fas 2240

[Rawat_Sunil]

What were the challenges we will face while using FAS 2240

[SpindleNinja]

Not 100% sure what you're looking for but here's a few points: 

max (clustered) ONTAP version of 9.1 

max of 4 nodes in any cluster. 

End of Support date 30-Mar-2021

Limited to 144 drives 

Technically limited to 1G ethernet.   

Check out hwu.netapp.com for comparisons and other limits/maxes.  

[Rawat_Sunil]

Supported site:- https://www.storagereview.com/node/3685

Max (clustered) ONTAP version of 9.1
Agree

Max of 4 nodes in any cluster.
But I found from https://www.storagereview.com/node/3685
The FAS2200 series utilizes NetApp's Clustered Data ONTAP 8 operating system which offers continuous data access during scheduled downtime and supports scaling up to 69PB and 24 controller nodes.

End of Support date 30-Mar-2021
But I found
End Of Support is March 30, 2020

Limited to 144 drives
Agree

Technically limited to 1G ethernet.
But I found from https://www.storagereview.com/node/3685
1Connectivity per controller: 4 x GbE ports, 2 xb10GbE, or 2 x 8 Gb FC using optional mezzanine I/O card

[SpindleNinja]

Check out https://hwu.netapp.com it's the go to for everythingNetApp/ONTAP/FAS/AFF/ASA/eSeries/HCI/etc.   and things like maxes,  mins and what's supported might change over time.  

They extended the life of the 2240.    Check out  "End of life" in HWU.   

Under "platform mixing rules"   a max of 4 nodes of nas and san are supported.     I think the line you're referring to in the storage review article is related to ontap in general (click the link and the same line is there too) and not the 22xx series,   there are larger boxes of that gen that can scale that large, like the 62xx series.   

The block mez card is only support in 8.1 and 8.2, not in 9.1 

10GbE mez card (ports e1a/e1b),  when running 8.3 (CDOT/ONTAP) and higher are technically reserved for the cluster connections.   So yes they are there there, but technically can't be used for client access.      It does show however that it'll work in 8.1 8.2,  so I would think you can use them in 7mode (Maxes at 8.2) if needed.