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
NOTE: Storage Management supports creating a maximum of 64 virtual disks per PERC 12 controller but allows creating more than 64 partial virtual disks. However, it is not recommended to create more than 64 partial virtual disks because it may cause unexpected errors.
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