Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7000F vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X50
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7000F is an enterprise-class 3U unified all-flash array powered by ONTAP enterprise software. The Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 was a 3U midrange enterprise all-flash NVMe array delivering high IOPS and multi-petabyte effective storage for Oracle, SQL Server, and VMware estates.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7000F | Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Sep 2018 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 3U rack | 3U rack |
| Controllers | Dual active-active 3U controller canisters with 128GB memory and 16GB NVRAM | — |
| Drive bays | External SAS expansion shelves supporting up to 384 SFF all-flash SSDs | — |
| Host interfaces | Configurable with up to 16x 32Gb/16Gb FC ports or 16x 40GbE/10GbE network interfaces | — |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NFS v3/v4, SMB 3.x, S3 API | — |
| Features | Inline deduplication, inline compression, SnapMirror, SnapVault, MetroCluster active-active synchronization | — |
| Power supply | Quad redundant hot-swap AC power supplies in dual chassis canisters | — |
| Management | ONTAP System Manager (HTML5 web GUI) | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 670TB raw with DirectFlash shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 2PB effective |
| Drive media | — | NVMe DirectFlash Modules (4.5TB, 9.1TB, 18.2TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF |
| Nvram | — | Dual hot-swappable NVRAM modules |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
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