Figure 21 Storage Capacity Virtualization; Table 12 Tpp Maximum Number And Capacity - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 Design Manual

2. Basic Functions
Operations Optimization (Virtualization/Automated Storage Tiering)
Storage Capacity Virtualization
Thin Provisioning improves the usability of the drives by managing the physical drives in a pool, and sharing the
unused capacity among the virtual volumes in the pool. The volume capacity that is seen from the server is vir-
tualized to allow the server to recognize a larger capacity than the physical volume capacity. Because a large
capacity virtual volume can be defined, the drives can be used in a more efficient and flexible manner.
Initial cost can be reduced because less drive capacity is required even if the capacity requirements cannot be
estimated. The power consumption requirements can also be reduced because a fewer number of drives are in-
stalled.

Figure 21 Storage Capacity Virtualization

Management server
In the Thin Provisioning function, the RAID group, which is configured with multiple drives, is managed as a Thin
Provisioning Pool (TPP). When a Write request is issued, a physical area is allocated to the virtual volume. The
free space in the TPP is shared among the virtual volumes which belong to the TPP, and a virtual volume, which
is larger than the drive capacity in the ETERNUS DX, can be created. A virtual volume to be created in a TPP is
referred to as a Thin Provisioning Volume (TPV).
Thin Provisioning Pool (TPP)
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A TPP is a physical drive pool which is configured with one or more RAID groups. TPP capacity can be expanded
in the units of RAID groups. Add RAID groups with the same specifications (RAID level, drive type, and number
of member drives) as those of the existing RAID groups.
The following table shows the maximum number and the maximum capacity of TPPs that can be registered in
the ETERNUS DX.

Table 12 TPP Maximum Number and Capacity

Item
Number of pools (max.)
Pool capacity (max.)
*1: The maximum total number of Thin Provisioning Pools and FTSPs.
*2: The maximum pool capacity is the capacity that combines the FTSP capacity and the Thin Provisioning
Pool capacity in the ETERNUS DX.
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Virtual volume
Write
Mapping
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Data that is
actually used
Allocated
Allocated as required
ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX500 S3
256 (*1)
3,072TB (*2)
43
Physical drives
RAID group
ETERNUS DX600 S4/DX600 S3
8,192TB (*2)
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