NetApp AFF A70 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 R4
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The NetApp AFF A70 is a high-performance midrange all-flash array delivering active-active controller processing for enterprise applications, mixed workloads, and private cloud deployments. The Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 R4 is an enterprise midrange all-NVMe storage system delivering high-throughput block and file data services on PCIe Gen 4 hardware.
| NetApp AFF A70 | Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 R4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | NetApp | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2024 | Jun 2023 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 3U rack |
| Controller configuration | Dual active-active controllers in 4U enclosure | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable multi-core processors per controller | Intel Xeon Scalable multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM cache | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 48x internal NVMe SSDs in 4U chassis, plus NS224 expansion shelves | — |
| Supported drives | NVMe TLC SSDs (1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB, 30.7TB) | — |
| Maximum raw capacity | Up to 150PB in a 24-node cluster | — |
| Host connectivity | PCIe expansion slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb/64Gb FC | — |
| Storage protocols | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB, S3 | — |
| Clustering | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) | — |
| Management | NetApp ONTAP 9 | Pure1 SaaS management platform |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 880TB raw |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 2.9PB effective with inline data reduction |
| Drive media | — | NVMe DirectFlash Modules (DFMs up to 36.4TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 64Gb/32Gb FC, 100GbE/25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF (TCP/RoCE) |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and adaptive compression |
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