HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 vs NetApp AFF A-Series AFF8040
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 is a dual-node enterprise storage array powered by the 3PAR Gen5 ASIC. The NetApp All Flash FAS 8040 (AFF8040) was a 6U midrange all-flash array designed for consolidated enterprise workloads requiring predictable sub-millisecond response times.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 | NetApp AFF A-Series AFF8040 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack enterprise array | 6U modular rack |
| Controller nodes | 2 | — |
| Form factor | 2U controller enclosure | — |
| Asic generation | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC | — |
| Max drives | Up to 240 SAS/NL-SAS/SSD drives | — |
| Max raw capacity | Up to 1.5PB raw capacity | — |
| Host interfaces | 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE | — |
| System cache | 64GB onboard memory plus flash cache support | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 6U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS2246 SAS SSD drive shelves |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs (400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 2.8PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 16Gb FC, 8Gb FC, 10GbE, and 1GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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