Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H vs NetApp FAS Series FAS8700
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The ThinkSystem DM7100H is Lenovo's highest-capacity unified hybrid enterprise storage array running Lenovo ONTAP, based on NetApp FAS8300 and FAS8700 hardware architecture. The NetApp FAS8700 is a 4U midrange enterprise hybrid storage system optimized for high capacity, file consolidation, and secondary analytics workloads.
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H | NetApp FAS Series FAS8700 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Lenovo | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2020 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 4U rack |
| Raw capacity | Up to 8.64 PB raw capacity across up to 720 drives | — |
| Drive bays | 4U modular controller enclosure requiring external DM240S (2.5-inch) or DM120S (3.5-inch) expansion shelves | Connects to DS224C, DS212C, and DS460C SAS shelves (up to 1440 drives) |
| Power supply | Quad redundant hot-swap AC power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 144PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb FC |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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