topic Re: What happens when number of disks for a platform is exceeded? in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5810#M371 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You are mistaken. System has 3 x DS2246 and 2 x DS14 shelves already.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:38:57 GMT aborzenkov 2013-08-15T09:38:57Z What happens when number of disks for a platform is exceeded? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5803#M369 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Customer wants to replace 2 x DS14 with 2 x DS2246. The problem is, adding two DS2246 would exceed total disks limit (FAS2240 - 144 disks) and there is no free space to migrate data until new shelves are added. Total platform capacity will not be exceeded. What happens when total number of disks goes above platform limit? Will filer continue to run or shuts down? It will be temporary state anyway until data is moved to new shelves. Thank you.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:56:03 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5803#M369 aborzenkov 2025-06-05T05:56:03Z Re: What happens when number of disks for a platform is exceeded? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5806#M370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Unless I'm mistaken, you've got your maths wrong.</P><P></P><P>2240 - internal disks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24</P><P>2 x DS14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 28</P><P>2 x DS2246&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 48</P><P>That's makes 100 disks</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:36:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5806#M370 nigelg1965 2013-08-15T09:36:51Z Re: What happens when number of disks for a platform is exceeded? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5810#M371 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You are mistaken. System has 3 x DS2246 and 2 x DS14 shelves already.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:38:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/What-happens-when-number-of-disks-for-a-platform-is-exceeded/m-p/5810#M371 aborzenkov 2013-08-15T09:38:57Z