Appendix B - Specifications
Data Storage Specifications
107-Bay Expansion Node
Drive Purpose
Specification
Storage Pools or NAS
• 800 GB Solid-State SAS
a
• 4, 8, 12, or 16 TB Spinning-Disk SAS
b c
• 12 or 16 TB Spinning-Disk SATA
• 12 TB Spinning-Disk Self-Encrypting Drives
Capacity
Parameter
Specification
BlackPearl 4U System object cache
capacity using spinning-disk drives
10 - 4 TB drives - 40 TB
10 - 8 TB drives - 80 TB
10 - 12 TB drives - 120 TB
10 - 16 TB drives - 160 TB
20 - 4 TB drives - 80 TB
20 - 8 TB drives - 160 TB
20 - 12 TB drives - 240 TB
20 - 16 TB drives - 320 TB
BlackPearl 4U System object cache
capacity using SSDs
10 - 960 GB drives - 9.6 TB
10 - 1600 GB drives - 16 TB
10 - 1920 GB drives - 19.2 TB
20 - 960 GB drives - 19.2 TB
20 - 1600 GB drives - 32 TB
20 - 1920 GB drives - 38.4 TB
BlackPearl 2U System object cache
capacity
4 - 4 TB drives - 16 TB
4 - 8 TB drives - 32 TB
4 - 12 TB drives - 48 TB
4 - 16 TB drives - 64 TB
9 - 4 TB drives - 36 TB
9 - 8 TB drives - 72 TB
9 - 12 TB drives - 108 TB
9 - 16 TB drives - 144 TB
a
) 1 GB is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
b
) 1 TB is defined as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.
c
) 16 TB SAS drives only supported in a HotPair configuration.
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