The front view of an EX500 rack with the minimum node configuration and an EX500 rack with the
maximum node configuration is shown in the following diagram. The rear view requires a brace
wherever there is empty space above or below an EX500 server.
Figure 7 EX500 minimum and maximum configurations
The EX500 appliance is available in the following configurations within a Dell EMC rack or a
customer-provided rack.
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EX500 supports 5 nodes in the same configuration. You can combine 8 and 12 TB disks, with a
minimum of 5 nodes of the same disk configuration.
Lists the nodes, disks in each node, disk size, and the RAW storage capacity.
Table 6
EX500 configurations
Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage
capacity
5 (minimum
configuration)
12
l
8 TB
l
12 TB
l
96 TB
l
144 TB
EX500 Platform
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