NetApp AFF C250 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //C40
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The NetApp AFF C250 is an entry capacity-flash system packing 24 high-density NVMe QLC SSDs into a compact 2U dual-controller enclosure. The Pure Storage FlashArray //C40 was an enterprise capacity-optimized all-flash array delivering NVMe QLC flash media at spinning disk economics.
| NetApp AFF C250 | Pure Storage FlashArray //C40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | NetApp | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Feb 2023 | Jun 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 3U rack |
| Controller configuration | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Processor | Intel Xeon processors per controller | — |
| Memory | 128GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch NVMe QLC SSDs, expandable with 1x NS224 shelf | — |
| Supported drives | NVMe QLC SSDs (15.3TB, 30.7TB) | — |
| Maximum raw capacity | Up to 35PB in a 24-node cluster | — |
| Host connectivity | Onboard 25GbE/10GbE and PCIe expansion for 32Gb FC, 25GbE, 10GbE | — |
| Storage protocols | NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB | — |
| Clustering | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) | — |
| Management | NetApp ONTAP 9 | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 494TB raw |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 1.8PB effective with data reduction |
| Drive media | — | NVMe DirectFlash QLC Modules (24.7TB, 49TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression optimized for QLC media |
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