Release Notes

Storage Center 6.6 Feature Availability and Licenses
Support for the new features in Storage Center 6.6 varies depending on the Storage Center controller.
Feature SCv2000
Series
SC4020 SC8000 SC040 License Requirements and Notes
Data Compression X X X Requires a Data Progression
license in a multi-tier environment
Flex Port X (Optional) X Requires a Flex Port license
Live Volume X X X Requires a Live Volume license
Storage Center Scalability
Storage Center 6.6 has the following scalability guidelines.
Storage Center Controller Scalability Guidelines
The following scalability guidelines apply to SC8000, SCv2000 series, SC4020, and CT-SC040 controllers
running Storage Center 6.6.
NOTE: Raw storage space is expressed in decimal units (for example, 1TB = 10
12
bytes). Addressable
storage space is expressed in base 2 units (for example, 1TB = 2
40
bytes). Therefore, a 1TB drive
measured in decimal units is equal to 0.909TB base 2 units.
Storage Center
Controller
Supported Maximum
SC8000 (Dual-
Controller) with 64GB of
memory per controller
• 3.1PB raw and 2.0PB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB
page size
• 750TB raw and 500TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size
SC8000 (Dual-
Controller) with 16GB of
memory per controller
• 750TB raw and 500TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB
page size
• 400TB raw and 300TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size
SC4020 with 16GB of
memory per storage
controller module
• 500TB raw and 400TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB
page size
• 500TB raw and 400TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size
SCv2000, SCv2020,
SCv2080 with 8GB of
memory per controller
• 672TB raw and 450TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB
page size
CT-SC040 (Dual-
Controller) with 12GB of
memory per controller
• 750TB raw and 500TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB
page size
• 400TB raw and 300TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size
CT-SC040 (Dual-
Controller) with 6GB of
memory per controller
• 400TB raw and 300TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB
page size
• 400TB raw and 300TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size
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Dell Storage Center 6.6 Release Notes