Netapp states clearly that a 540 can't even USE a FCAL. None the less it works, and works well. That config info was all set up in the days of 18 GB and smaller disks. What I'm looking for is real world data.

Check out:

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/NetApp/syscfg/

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-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Stephen C Woods Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:48 PM To: Toasters mailing list Subject: How much storage on a 540?

We have a 540 with 5.3.7R3. Does anyone know the real limit on the max storage we can put on it, currently we have a shelf of 4 GB disks (/vol0) and an FCAL shelf of 36 GB disks (241 GB) /vol1 I know the physical limit of FCAL is 8 shelves/loop but how many can be used effectivly.

A few years ago we set up a 220 with extra SCSI controllers and MANY shelves. It turned out that you could add disks to a running system and fill many more shelves that the machine was supposed to hold, However when you rebooted... (paraphrased). Sorry, too many disks... Oh sorry your volume is missing too many disks bye bye...

So has anyone there put 2? 3? more FCAL shelves on a 540?

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