I believe the next versions of VNX (5700, 7500, etc) support SCSI 3 protocol which would not have that limitation. I believe this was a limitation that was purposely introduced into the VNXe because EMC is marketing it as an entry level "all-in-one" storage solution. They need reasons for customers to scale up to the more expensive platforms. I believe even the older CX, CX3 and CX4 models supported SCSI 3.
- Sean On 2/7/12, Mathew Shember <[email protected]> wrote: > I have not used an EMC in a while but that does sound familiar. > > I did find one of their sheets that does say the size is limited to that. > > http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/specification-sheet/h8515-vnxe-ss.pdf > > Thanks, > Mathew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: EMC limitations? > > I've got a new-ish (January) EMC VNXe 3100, and have run into a troubling > limitation - in use as an iSCSI device, it doesn't support LUNs larger than > 1.99tb. According to a post by EMC staff on their community forum, it's doe > to the implementation of the SCSI II protocol. > > I don't know if this limitations affects its use as a NAS, but that's > disturbing. My Lefthand units support larger LUNs with no problem. > And, otherwise, it's performed just fine - no problems at all. > > Does anyone out there now if other EMC products have this limitation? > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
