HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS9000
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 FAS9000 was an 8U high-end enterprise modular hybrid storage system offering multi-controller clustering, massive expansion capacity, and independent I/O serviceability.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 | NetApp FAS Series FAS9000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Sep 2016 |
| Form factor | 4U rack enterprise array | 8U 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 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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