The below chart is a side by side comparison of the primary technical specifications that make each VNX 2 model in the series unique.
EMC VNX5200, VNX5400, VNX5600, VNX5800, VNX7600, VNX8000 Components Configuration
| Components Configuration | VNX5200 | VNX5400 | VNX5600 | VNX5800 | VNX7600 | VNX8000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYSTEM LEVEL COMPONENTS | ||||||
| Max FAST Cache memory | 600 GB | 1 TB | 2 TB | 3 TB | 4.2 TB | 4.8 TB |
| Max FAST Cache drives | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 42 | 42 |
| Max drives per array | 125 | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 1500 |
| Min drives per storage system | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Max raw capacity | 500 TB | 1 PB | 2 PB | 3 PB | 4 PB | 6 PB |
| Minimum configuration rack space | Block only: 3U File/Unified: 6U | Block only: 3U File/Unified: 6U | Block only: 3U File/Unified: 6U | Block only: 3U File/Unified: 6U | Block only: 3U File/Unified: 6U | Block only: 10U File/Unified: 13U |
| BLOCK COMPONENTS | ||||||
| Processor clock speed/number of cores/architecture (per SP) | 1.2 GHz 4-core Xeon E5 | 1.8 GHz 4-core Xeon E5 | 2.4 GHz 4-core Xeon E5 | 2.0 GHz 6-core Xeon E5 | 2.2 GHz 8-core Xeon E5 | Dual Socket 2.7 GHz 8-core Xeon E5 |
| Physical memory per SP (GB) | 16 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 64 | 128 |
| Max combined 8 Gb/s & 16 Gb/s FC ports per SP (FE ports) | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 36 |
| Max combined 1 Gb/s & 10 Gb/s iSCSI ports per SP (FE only) | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| Max FCoE ports per SP (FE only) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
| Max initiators per FC port | 256 | 256 | 512 | 512 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Max initiators per 1 Gb/s iSCSI port | 256 | 256 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Max initiators per 10 Gb/s iSCSI port | 256 | 256 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Max initiators per FCoE port | 256 | 256 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Max VLANs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Max initiators per SP | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096 | 8192 |
| Max FE ports per SP (all types) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Max UltraFlex I/O module slots (per SP) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Embedded I/O ports (per SP) | 2 back-end SAS | 2 back-end SAS | 2 back-end SAS | 2 back-end SAS | 2 back-end SAS | 0 |
| Max 6 Gb SAS ports for DAE connectivity (per SP) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Max Pools per storage system | 15 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 60 | 60 |
| Max Disks per pool | 121 | 246 | 496 | 746 | 996 | 1496 |
| Max Pool LUNs per system | 1000 | 1000 | 1100 | 2100 | 3000 | 4000 |
| Max Classic LUNs per system | 2048 | 2048 | 4096 | 4096 | 8192 | 8192 |
| Max user-visible LUNs1 | 3816 | 3816 | 3816 | 6864 | 8376 | 14496 |
| LUN ID range | 0-2047 | 0-2047 | 0-2047 | 0-4095 | 0-4095 | 0-8191 |
| Max LUNs per storage group | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 |
| RAID options | 0, 1, 1/0, 3, 5, 6 | |||||
| Max RAID groups per storage system | 62 | 62 | 125 | 250 | 500 | 1000 |
| Max drives per RAID group | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| DPE/SPE rack space | 3U (DPE) | 3U (DPE) | 3U (DPE) | 3U (DPE) | 3U (DPE) | 4U (SPE) |
| Max SnapView sessions per source LUN | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Max SnapView sessions (LUNs) per source LUN | 256 | 256 | 256 | 512 | 512 | 512 |
| Max SnapView snapshot sessions per array | 512 | 512 | 512 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 |
| Max SnapView snapshot source LUNs in a Consistent Start | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 64 |
| Max clones | 256 | 256 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 | 2048 |
| Max clone source LUNs | 128 | 128 | 512 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Max clones in a Consistent Fracture | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| MirrorView/S objects | 128 | 128 | 128 | 256 | 512 | 1024 |
| MirrorView/A objects | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| SAN Copy | Yes | |||||
| Max VNX Snapshots per LUN | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Max VNX Snapshots per array | 8000 | 8000 | 8000 | 16400 | 32000 | 32000 |
| Max VNX Snapshot consistency groups | 128 | 128 | 128 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Max source LUNs in consistency group | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Max VNX Snapshot LUNs (Host Visible) | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 |
| FILE COMPONENTS | ||||||
| Processor clock speed/number of cores/architecture (per blade) | 2.13 GHz 4-core Xeon 5600 | 2.13 GHz 4-core Xeon 5600 | 2.13 GHz 4-core Xeon 5600 | 2.4 GHz 4-core Xeon 5600 | 2.8 GHz 6-core Xeon 5600 | 2.8 GHz 6-core Xeon 5600 |
| Physical memory per blade (GB) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 24 |
| Data Movers (min-max) | 1-3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
| Capacity per blade (TB) | 256 | 256 | 256 | 512 | 512 | |
| Max # of file systems and snaps per array | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 |
| Max file system size (TB) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Number of snaps per file system (SnapSure) | 96 read 16 write | 96 read 16 write | 96 read 16 write | 96 read 16 write | 96 read 16 write | 96 read 16 write |
| Number of replication file systems (Replicator) | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Number of concurrent replication sessions | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Host connectivity | NFS, CIFS, pNFS | |||||
| Control Stations | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Max usable UltraFlex I/O module slots (front-end, per blade)2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| RAID options | 1,1/0,5,6 | |||||
1 These numbers include FLUs + pool LUNs + snapshot LUNs (SV and Adv) + MV/A LUNs
2 Each blade requires one I/O module slot for back-end (fibre) connectivity. This has been deducted from the numbers shown in the chart.
