Scalability
All storage systems offer pay-as-you-grow scalability by allowing you to hot-add drives as
you need them.
Examples of supported VSP G200 configurations
The VSP G200 controller chassis provides a built-in compartment for installing drives.
The following table lists the maximum number of drive trays and drives supported in a
system configuration. A diskless configuration does not include any drive trays.
Controller
Drive tray
Maximum
number of
drive trays
supported
Maximum number of
drives supported
CBSS
SFF drive tray 7
192 HDDs or SSDs
LFF drive tray 7
108 HDDs or SSDs
FMD drive
tray
7
108 FMDs
Dense
intermix
drive tray
4
264 HDDs or SSDs
See the note about
dense intermix drive
restrictions.
Controller
Drive tray
Maximum
number of
drive trays
supported
Maximum number of
drives supported
CBSL
SFF drive tray 7
180 HDDs or SSDs
LFF drive tray 7
96 HDDs or SSDs
FMD drive
tray
7
96 FMDs
Dense
intermix
drive tray
4
252 HDDs or SSDs
See the note about
dense intermix drive
restrictions.
Scalability
Chapter 1: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 hardware overview
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