Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F vs NetApp AFF A1K
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F is a 4U all-flash unified enterprise storage system powered by ONTAP enterprise software. The NetApp AFF A1K is a high-end enterprise all-flash storage system powered by ONTAP.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F | NetApp AFF A1K | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2020 | May 2024 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 4U modular rack |
| Controllers | Dual active-active 4U controller canisters with 256GB memory and 16GB NVRAM | — |
| Drive bays | External drive shelves supporting up to 480 all-flash SSDs (NVMe and SAS options) | Connects to NS224 NVMe drive shelves supporting 24x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs per 2U shelf |
| Host interfaces | Up to 32x 32Gb FC, 16x 100GbE / 25GbE optical ports, and 10GBASE-T interfaces | — |
| Protocols | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, Fibre Channel (32G), iSCSI, NFS v3/v4.1, SMB 3.x, S3 | — |
| Features | Unified block/file/object, MetroCluster IP, FabricPool cloud tiering, inline deduplication and compression | — |
| Power supply | Quad redundant hot-swap AC power supplies | — |
| Management | ONTAP System Manager and Lenovo XClarity | NetApp ONTAP 9, System Manager, Active IQ Unified Manager |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in high-availability pair |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon Scalable processors per controller (multi-socket enterprise architecture) |
| Memory | — | 1024GB system memory per HA pair with non-volatile NVRAM cache |
| Supported drives | — | NVMe TLC SSDs (1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB, 30.7TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 367PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe Gen 5 slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 64Gb/32Gb Fibre Channel |
| Storage protocols | — | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, SMB, S3 |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) for unified SAN/NAS |
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