Dell PowerProtect DD9900 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerProtect DD9900 is an enterprise-scale protection storage appliance built for massive enterprise workload consolidation, multi-petabyte backup repositories, and mission-critical cyber recovery vaults. The ThinkSystem DM5000H is a 2U midrange unified hybrid storage system running Lenovo ONTAP, based on OEM NetApp FAS2750 hardware.
| Dell PowerProtect DD9900 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Sep 2019 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U appliance + shelves | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual Intel Xeon Scalable 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake) processors | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 768 | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.25PB raw / 81PB logical usable capacity with Cloud Tier | Up to 2.16 PB raw capacity across up to 144 drives |
| Ingest throughput | Up to 94 TB/hr with DD Boost | — |
| Network onboard | Modular I/O supporting 100GbE QSFP28, 25GbE SFP28, 10GbE, and 16Gb/32Gb FC | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1600W power supplies | Dual redundant 913W AC hot-swap power supplies |
| Drive bays | — | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays in 2U base chassis |
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