HPE Nimble Storage Nimble Storage AF80 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6600H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Nimble Storage AF80 represents the apex of the Gen5 all-flash array family, delivering maximum IOPS throughput, petabyte-scale effective flash capacity, and extreme controller compute density. The ThinkSystem DE6600H is Lenovo's top-tier high-performance hybrid storage array, designed for maximum throughput, low microsecond latency, and petabyte-scale capacity.
| HPE Nimble Storage Nimble Storage AF80 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6600H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | May 2018 | Jan 2023 |
| Form factor | 4U rack all-flash array | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 4U rack chassis | — |
| Controllers | Dual high-end active-standby controllers with maximum RAM and CPU | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 184TB raw base, expandable over 1PB raw with shelves | Up to 8.64 PB across 576 total drives via external expansion enclosures |
| Effective capacity | Up to 4PB effective capacity across multi-shelf topologies | — |
| Host ports | 32Gb/16Gb Fibre Channel and 25GbE/10GbE optical iSCSI | — |
| Clustering | Scale out to 16PB effective capacity across a four-node cluster | — |
| Drive bays | — | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays supporting NVMe SSDs in base unit and SAS enclosures |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 1600W AC hot-swap power supplies |
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