Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500 S5 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8300
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500 S5 is an enterprise modular storage system supporting up to 528 drive bays and 256GB cache memory. The NetApp FAS8300 is a versatile 4U midrange hybrid storage system designed for mixed application consolidation, virtual infrastructure, and corporate backup repositories.
| Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500 S5 | NetApp FAS Series FAS8300 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Fujitsu | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Dec 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 3U rack | 4U rack |
| Form factor | 3U controller enclosure | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 256GB | — |
| Max drives | 528 | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 10Gb iSCSI | — |
| Max raw capacity | 8400TB | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 128GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS224C, DS212C, and DS460C SAS shelves (up to 720 drives) |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 88PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb/16Gb FC |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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