Cache capacity with capacity saving-enabled V-VOLs

I/O operations for capacity saving requires access to cached metadata. Metadata cache uses the same CLPR as the cache of user data.

The following table lists recommended cache capacity when all volumes in a storage system are capacity saving-enabled V-VOLs.

Table 1: For

Total capacity of DRD-VOLs*

(Effective Capacity)

Recommended cache capacity (each CLPR)

VSP G200 VSP G400 VSP G600 VSP G800
Less than 4TiB 28GiB 28GiB 28GiB 28GiB
4TiB or more 20GiB+X 20GiB+X 20GiB+X 20GiB+X
7.5TiB or more 35GiB 20GiB+X 20GiB+X 20GiB+X
16TiB or more 24GiB+X 24GiB+X 24GiB+X
31TiB or more 86GiB 24GiB+X 24GiB+X
48TiB or more 32GiB+X 32GiB+X
90.5TiB or more 213GiB 32GiB+X
96TiB or more 40GiB+X
160TiB or more 48GiB+X
201.5TiB or more 451GiB
X is the total capacity of DRD-VOLs x 0.2%

* DRD-VOL: data reduction volume, which is a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled.