Virtual Disk specifications for PERC software RAID controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk specifications on PERC S140, PERC S150, and PERC S160 controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC S140 PERC S150 PERC S160
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 30 30 30
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk N/A N/A N/A
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span N/A N/A N/A
Minimum Strip Size 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Strip Size 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk 30 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated N/A N/A N/A
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 16 16 16
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 16 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 16 16 16
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated N/A N/A N/A
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4
NOTE: It is recommended to create a virtual disk with a minimum size of 10 GiB or more.
NOTE: If the number of virtual disks per physical disk exceeds the maximum supported limit, then an undefined behavior may be observed in the Server Administrator UI or CLI.
NOTE: When creating virtual disks using software RAID controllers, the information that is related to disks that are 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.