What are StorSimple Virtual Array limits?

Overview

Important

StorSimple Virtual Array (1200 series) will reach its end-of-life in December 2022. If you are considering new deployments of StorSimple Virtual Array, we recommend that you explore other alternatives such as Azure File Sync or Azure Data Box Online devices for your workloads.

Consider these limits as you plan, deploy, and operate your Microsoft Azure StorSimple Virtual Array. The following table describes these limits for the virtual device.

StorSimple Virtual Array limits

Limit identifier	Limit	Comments
Total capacity (including cloud)	Up to 64 TB per virtual device	You can fail over a full StorSimple Virtual Array to another empty array. If you try to restore to the same device, ensure that you have sufficient space on the device to complete this operation. After you have exceeded 32 TB, you cannot restore to the same device.
Maximum number of storage account credentials per device	1
Maximum number of volumes/shares	16
Minimum size of a tiered share	500 GB
Minimum size of a tiered volume	500 GB
Maximum size of a tiered share	20 TB
Maximum size of a tiered volume	5 TB
Minimum size of a locally pinned share	50 GB
Minimum size of a locally pinned volume	50 GB
Maximum size of a locally pinned share	2 TB
Maximum size of a locally pinned volume	200 GB
Maximum number of iSCSI connections from initiators	512
Maximum number of access control records per device	64
Maximum number of backups retained by the virtual device in .backups folder for file server	5	This includes the most recent scheduled (generated by the default backup policy) and manual backups.
Maximum number of scheduled backups retained by the device	55	30 daily backups 12 monthly backups 13 yearly backups
Maximum number of manual backups retained by the device	45
Maximum number of files per share for a file server	1 million	When performing a device restore, the restore times are proportional to number of files across all the shares on the device.
Maximum number of files per volume for an iSCSI server	1 million
Maximum number of files per virtual array	4 million
Restore recover time	Quick restore	The restore is based on the heat map and depends on the volume size. Backup operations can occur while a restore operation is in progress.