Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F vs NetApp EF-Series EF300
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F is a 2nd generation all-flash NVMe block storage array built for high-performance computing, AI ingestion, and low-latency database environments. The NetApp EF300 is an entry all-NVMe block storage system designed for data analytics, HPC clusters, and database acceleration at an accessible cost point.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F | NetApp EF-Series EF300 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2023 | Nov 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Controllers | Dual active-active controller canisters with 64GB or 128GB total system cache | — |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch U.3 NVMe SSD bays; supports expansion up to 120 NVMe SSDs | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in 2U chassis |
| Host interfaces | Up to 8x 64Gb/32Gb FC, 100Gb NVMe-oF, or 25Gb iSCSI host ports per controller | — |
| Max performance | Up to 2,000,000 IOPS and up to 26 GB/s read bandwidth | — |
| Features | Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP), native NVMe storage architecture, encryption, synchronous replication | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-swap 1800W Titanium power supplies | — |
| Management | SANtricity System Manager (HTML5 web GUI) | NetApp SANtricity OS |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | AMD EPYC processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with cache protection |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe TLC SSDs (1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 367TB raw in 2U enclosure |
| Host connectivity | — | HIC options supporting 100Gb InfiniBand, 100Gb NVMe/RoCE, and 32Gb FC |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE, NVMe/FC, FC, iSCSI |
| Clustering | — | High-availability active-active dual controller pair |
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