IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8040
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2 is an enterprise midrange hybrid storage array powered by dual 8-core Intel Xeon controllers with 64GB to 128GB cache. The NetApp FAS8040 was an enterprise midrange 6U hybrid storage array delivering unified block and file protocol support across flash and spinning media.
| IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2 | NetApp FAS Series FAS8040 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | IBM | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | May 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 6U modular rack |
| Form factor | 2U rack | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 128GB | — |
| Max drives | 504 | — |
| Host interfaces | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10Gb iSCSI, 12Gb SAS | — |
| Max raw capacity | 4PB | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 6U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Connects to DS2246 and DS4246 SAS shelves (up to 720 drives) |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 2.8PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 16Gb FC, 10GbE, and 1GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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