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Oracle® ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Guide

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Updated: January 2019
 
 

Overview of ZS5-2 Racked System Performance Configurations

Performance configurations take advantage of high-performance disk shelves and are available in a base cabinet. Five base cabinet options are offered in a total of 22 possible system configurations, and all base cabinet options contain two ZS5-2 controllers.

ZS5-2 Racked System maximum performance configurations feature up to four Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24P All-Flash disk shelves. The disk shelves are configured as one single shelf per chain to obtain maximum performance. No expansion cabinets are supported for this configurations.

Table 30  ZS5-2 Racked System Maximum Performance Configurations Components
Base Cabinet
Expansion Cabinet
Up to four DE3-24P All-Flash disk shelves
Two ZS5-2 controllers
Not supported

ZS5-2 Racked System optimum performance configurations feature up to 16 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24P disk shelves (configured as four shelves per chain) as well as a combination of up to 14 Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24C and DE3-24P disk shelves in the base cabinet. No expansion cabinets are supported.

Table 31  ZS5-2 Racked System Optimum Performance Configurations Components
Base Cabinet
Expansion Cabinet
Up to 16 DE3-24P disk shelves, or up to 14 DE3-24P and DE3-24C disk shelves
Two ZS5-2 controllers
Not supported

The ZS5-2 Racked System performance configurations support various storage options.

Table 32  ZS5-2 Racked System Disk Shelf Device Types and Allowable Configurations
Disk Shelf
Data Devices
Read Cache Devices
Log Devices
DE3-24P All-Flash
3.2 TB SSDs: 24 in slots 0 - 23 or 20 in slots 0 - 19
Not allowed
200 GB SSDs in slot 20 - 23
DE3-24P
1.2 TB HDDs: 24 in slots 0 - 23 or 20 in slots 0 - 19
3.2 TB SSDs in slot 20 - 23
200 GB SSDs in slot 20 - 23
DE3-24C
8 TB HDDs: 24 in slots 0 - 23 or 20 in slots 0 - 19
3.2 TB SSDs in slot 20 - 23
200 GB SSDs in slot 20 - 23