OverviewDeploymentManagementOperationReference

Cluster specifications

Storage resources

ItemMaximum specificationRecommendation
Number of NFS exports512Up to 32
Number of NFS folders or files1,000,000Up to 400,000
Number of files or subfolders under a single NFS folder1,000-
Number of iSCSI targets4,096Up to 128
Number of iSCSI LUNs400,000-
Number of LUNs under a single iSCSI target255-
Number of snapshots1,000,000 (including NFS files and LUN snapshots)Up to 250,000
LUN capacity64 TiB-
NFS file capacity64 TiB-
Total logical storage capacity (sum of logical capacity of all storage objects and snapshots)2 PiB-

Virtual resources

ItemMaximum specificationRecommendation
Number of virtual machines32,640Up to 8,160
Number of virtual volumes100,000Up to 25,000
Number of VM templates1,000Up to 250
Number of VM snapshots100,000Up to 25,000
Number of virtual volume snapshots1,000,000 (including volume snapshots in VM snapshots)Up to 25,000
Number of ISO images1,000Up to 250
Total virtual volumes on all running virtual machines on a single node (for clusters with Boost mode enabled only)512Up to 500

Network resources

ItemMaximum specificationRecommendation
Number of VM networks32,640 (the actual maximum number of VM networks is determined by the number of virtual distributed switches)Up to 8,160
Number of VM networks per virtual distributed switch4,095-
Number of virtual distributed switches4,096 (the actual maximum number of VDSs is determined by the total number of network ports on all hosts in a cluster)Up to 256

Topology resources

ItemMaximum specificationRecommendation
Number of racks255Up to 64
Number of chassis255Up to 64

Replication policy

ItemMaximum specificationRecommendation
Number of replicas3For critical applications or situations with high data redundancy requirements, it is recommended to configure 3 replicas. For non-critical applications with moderate redundancy requirements, you can configure 2 replicas.

Snapshot plan

ItemMaximum specificationRecommendation
Number of snapshot plans64-
Number of protected virtual volumes per plan32-
Number of automatically retained snapshot groups per plan16Up to 8
Number of manually retained snapshot groups per plan16-
Number of retained execution records per plan64-