Dell VMAX 850F vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC VMAX 850F is an enterprise scale-out all-flash powerhouse delivering up to 4 million IOPS and multi-petabyte capacity across 16 active-active directors. 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 VMAX 850F | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-support | current |
| Released | Feb 2016 | May 2020 |
| Form factor | system bay multi-cabinet | 4U rack |
| Cpu platform | Up to 8 V-Bricks (16 directors), Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 (14 cores per director, 224 cores total) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 16,384 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 480x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs across high-density DAE enclosures | 4U modular controller enclosure requiring external DM240S (2.5-inch) or DM120S (3.5-inch) expansion shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 4.5 PB effective all-flash capacity | Up to 8.64 PB raw capacity across up to 720 drives |
| Network onboard | Front-end ports supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI, and 16Gb FICON | — |
| Power supply | Multi-cabinet redundant AC power distribution assemblies with SPS backup batteries | Quad redundant hot-swap AC power supplies |
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