topic Maximun number of SSD disk for Raid in E2824 in EF & E-Series, SANtricity, and Related Plug-ins

Maximun number of SSD disk for Raid in E2824

Dani2 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:31:20 GMT

Hello, we have an E2824 with 10 SSD drives in RAID 5 and 11 SAS drives in RAID 5, and we wanted to upgrade all the SAS drives to SSDs. Would this array support SSDs? We wouldn't use it for caching; it's all RAID 5.

Re: Maximun number of SSD disk for Raid in E2824

Amitra — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:07:46 GMT

HI @Dani2

As per document - https://www.netapp.com/data-storage/e-series/e2800/

Maximum drives 96 (4 x 2U24 shelves)

Drives supported

SAS • 1.2TB, 1.8TB • 1.8TB FIPS

SSD • 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB • 1.6TB FIPS • 3.8TB FDE, 15.3TB FDE