HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8080 EX
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 is a modular 2-node or 4-node enterprise storage system powered by the 3PAR Gen5 ASIC. The NetApp FAS8080 EX was the high-end 6U enterprise modular hybrid storage array of the FAS8000 series.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 | NetApp FAS Series FAS8080 EX | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 4U rack enterprise array | 6U modular rack |
| Controller nodes | 2 or 4 active controller nodes | — |
| Form factor | 4U for 4-node configurations | — |
| Asic | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC | — |
| Max drives | Up to 576 SAS, NL-SAS, and SSD drives | — |
| Max raw capacity | Up to 4PB raw capacity | — |
| Connectivity | 16Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE | — |
| Data reduction | Hardware-accelerated inline deduplication and compression | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 6U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon 8-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM and Flash Cache |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS2246, DS4246, and DS4486 SAS shelves (up to 1440 drives) |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 5PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE, and 40GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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