topic What would be the best solution to split the 144 disks? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-would-be-the-best-solution-to-split-the-144-disks/m-p/122852#M26351 <P>I have a <A href="https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-ONTAP-Discussions/36-SSD-disks-how-to-create-aggregates/m-p/122852#U122852" target="_self">similar question</A> for my environment. &nbsp;We have a cluster with 6 nodes (FAS8060) but 4 nodes to be dedicated for our VDI environment. &nbsp;We have 6 *&nbsp;DS2246 800GB SSD to be assigned to the 4 VDI dedicated nodes. &nbsp;What would be the best solution to split the 144 disks? &nbsp;Perhaps root aggr with 2 disks RAID-4 for each 4 nodes = 8. &nbsp;then split 136 evenliy among the 4 nodes with 1 or 2 spares?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>According to the netapp doc found here: <A href="https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP12466574" target="_blank">https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP12466574</A> I can only assign 36 800GB SSD per node for 8060?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:14:56 GMT nasmanrox 2025-06-04T19:14:56Z What would be the best solution to split the 144 disks? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-would-be-the-best-solution-to-split-the-144-disks/m-p/122852#M26351 <P>I have a <A href="https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-ONTAP-Discussions/36-SSD-disks-how-to-create-aggregates/m-p/122852#U122852" target="_self">similar question</A> for my environment. &nbsp;We have a cluster with 6 nodes (FAS8060) but 4 nodes to be dedicated for our VDI environment. &nbsp;We have 6 *&nbsp;DS2246 800GB SSD to be assigned to the 4 VDI dedicated nodes. &nbsp;What would be the best solution to split the 144 disks? &nbsp;Perhaps root aggr with 2 disks RAID-4 for each 4 nodes = 8. &nbsp;then split 136 evenliy among the 4 nodes with 1 or 2 spares?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>According to the netapp doc found here: <A href="https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP12466574" target="_blank">https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP12466574</A> I can only assign 36 800GB SSD per node for 8060?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:14:56 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-would-be-the-best-solution-to-split-the-144-disks/m-p/122852#M26351 nasmanrox 2025-06-04T19:14:56Z