Virtual Disk Specifications For The PERC 5/, PERC 6/, And CERC 6/I Controllers

Table 43. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 5/, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC 5/E PERC 5/I PERC 6/E PERC 6/I PERC 6/I Modular CERC 6/I
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 64 64 64 64 64 64
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB100MB100MB100MB100MB100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 888888
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 323232323232
Minimum Stripe Size 8 K8 K8 K8 K8 K8 K
Maximum Stripe Size 128 K128 K1MB1MB1MB1MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 161616161616
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that can be Concatenated NANANANANANA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 323232323232
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 222222
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 323232323232
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 1616 256 with firmware version 6.1 161616
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256256256256256256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that can be Concatenated NANANANANANA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 111111
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 222222
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 333333
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 444444
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 666666
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 NANA32323232
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 NANA256256256256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 NANA4444
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 NANA8888