Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP G700 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8700
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G700 is an enterprise hybrid storage array supporting up to 1440 disk drives and 256GB cache memory. The NetApp FAS8700 is a 4U midrange enterprise hybrid storage system optimized for high capacity, file consolidation, and secondary analytics workloads.
| Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP G700 | NetApp FAS Series FAS8700 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Hitachi | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2018 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 4U rack |
| Form factor | 4U rack | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 256GB | — |
| Max drives | 1,440 | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 10Gb iSCSI | — |
| Max raw capacity | 11.7PB | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS224C, DS212C, and DS460C SAS shelves (up to 1440 drives) |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 144PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb FC |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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