HPE 3PAR StoreServ 3PAR StoreServ 20800 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 20800 is an enterprise flagship Tier-1 storage system scalable up to eight active controller nodes in a massive point-to-point mesh active crossbar topology. The ThinkSystem DM5100F is Lenovo's mainstream unified all-NVMe storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, OEM-partnered from the NetApp AFF A250.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 3PAR StoreServ 20800 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jun 2015 | Oct 2020 |
| Form factor | Enterprise multi-bay rack array | 2U rack |
| Controller nodes | Up to 8 active controller nodes | — |
| Form factor | Multi-rack enterprise system with dedicated controller frames | — |
| Interconnect | High-bandwidth active point-to-point mesh backplane | — |
| Max drives | Up to 1,920 SAS HDDs or SSDs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 15PB raw capacity (over 40PB effective) | Up to 368 TB raw NVMe flash in base 2U chassis |
| Host ports | Up to 160 host ports (32Gb/16Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI) | — |
| Availability | Six-nines (99.9999%) availability standard | — |
| Drive bays | — | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays supporting NVMe SSDs |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 1200W AC hot-swap power supplies |
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