Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X20
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 Pure Storage FlashArray //X20 was a 3U enterprise all-NVMe storage array designed to consolidate virtual machines, virtual desktops, and transaction databases.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F | Pure Storage FlashArray //X20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | Pure Storage |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Oct 2020 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 3U rack |
| Raw capacity | Up to 368 TB raw NVMe flash in base 2U chassis | Up to 263TB raw with DirectFlash shelf expansion |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays supporting NVMe SSDs | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 1200W AC hot-swap power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 800TB effective with inline data reduction |
| Drive media | — | DirectFlash Modules (4.5TB, 9.1TB, 18.2TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 16Gb/32Gb FC, 10GbE/25GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF (RoCEv2) |
| Nvram | — | Dual internal NVRAM modules |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and LZ4/Huffman compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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