Dell VMAX 100K vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8080 EX
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The EMC VMAX 100K is an enterprise tier-1 hybrid storage array marking the entry point of the VMAX3 generation. The NetApp FAS8080 EX was the high-end 6U enterprise modular hybrid storage array of the FAS8000 series.
| Dell VMAX 100K | NetApp FAS Series FAS8080 EX | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | Sep 2014 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | system bay rack | 6U modular rack |
| Cpu platform | 1 or 2 VMAX3 Engines (2 to 4 directors), Intel Xeon Ivy Bridge multi-core processors | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 2,048 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 1440x 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SAS/NL-SAS/SSD drives across high-density DAEs | Connects to DS2246, DS4246, and DS4486 SAS shelves (up to 1440 drives) |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.5 PB raw storage capacity | — |
| Network onboard | Front-end I/O supporting 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 8Gb FICON | — |
| Power supply | Redundant 2000W AC power supplies with dual external SPS battery units | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 6U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon 8-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM and Flash Cache |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 5PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE, and 40GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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