Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F vs NetApp AFF A50
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The ThinkSystem DM5100F is Lenovo's mainstream unified all-NVMe storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, OEM-partnered from the NetApp AFF A250. The NetApp AFF A50 is a compact 2U dual-controller all-flash array designed for mid-sized enterprise environments, regional data centers, and departmental workloads.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F | NetApp AFF A50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Oct 2024 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Raw capacity | Up to 368 TB raw NVMe flash in base 2U chassis | — |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays supporting NVMe SSDs | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in 2U chassis |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 1200W AC hot-swap power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 2U chassis |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 128GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe TLC SSDs (1.9TB to 15.3TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 70PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb Fibre Channel |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB, S3 |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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