Storage Capacity Upgrade
Storage capacity upgrades are either base capacity upgrades that are factory-built when the base unit is assembled, or field capacity upgrades that are installed in the field.
A storage capacity upgrade kit is packaged as two disk shelves. Up to three upgrade kits can be installed in a VSM 6 base unit, for a total of four, six, or eight disk shelves in the unit.
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The capacity upgrade must use the same disk shelf product that is used in the base configuration. You cannot mix Oracle DE2-24C and Sun J4410 disk shelves in a VSM 6.Capacity Upgrade for VSM6 with Oracle DE2-24C Disk Shelves
For a VSM 6 with Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves, a capacity upgrade kit has two Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves, each containing 24 4TB SAS HDD drives, representing 400TB approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression).
- VSM 6 with four Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves: 800TB
- VSM 6 with six Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves: 1200TB
- VSM 6 with eight Oracle DE2-24C disk shelves: 1600TB
Capacity Upgrade with Older J4410 Disk Shelves
For a VSM 6 with older J4410 disk shelves, a capacity upgrade kit has two J4410 disk shelves, each containing 24 3TB SAS HDD drives, representing 300TB approximate user capacity (configured, with 4:1 compression).
- VSM 6 with four J4410 disk shelves: 600TB
- VSM 6 with six J4410 disk shelves: 900TB
- VSM 6 with eight J4410 disk shelves: 1200TB