Inbound replication connections count towards the total number of connections.
(g) With firmware version 5.1, maximum number of volumes per group and maximum number of connections per pool
increased from 256 to 512
(h) Up to 1024 connections per pool are supported for all groups except groups containing only PS40x0, PS41x0, and
PS-M4110 arrays. This provides increased scalability in virtualized environments. These connections may be
distributed across a maximum of 512 volumes.
(i)
Volumes automatically created and managed by the NAS Service inside the NAS Reserve pool used by an FS Series
appliance are fully allocated at creation and cannot be thin provisioned. Once those volumes are created (when
the NAS Reserve is created they cannot be shrunk.
March 2013
PS4000/PS4100 and
PS-M4110 groups only
d
1024 per group with
10% of volume size
Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1
All other groups
a
h
512
15 TB
32
2048
128
128
4
16
96
16
1
2
2
2
8
100
g
512 per pool
4096 per group with
2 pools
16
7
10% of volume size
100
b
1024
15 TB
256
10,000
512
512
32
16
96
16
1
a
16
8
4
8
100
h
1024 per pool
4 pools
16
7
100
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