IBM FlashSystem 9200 vs NetApp AFF A800
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The IBM FlashSystem 9200 is an enterprise tier-1 all-flash array delivering petascale NVMe performance and sub-100-microsecond latency. The NetApp AFF A800 was NetApp's first end-to-end NVMe enterprise all-flash storage system, pairing internal NVMe SSDs with NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) front-end connectivity.
| IBM FlashSystem 9200 | NetApp AFF A800 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | IBM | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Feb 2020 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack |
| Form factor | 2U rack | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 1536GB | — |
| Max drives | 24 NVMe FCM/SSD (expands to 760) | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25Gb/10Gb iSCSI, NVMe-oF | — |
| Max raw capacity | 3.5PB in 2U (up to 35PB expanded) | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon Skylake processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Up to 48x internal 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in 4U chassis, plus NS224 shelves |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe TLC SSDs (1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 316PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 100GbE, 40GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb FC |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/FC, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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