HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8450 vs NetApp AFF A-Series AFF8080 EX
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8450 is a quad-node all-flash enterprise storage array delivering over 1 million IOPS and sub-millisecond response times at massive scale. The NetApp All Flash FAS 8080 EX (AFF8080) was NetApp's first-generation high-end enterprise all-flash array.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8450 | NetApp AFF A-Series AFF8080 EX | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 4U rack all-flash array | 6U modular rack |
| Controller nodes | 2 or 4 active controllers | — |
| Form factor | 2U to 4U controller footprint | — |
| Asic generation | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC | — |
| Max drives | Up to 480 enterprise SAS solid-state drives | — |
| Max capacity | Over 7.3PB effective capacity | — |
| Host ports | 16Gb FC and 10GbE iSCSI | — |
| Performance | Over 1,000,000 IOPS at sub-millisecond latency | — |
| 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 |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS2246 and DS224C SAS SSD shelves (up to 1440 SSDs per cluster) |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs (400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB) |
| 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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