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DELL PDF document about dynamic pools: h16289-dell_emc_unity-dynamic_pools.pdf

Page 20-21. The smallest RAID 5 stripe width the system supports is a 4+1. The smallest dynamic pool created with the RAID 5 4+1 configuration is 6 drives. The minimum drive count includes the number of drives specified in the stripe width, plus the hot spare capacity. The hot spare capacity is selected by the user at pool creation, and can either be set to 1 or 2 drives for every 32 drives in the pool.

The maximum number of data drives that can be put in to a Dell PowerStore 1000T base enclosure is 21. The Dell PowerStore 1000T has a 2U form factor, and it supports a maximum of 21 drives in the base enclosure. The drives can be either SAS or NVMe, and it's important to keep in mind that the maximum capacity of the system depends on the type of drives that are used. It's important to note that the PowerStore 1000T supports up to 2 expansion shelves that can hold an additional 21 drives each, for a maximum of 63 drives in total. Also, the PowerStore 1000T supports up to 4 NVRAM modules that are used to cache metadata and improve performance.

iSCSI offload is a network option that can be configured to provide the best iSCSI performance on a Dell Unity XT array. This option offloads iSCSI processing to the network adapter card, reducing the load on the host CPU and improving performance. With iSCSI offload enabled, the network adapter card can handle iSCSI processing tasks such as packet segmentation and reassembly, reducing the CPU overhead associated with iSCSI operations. Other options such as using a single VLAN for all traffic, configuring jumbo frames and disabling flow control may also help to improve iSCSI performance but iSCSI offload would provide the best results. It is important to note that configuring jumbo frames could have a positive impact on performance, but it also depends on the network infrastructure and the NICs support for it. Disabling flow control could cause issues on congested networks, so it's important to test it before disabling it.