Operating Limits for an Oracle FS System

The following table lists the numbers of objects that can be configured for an Oracle FS System.
Table 1 System limits
Object Quantity range

repositories1

Maximum: 1024

Storage Domains

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 64 per Oracle FS System

virtual LUNs (VLUNs)

Maximums:2
  • 8192 per Controller

  • 8192 per Oracle FS System

VLUN block snapshots, full (copies)

Maximum: 12 full snapshots per VLUN

VLUN block snapshots, partial (clones)

Maximum: 1024 partial snapshots of a single source volume active at a time

volume groups

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5000 total

volume size

Minimum:
  • 1 GB and 50% of maximum capacity

  • Minimum growth increment: 1 GB

Maximum: System capacity

The following table lists the numbers of objects that are related to a Drive Enclosure that can be configured for an Oracle FS System.
Table 2 Drive Enclosure configuration limits
Object Quantity range

Drive Enclosures (DE)

Minimum: 1

Maximums:
  • Per Oracle FS System: 30

  • Per Storage Domain: 30

  • Per SAS HBA: 10

  • Per DE string: 5

drive groups

Minimum: 1

Maximums:
  • Per Oracle FS System: 1024

  • Per Storage Domain: 1024

drives

Per DE
  • HDDs: 24 drives of the same type (in groups of 12)

  • Performance SSDs: 13 drives of the same type (in groups of 6, plus 1 as a hot spare)

  • Capacity SSDs: 19 drives of the same type (in groups of 6, plus 1 as a hot spare)

Per drive group
  • HDDs: 12

  • SSDs: 6

1 A repository is a VLUN and is associated with a logical volume. A repository holds metadata for the clones of that volume. A volume has at most one repository VLUN.
2 Recommended maximums are 4096 per Controller and 4096 per system.