Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2750
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The ThinkSystem DM5000H is a 2U midrange unified hybrid storage system running Lenovo ONTAP, based on OEM NetApp FAS2750 hardware. The NetApp FAS2750 was a popular 2U SFF entry hybrid storage system holding 24 internal 2.5-inch drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H | NetApp FAS Series FAS2750 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 across up to 144 drives | — |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive 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 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 | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs and 10K SAS HDDs |
| 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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