Lenovo ThinkSystem D3284 High Density Drive Enclosure vs NetApp Storage Shelves DS460C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Lenovo ThinkSystem D3284 is an ultra-dense 5U storage enclosure accommodating up to 84 3.5-inch SAS hard drives in dual pull-out drawers. The NetApp DS460C is an ultra-dense 4U 60-drive 12Gb SAS expansion enclosure designed for multi-petabyte capacity consolidation on FAS and AFF storage systems.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem D3284 High Density Drive Enclosure | NetApp Storage Shelves DS460C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Sep 2018 | Sep 2016 |
| Form factor | 5U rack | 4U rack |
| Enclosure type | 5U 84-drive High Density Large Form Factor (LFF 3.5-inch) enclosure | 4U 60-drive high-density 12Gb SAS expansion shelf |
| Drive bays | 84x 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS drive bays arranged in two 42-drive slide-out drawers | 60x top-loading hot-swap 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive slots in three drawers |
| Interface modules | Dual redundant 12Gb SAS Environmental Services Modules (ESMs) | — |
| Capacity | Over 1.5PB of raw storage capacity using 18TB or 20TB enterprise HDDs | — |
| Redundancy | Dual SAS data paths, N+1 hot-swap cooling modules, and redundant power supplies | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-swap 2214W Platinum AC power supplies | Dual redundant high-efficiency power supplies and cooling modules |
| Management | In-band SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) | Managed natively via NetApp ONTAP |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs (4TB to 18TB) and SAS SSDs |
| Shelf modules | — | Dual hot-swappable IOM12 SAS modules with mini-SAS HD ports |
| Shelf interconnect | — | 12Gb SAS dual-domain architecture |
| Compatible controllers | — | FAS Series and AFF Series storage controllers |
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