Lenovo ThinkSystem DG7000 vs NetApp AFF C800
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The ThinkSystem DG7000 was Lenovo's enterprise-class capacity-optimized all-flash storage array powered by Quad-Level Cell (QLC) NVMe drives and Lenovo ONTAP, based on NetApp AFF C800 hardware architecture. The NetApp AFF C800 is an enterprise capacity-flash storage system pairing high-performance dual controllers with high-density QLC NVMe solid-state storage.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DG7000 | NetApp AFF C800 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | May 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 4U rack |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.47 PB raw in 4U base chassis, scaling to over 14 PB with external expansion shelves | — |
| Drive bays | 48x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays supporting NVMe QLC SSDs in 4U dual-controller enclosure | Up to 48x internal 2.5-inch NVMe QLC SSDs, expandable with NS224 shelves |
| Power supply | Quad redundant 1600W AC hot-swap power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe QLC SSDs (15.3TB, 30.7TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 106PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb FC |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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