Chapter 2.2.2. Performance expectations by adding an SVC

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Chapter 2. SAN Volume Controller cluster 23 I/ O Groups are the basic configuration element of a SAN Volume Controller cluster. Adding I/ O Groups to the cluster is designed to linearly increase cluster performance and bandwidth. An entry- level SAN Volume Controller configuration contains a single I/ O Group. The SAN Volume Controller can scale out to support four I/ O Groups, and it can scale up to support 1,024 host servers. For every cluster, the SAN Volume Controller supports up to 4,096 virtual disks ( VDisks). This configuration flexibility means that SAN Volume Controller configurations can start small with an attractive price to suit smaller clients or pilot projects and ...

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