Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP G900 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS9000
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G900 is an enterprise hybrid storage system supporting up to 2880 disk drives and 512GB cache. The NetApp FAS9000 was an 8U high-end enterprise modular hybrid storage system offering multi-controller clustering, massive expansion capacity, and independent I/O serviceability.
| Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP G900 | NetApp FAS Series FAS9000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Hitachi | NetApp |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2018 | Sep 2016 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 8U modular rack |
| Form factor | 4U controller enclosure | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 512GB | — |
| Max drives | 2,880 | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 10Gb iSCSI | — |
| Max raw capacity | 23.5PB | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 8U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon 18-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 512GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS224C, DS212C, and DS460C SAS drive shelves (up to 1440 drives) |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs and 7.2K/10K SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 144PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | Up to 20 PCIe expansion slots supporting 40GbE, 32Gb FC, 16Gb FC, and 10GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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