Dell PowerStore 7000T vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerStore 7000T is an all-NVMe unified storage appliance from the first generation of the PowerStore line, placed between the 5000T and the 9000T. The ThinkSystem DM7100H is Lenovo's highest-capacity unified hybrid enterprise storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, based on NetApp FAS8300 and FAS8700 hardware architecture.
| Dell PowerStore 7000T | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | unknown | current |
| Released | — | May 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack |
| Cpu platform | Two-node (dual controller) base enclosure with Intel Xeon Scalable processors; Dell's family spec sheet does not give core counts per model | — |
| Memory max (GB) | — | — |
| Drive bays | 25x 2.5-inch NVMe slots in the base enclosure; up to 3 SAS expansion enclosures of 25x 2.5-inch each; 96 drives maximum per appliance | 4U modular controller enclosure requiring external DM240S (2.5-inch) or DM120S (3.5-inch) expansion shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 898.56 TB (817.36 TiB) raw per appliance; up to 8 EB logical per appliance | Up to 8.64 PB raw capacity across up to 720 drives |
| Network onboard | Up to 2 mezzanine cards and 4 I/O modules per appliance (one mezzanine and two I/O modules per node, mirrored); 4x 12Gb/s SAS ports per appliance for the back end; up to 24 front-end ports | — |
| Power supply | 2 redundant power supplies per enclosure | Quad redundant hot-swap AC power supplies |
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