DM5500 storage capacity
There are two drive configurations available for the DM5500:
● 24 TB - DM5500 populated with 13 drives up to a maximum of 24 TB usable capacity.
● 96 TB - DM5500 populated with 24 drives up to a maximum of 96 TB usable capacity.
The following figures and tables show the drive configurations for the two drive setups.
Drive 0
1.92 TB
Drive 1
1.92 TB
Drive 2
1.92 TB
Drive 4
7.68 TB
Drive 5
7.68 TB
Drive 6
12 TB
Drive 7
12 TB
Drive 8
12 TB
Drive 9
12 TB
Drive 10
12 TB
Drive 11
12 TB
Boot
drives
Cache
drive
Internal
storage
drives
Drive 12
12 TB
Drive 13
12 TB
Drive bay 1
Drive bay 2
Drive 14
Filler
Drive 15
Filler
Drive 16
Filler
Drive 17
Filler
Drive 18
Filler
Drive 19
Filler
Drive 20
Filler
Drive 21
Filler
Drive 22
Filler
Drive 23
Filler
Drive 3
Filler
Figure 13. 24 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration
The 24 TB usable storage capacity drive configuration includes two operating system boot disk drives, one SSD for cache tier,
two 12 TB disk drives for internal system storage, and eight 12 TB disk drives for customer storage capacity.
Drive number
Description
Drive 0 1.92 TB SAS SSD - system boot drive
Drive 1 1.92 TB SAS SSD - system boot drive
Drive 2 1.92 TB cache SSD - internal cache for Protection Storage metadata
Drive 3 Filler - If you increase the capacity of the DM5500 to more than 24 TB usable capacity, a 3.84 TB cache SSD is
required in slot 3.
Drive 4 7.68 TB SAS SSD - internal storage
Drive 5 7.68 TB SAS SSD - internal storage
Drives 6 - 13 12 TB hard drive
Drives 14 - 23 Filler - drives 14-23 are 12 TB storage expansion slots that may be used as needed after the initial purchase of
the 24 TB usable capacity DM5500 drive configuration. You can add 12 TB drives in these 10 slots as needed
up to a total maximum of 96 TB usable capacity.
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