topic Re: How many disk shelves in a aggregate in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78193#M5541 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi and welcome to the Community!</P><P></P><P>It depends on:</P><P>- ONTAP version - prior to 8 there is a limit of 16TB (usable) size; in 8.x you can have aggregates bigger than 16TB &amp; the limit for 3240 is 50TB (usable)</P><P>- disk size</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:34:12 GMT radek_kubka 2012-06-07T11:34:12Z How many disk shelves in a aggregate https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78188#M5540 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I am having 3240 FAS, How many disk shelves can I group in to single Aggregate</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:25:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78188#M5540 ABHISHEK456 2025-06-05T06:25:40Z Re: How many disk shelves in a aggregate https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78193#M5541 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi and welcome to the Community!</P><P></P><P>It depends on:</P><P>- ONTAP version - prior to 8 there is a limit of 16TB (usable) size; in 8.x you can have aggregates bigger than 16TB &amp; the limit for 3240 is 50TB (usable)</P><P>- disk size</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:34:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78193#M5541 radek_kubka 2012-06-07T11:34:12Z Re: How many disk shelves in a aggregate https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78202#M5542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Radek Kubka,</P><P></P><P>Thanks for ur reply,</P><P></P><P>Is there any limit on number of disk shelves that can be added on to aggregate or it's only size limit</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:03:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78202#M5542 ABHISHEK456 2012-06-08T07:03:46Z Re: How many disk shelves in a aggregate https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78206#M5543 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's only the size limit - with large enough aggregate it can possibly span multiple back-end FC loops, or SAS stacks.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:51:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/How-many-disk-shelves-in-a-aggregate/m-p/78206#M5543 radek_kubka 2012-06-08T09:51:30Z