Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 9.4

Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC Software RAID Controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC S100, PERC S110, PERC S130, PERC S300 , PERC S140 and PERC S150 Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC S100 PERC S110 PERC S130 PERC S300 PERC S140 PERC S150
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 8 8 10 8 30 30
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB 100MB 105MB 100MB 100MB 100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk NA NA NA NA NA NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span NA NA NA NA NA NA
Minimum Stripe Size 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Stripe Size 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk 8 8 10 8 30 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated NA NA NA NA NA NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 8 4 10 8 16 16
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 8 4 10 8 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 10 4 16 16
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated NA NA NA NA NA NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4 4 4 4
NOTE: When creating virtual disks using software RAID controllers, the information related to the physical disks linked to the virtual disk is enumerated or displayed on Storage Management after a short delay. This delay in displaying the information does not cause any functional limitation. If you are creating partial virtual disks, it is recommended that you provide Storage Management adequate time between each partial virtual disk creation process.