Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3000H vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2720
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The ThinkSystem DM3000H is Lenovo's entry unified hybrid storage array running Lenovo ONTAP software, built on OEM NetApp FAS2720 hardware. The NetApp FAS2720 was a 2U LFF entry hybrid storage system accommodating 12 internal 3.5-inch high-capacity drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3000H | NetApp FAS Series FAS2720 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Sep 2018 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Raw capacity | Up to 2.16 PB raw capacity with expansion shelves | — |
| Drive bays | 12x 3.5-inch LFF hot-swap drive bays in base 2U enclosure | Up to 12x internal 3.5-inch 12Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS212C/DS224C shelves |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 913W AC hot-swap power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs and 12Gb SAS SSDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 17PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GBase-T and UTA2 ports supporting 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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