HPE Nimble Storage Nimble Storage HF40 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Nimble Storage HF40 is a midrange 4U adaptive flash storage array engineered for enterprise mixed-workload environments requiring both responsive IOPS performance and large storage capacity. The ThinkSystem DM5000H is a 2U midrange unified hybrid storage system running Lenovo ONTAP, based on OEM NetApp FAS2750 hardware.
| HPE Nimble Storage Nimble Storage HF40 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 4U rack adaptive flash array | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 4U rack chassis | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-standby controller modules | — |
| Raw capacity | 21TB to 500TB raw storage | Up to 2.16 PB raw capacity across up to 144 drives |
| Effective capacity | Up to 1.5PB effective capacity with inline deduplication | — |
| Connectivity | Fibre Channel (32G/16G) and Ethernet (25G/10G iSCSI) | — |
| Wear leveling | Dynamic flash wear leveling and health forecasting | — |
| Drive bays | — | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays in 2U base chassis |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 913W AC hot-swap power supplies |
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