Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X70
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 Pure Storage FlashArray //X70 was a 3U high-performance enterprise all-NVMe storage array designed for large-scale enterprise consolidation, core banking, and high-concurrency database workloads.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F | Pure Storage FlashArray //X70 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Apr 2020 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 3U 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) | — |
| 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 | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 1.3PB raw with DirectFlash shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 4PB effective with data reduction |
| 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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