Hello All,
I am planning for the expansion of one of our Hyperscale X clusters on Dell Reference Architecture. I have 2 questions that I would love some input on.
-Node Limit
One of my contacts told me that there is a 12-node limit on storage pools (HCX clusters). Then after the 12th node is deployed, we should plan to make a new storage pool. I found that odd because my last contact told me that there was no limit on the number of nodes. The only limit I have heard of is the 5PB capacity that CommVault has tested internally.
The no limit is documented here:
Storage Pool Expansion and Capacity Planning For HyperScale X Appliance (commvault.com)
The only mention of a 12 node limit I could find online is that we can only deploy 12 nodes at a time in the initial configuration. Then an announcement of the 12 node conriguration in the community forums.
12 node limit doc:
Planning for Deployments Larger than 12 Nodes in the HyperScale Cluster (commvault.com)
Theoretically, I can deploy 24x N12 reference architecture nodes in our environment, correct? I will only be able to set up 12 at the initial set up, correct?
-Mixing Reference Architecture Generations
We previously purchased N12 Dell 740XD reference architecture nodes in one of the older datacenters. That datacenter is being retired soon; would it be possible to ship them to our new datacenter and add them to our new cluster that has N12 models that are Dell 760’s?
Design Specifications for HyperScale X Reference Architecture (commvault.com)
