Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2650
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Lenovo Storage DS4200 was an entry-to-midrange hybrid SAN storage array built on Dot Hill / Seagate AssuredSAN OEM architecture. The NetApp FAS2650 was a 2U SFF entry hybrid storage system featuring 24 internal 2.5-inch drive bays and dual ONTAP controllers.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200 | NetApp FAS Series FAS2650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2017 | Sep 2016 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Raw capacity | Up to 960 TB raw capacity across up to 240 drives with expansion units | — |
| Drive bays | 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays in 2U base chassis | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch 12Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS224C shelves |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 595W AC hot-swap power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs and 10K SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 1.4PB per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GBase-T and UTA2 ports for 16Gb FC or 10GbE SFP+ |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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