Dell PowerScale F210 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerScale F210 is a next-generation 1U all-NVMe scale-out NAS node powered by Intel Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids processors and running OneFS 9.7+. The ThinkSystem DM5100F is Lenovo's mainstream unified all-NVMe storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, OEM-partnered from the NetApp AFF A250.
| Dell PowerScale F210 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Feb 2024 | Oct 2020 |
| Form factor | 1U node | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | 1x Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y (12 cores, 2.0 GHz) per node | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 128 | — |
| Drive bays | 4x 2.5-inch NVMe TLC SSDs per node (1.92TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB, or 15.36TB drives) | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays supporting NVMe SSDs |
| Raw capacity | 7.7TB to 61.4TB raw NVMe capacity per node; clusters scale to tens of petabytes | Up to 368 TB raw NVMe flash in base 2U chassis |
| Network onboard | Front-end: Dual 25GbE SFP28; Back-end cluster interconnect: Dual 25GbE / 100GbE QSFP28 | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 800W Platinum power supplies | Dual redundant 1200W AC hot-swap power supplies |
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