topic Re: Larger Disks in Simulator Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49026#M408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The sims max out at 56 x 9gb disks. If you go through the effort to maximize disk space you can get ~400gb yield, its just rediculously slow.&nbsp; Best case sustained throughput is in the mid teens (GB/s), but running with defaults will be more along the lines of low single digits.&nbsp; The simdisk driver is terribly inneficient.</P><P></P><P>If you need more performance and or capacity the Edge eval may be better suited if it supports the features you are trying to use.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 May 2013 21:56:39 GMT shatfield 2013-05-24T21:56:39Z Larger Disks https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49021#M407 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P>I'm wondering how to make the simulator disks larger.</P><P>I have multiple things I would like to try out but can't currently because of the incredibly small disk space.</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>--Steve</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:02:08 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49021#M407 it_6 2025-06-05T06:02:08Z Re: Larger Disks https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49026#M408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The sims max out at 56 x 9gb disks. If you go through the effort to maximize disk space you can get ~400gb yield, its just rediculously slow.&nbsp; Best case sustained throughput is in the mid teens (GB/s), but running with defaults will be more along the lines of low single digits.&nbsp; The simdisk driver is terribly inneficient.</P><P></P><P>If you need more performance and or capacity the Edge eval may be better suited if it supports the features you are trying to use.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 May 2013 21:56:39 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49026#M408 shatfield 2013-05-24T21:56:39Z Re: Larger Disks https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49031#M409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The document at <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.netapp.com/docs/DOC-17354" title="https://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-17354" target="_blank">https://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-17354</A> provides the steps to add larger disks.&nbsp; I have not tried it with 8.2, but it should be the same.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 May 2013 14:45:17 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Larger-Disks/m-p/49031#M409 tonacki 2013-05-29T14:45:17Z