Question about mixing different NVMe disks in the same disk shelf

[chenhui]

Hi Experts,

Good Day!

Just one question about NVMe disks hope to get help.

The NVMe 1.9TB disk has two Part numbers: X4010A(SSD,1.92TB,NVMe,SED) and X4018A (SSD,1.92TB,NVMe,Non-SED). Can it be mixed in the same NS224 disk shelf?

Here is an AFF A400 system, the current disk configuration is 12*1.92TB NVMe (PN:X4018A) disk, I intend to add 12*1.92TB NVMe disk (PN: X4010A) to expand the storage capacity for it.

Many thanks for any input.

Chenhui

[andris · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can mix them in the same shelf (or same HA pair, for that matter).
You would need to confirm that self-encrypting drives (SED) can be used in the country of operation.

See: Does NetApp support encrypted and non-encrypted disks on the same node?

[chenhui]

Very useful. Thank you.