Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP E590 vs NetApp AFF A250
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E590 is a 2U all-NVMe enterprise storage array designed for midmarket enterprises. The NetApp AFF A250 is an entry enterprise all-NVMe storage array packing 24 hot-swap NVMe drive bays into a 2U dual-controller enclosure.
| Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP E590 | NetApp AFF A250 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Hitachi | NetApp |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 2U rack | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 128GB | — |
| Max drives | 24 NVMe U.2 (expands to 216 with SAS shelves) | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb FC, 25Gb/10Gb iSCSI, NVMe-oF | — |
| Max raw capacity | 368TB internal NVMe | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 128GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in 2U chassis, expandable with 1x NS224 shelf |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe TLC SSDs (960GB, 1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 57PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 25GbE/10GbE and PCIe expansion for 32Gb FC, 25GbE, 10GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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