HPE Nimble Storage Nimble Storage AF80 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H
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 DM7100H is Lenovo's highest-capacity unified hybrid enterprise storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, based on NetApp FAS8300 and FAS8700 hardware architecture.
| HPE Nimble Storage Nimble Storage AF80 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | May 2018 | May 2020 |
| Form factor | 4U rack all-flash array | 4U 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 raw capacity across up to 720 drives |
| 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 | — | 4U modular controller enclosure requiring external DM240S (2.5-inch) or DM120S (3.5-inch) expansion shelves |
| Power supply | — | Quad redundant hot-swap AC power supplies |
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