Dell PowerStore 1000T vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge 1000T is an enterprise 2U rack server powered by 2 Dual active-active storage nodes, Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (16 cores per node, 32 cores per appliance) and 24 memory slots supporting up to 384GB DDR4 ECC Registered RDIMM. The ThinkSystem DM5100F is Lenovo's mainstream unified all-NVMe storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, OEM-partnered from the NetApp AFF A250.
| Dell PowerStore 1000T | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage nodes, Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (16 cores per node, 32 cores per appliance) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 384 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs / NVMe SCM drives in base DPE; expands up to 96 NVMe drives across DAEs | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays supporting NVMe SSDs |
| Raw capacity | Up to 2.8 PB effective capacity per appliance | Up to 368 TB raw NVMe flash in base 2U chassis |
| Network onboard | 4-port 25GbE Mezzanine; 2x I/O module slots per node supporting 32Gb FC, 25GbE iSCSI, or NVMe/TCP | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1800W Platinum power supplies | Dual redundant 1200W AC hot-swap power supplies |
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