Hitachi G400 - Maximum Number of Mounted Drive Trays

Note: If a drive is inserted into a slot of a dense intermix drive tray when the
installed number of drives exceeds 240 slots per path, the drive is blocked.
Related references
• VSP G600 model on page 17
Maximum number of mounted drive trays
The following table lists the maximum number of mountable drive trays and
mountable drives for each drive type.
Note: If a drive is inserted into a slot of a dense intermix drive tray when the
installed number of drives exceeds 240 slots per path, the drive is blocked.
VSP G400 controller Drive trays
Maximum number of
trays
Maximum number of
drives
CBLM SFF 16 384 HDDs or SSDs
LFF 16 192 HDDs or SSDs
FMD 16 192 FMDs (HAF)
4 48 FMDs
FMD 1 8 FMDs + 1 spare
(DC2)
Dense intermix drive
tray
8 480 HDDs or SSDs
1
Note:
1
The following SSD capacities (200 GB and 400 GB) are supported in a dense intermix drive tray.
VSP G600 controller Drive trays
Maximum number of
trays
Maximum number of
drives
CBLM SFF 24 576 HDDs or SSDs
LFF 24 288 HDDs or SSDs
FMD 24 288 FMDs (HAF)
4 48 FMDs
FMD 2 16 FMDs + 1 spare
(DC2)
Dense intermix drive
tray
12 720 HDDs or SSDs
1
Note:
1
The following SSD capacities (200 GB and 400 GB) are supported in a dense intermix drive tray.
20 Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 hardware overview
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 Hardware Reference Guide