HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8040
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 FAS8040 was an enterprise midrange 6U hybrid storage array delivering unified block and file protocol support across flash and spinning media.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 | NetApp FAS Series FAS8040 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Feb 2014 |
| 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 and DS4246 SAS shelves (up to 720 drives) |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 2.8PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 16Gb 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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