Dell EMC ECS U2000 User Manual

Table 6 U-Series (Gen2) node upgrades (continued)
Current nodes Kit for upgrade to 5 nodes Kit for upgrade to 6 nodes Kit for upgrade to 8 nodes
Five
(all five nodes have
either all 8 TB disks
or all 12 TB disks)
Not applicable
l
One node.
l
One DAE with the same
number of disks as one of
the current DAEs.
You cannot intermix 8 TB and 12
TB disks.
l
Three nodes.
l
Three DAEs with the same
number of disks as one of
the current DAEs.
You cannot intermix 8 TB and 12
TB disks.
Six
(all six nodes have
either all 8 TB disks
or all 12 TB disks)
Not applicable Not applicable
l
Two nodes.
l
Two DAEs with the same
number of disks as one of
the current DAEs.
You cannot intermix 8 TB and 12
TB disks.
Note
Seven-node configurations are not supported.
When you are planning to increase the number of drives in the DAEs and add nodes to
the appliance, order the disks first. Then order the node upgrades. The new DAEs are
shipped with the correct number of disks preinstalled.
U-Series Appliance (Gen1) configurations and upgrade
paths
Describes the first generation ECS Appliance configurations and the upgrade paths
between the configurations. Gen1 hardware became generally available in June 2014.
U-Series configurations (Gen1)
The U-Series Appliance is a dense storage solution using commodity hardware.
Table 7
U-Series (Gen1) configurations
Model
number
Nodes DAEs Disks in DAE 1 to
4
Disks in DAE 5 to
8
Storage
capacity
Switches
U300
(minimum
configuration
)
4 4 15 Not applicable 360TB One private and two
public
U700 4 4 30 Not applicable 720TB One private and two
public
U1100 4 4 45 Not applicable 1080TB One private and two
public
U1500 4 4 60 Not applicable 1440TB One private and two
public
Hardware Components and Configurations
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Dell EMC ECS U2000 Specifications

General

Brand	Dell EMC
Model	ECS U2000
Category	Storage
Language	English