HPE Alletra 9000 vs NetApp AFF A1K
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Alletra 9000 is an enterprise Tier-0 mission critical all-NVMe storage array inheriting the architectural DNA and dedicated ASIC technology of HPE Primera. The NetApp AFF A1K is a high-end enterprise all-flash storage system powered by ONTAP.
| HPE Alletra 9000 | NetApp AFF A1K | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2021 | May 2024 |
| Form factor | 4U rack mission-critical array | 4U modular rack |
| Form factor | 4U base chassis housing 2 or 4 controller nodes | — |
| Architecture | Active-active multi-node symmetric controller architecture | — |
| Drive type | All-NVMe enterprise SSDs | — |
| Maximum iops | Exceeding 2,000,000 IOPS | — |
| Host ports | 32Gb Fibre Channel and 100GbE / 25GbE NVMe-oF RoCEv2 | — |
| Availability guarantee | 100% data availability guarantee standard | — |
| Cloud management | HPE GreenLake Data Services Cloud Console | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in high-availability pair |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon Scalable processors per controller (multi-socket enterprise architecture) |
| Memory | — | 1024GB system memory per HA pair with non-volatile NVRAM cache |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to NS224 NVMe drive shelves supporting 24x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs per 2U shelf |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe TLC SSDs (1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB, 30.7TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 367PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe Gen 5 slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 64Gb/32Gb Fibre Channel |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, SMB, S3 |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) for unified SAN/NAS |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9, System Manager, Active IQ Unified Manager |
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