Virtual Disk specifications for PERC software RAID controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC S130, PERC S140 and PERC S150 controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC S130 PERC S140 PERC S150
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 10 30 30
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 105MB 100MB 100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk NA NA NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span NA NA NA
Minimum Stripe Size 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Stripe Size 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk 10 30 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated NA NA NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 10 16 16
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 10 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 10 16 16
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated NA NA NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4
NOTE: It is recommended to create VD with minimum size of 10 GB or more.
NOTE:  When creating virtual disks using software RAID controllers, the information related to the physical disks linked to the virtual disk is enumerated or displayed on Storage Management after a short delay. This delay in displaying the information does not cause any functional limitation. If you are creating partial virtual disks, it is recommended that you provide Storage Management adequate time between each partial virtual disk creation process.