What is the the minimum supported capacity requirement for a FlashArray//XL170R5?

The FlashArray//XL170R5 is a high-performance, high-capacity enterprise storage system. To maintain its performance characteristics and data layout efficiency, Pure Storage enforces aminimum raw capacityrequirement for new orders and installations.

For the//XL170R5model, the minimum supported configuration is115TBof raw flash. This is typically achieved through a specific population of DirectFlash Modules (e.g., twenty 5.5TB modules or a similar combination that meets the threshold).

Implementation Engineers must verify during the pre-installation site readiness review that the hardware delivered matches this minimum. Attempting to initialize an //XL170 with significantly less capacity (e.g., 90TB) would be an unsupported configuration, potentially leading to performance degradation or an inability to initialize the wide write groups required by the //XL architecture.

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