Dell DD9410 - System Disk Pack Requirements; Addable Storage; Active Tier Values

Configure storage tier pages
The configure storage tier pages enable you to configure storage for each licensed tier on the system, Active Tier, Cache Tier,
and Cloud Tier. Each tier has a separate wizard page. The storage tier configuration pages cannot be accessed through the
wizard if the file system is already created.
The system uses 8 TB drives for both Active Tier and Cloud Tier storage.
Table 25. System disk pack requirements
System 8 TB disk packs for Active Tier
(number of disks)
8 TB disk packs required for Cloud
Tier metadata (number of disks)
DD9410
● Minimum: 2 (30 disks)
● Maximum: 8 (120 disks)
2 packs (30 disks)
DD9910
● Minimum: 6 (90 disks)
● Maximum: 16 (240 disks)
4 packs (60 disks)
Configure Active Tier
The Configure Active Tier section allows you to configure the Active Storage Tier devices. The Active Tier is where back up data
resides. To add storage to the Active Tier, select one or more devices and add them to the tier. You can add storage devices up
to the capacity licenses installed.
Table 26. Addable Storage
Item Description
ID The enclosure and disk number (in the form Enclosure.Slot, or Enclosure.Pack for
DS60 and DS600 shelves)
Disks The disks that comprise the disk pack or LUN.
Model The type of disk shelf.
Disk Count The number of disks in the disk pack or LUN.
Disk Size The data storage capacity of the disk.
a
Failed Disks Failed disks in the disk pack or LUN.
a.
The DDOS convention for computing disk space defines one gibibyte as 2
30
bytes, giving a different disk capacity than the
manufacturer’s rating.
Table 27. Active Tier values
Item Description
ID The enclosure and disk number (in the form Enclosure.Slot, or Enclosure.Pack for
DS60 and DS600 shelves).
Disks The disks that comprise the disk pack or LUN.
Model The type of disk shelf.
Disk Count The number of disks in the disk pack or LUN.
Disk Size The data storage capacity of the disk.
a
Failed Disks Failed disks in the disk pack or LUN.
Configured New or existing storage.
a.
The DDOS convention for computing disk space defines one gibibyte as 2
30
bytes, giving a different disk capacity than the
manufacturer’s rating.
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