NetApp E5500 Technical Specifications

All data in this table applies to dual-controller configurations.
E5560 E5524 E5512
Maximum raw capacity 1440TB** 345TB 768TB*
Maximum disk drives* 360 384 192
Form factor 4U/60 drives 2U/24 drives 2U/12 drives
Drive types supported
  • 900GB 10K SAS
  • 2TB/3TB/4TB* 7.2K SAS
  • 800GB SSD
  • 600/900GB 10K SAS
  • 600GB 15K SAS
  • 2TB/3TB/4TB* 7.2K SAS
System memory 24GB
Ports for host I/O Eight 6Gb SAS
Four 40Gb InfiniBand
Expansion disk shelves supported: drive offerings DE6600 (4U/60 drives)–900GB 10K SAS; 2TB/3TB/4TB* 7.2K SAS
DE5600 (2U/24 drives)–600GB/900GB 10K SAS
DE1600 (2U/12 drives)–600GB 15K SAS; 2TB/3TB/4TB* 7.2K SAS
OS version SANtricity 10.86
High-availability features Dual-active controller with automated I/O path failover
Supports Dynamic Disk Pools and RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10
Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disk drives, power supplies, and cooling fans
Automatic drive failover and detection and rebuild using global hot spare drives
Mirrored data cache with battery backup and destage to flash
SANtricity Proactive Drive Health monitoring identifies problem drives before they create issues
SANtricity Persistent Monitor makes periodic copies of the storage system configuration
Operating systems supported Microsoft® Windows® (SAS host I/O)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SAS and IB host I/O)
Software features Standard
SANtricity Dynamic Disk Pools
SANtricity SSD Cache
AutoSupport
Dynamic Volume Expansion
Dynamic Capacity Expansion
Dynamic RAID-Level Migration
Dynamic Segment-Size Migration
Persistent Monitor
Proactive Drive Health Monitoring
SANtricity Data Assurance
Nondisruptive Firmware Upgrades
Media Scan with Autoparity Check and Correction
Optional
Extended-Value Software
SANtricity Drive Encryption