Virtual Disk specifications for PERC hardware controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC hardware controllers—PERC 12
Virtual Disk Specification PERC H965i Front/Adapter PERC H965i MX
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 64 64
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100 MB 100 MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 32 32
Minimum Strip Size 64 K 64 K
Maximum Strip Size 1 MB (64 K for VD with PCIe Bus protocol) 1 MB (64 K for VD with PCIe Bus protocol)
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 256
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 1 1
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 6 6
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 8 8
Table 2. Virtual Disk specifications for PERC hardware controllers—PERC 11
Virtual Disk Specification PERC H755 Front/Adapter PERC H750 Adapter PERC H755N Front PERC H755 MX PERC H355 Front/Adapter PERC H350 Mini Monolithic/Mini Mono Low Profile
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 240 240 240 240 32 32
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 8 8 8 8 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 32 32 32 32 8 8
Minimum Strip Size 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Strip Size 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB 64 K 64 K
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 16 16 16 16 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 32 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 32 32 32 32 N/A 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 256 256 256 256 256
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256 256 256 256 N/A N/A
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 1 1 1 1 1 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 N/A 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4 4 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 6 6 6 6 N/A 6
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 32 32 32 32 N/A N/A
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256 256 256 256 N/A N/A
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 4 4 4 4 N/A N/A
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 8 8 8 8 N/A N/A
Table 3. Virtual Disk specifications for PERC hardware controllers—PERC 10
Virtual Disk Specification PERC H840 Adapter PERC H745P MX PERC H345 Front/Adapter PERC H745 Front/Adapter PERC H740P Adapter/Mini Monolithic
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 240*
  • eHBA mode—240
  • RAID mode—240
32 eHBA mode-240 RAID mode - 64
  • eHBA mode—240
  • RAID mode—64
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 8 8 8 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 32 32 8 32 32
Minimum Strip Size 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Strip Size 1 MB 1 MB 64 K 1 MB 1 MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 16 16 16 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 32 32 N/A 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 256 256 256 256
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256 256 N/A 256 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 1 1 1 1 1
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3 N/A 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 6 6 N/A 6 6
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 32 32 N/A 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256 256 N/A 256 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 4 4 N/A 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 8 8 N/A 8 8
Table 4. Virtual Disk specifications for PERC hardware controllers—PERC 9
Virtual Disk Specification PERC FD33xD/FD33xS PERC H730P MX PERC H730P Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blades/Slim PERC H730 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blades PERC H330 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blades/Embedded PERC H830 Adapter
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 64 64 64 64 32 240*
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 8 8 8 8 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 32 32 32 32 8 32
Minimum Strip Size 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Strip Size 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB 64 K 1 MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 16 16 16 16 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 32 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 32 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 256 256 256 256 256
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256 256 256 256 N/A 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 1 1 1 1 2 1
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
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 6 6 6 6 6 6
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 32 32 32 32 N/A 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256 256 256 256 N/A 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 4 4 4 4 N/A 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 8 8 8 8 N/A 8
NOTE:  When performing an Auto Configure RAID 0 operation on PERC H830 hardware controller, the maximum number of physical disks supported is 192.