NetApp AFF C800 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //C60
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The NetApp AFF C800 is an enterprise capacity-flash storage system pairing high-performance dual controllers with high-density QLC NVMe solid-state storage. The Pure Storage FlashArray //C60 was the industry's first all-QLC enterprise storage array, engineered to replace hybrid disk storage for tier-2 workloads.
| NetApp AFF C800 | Pure Storage FlashArray //C60 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | NetApp | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Feb 2023 | Sep 2019 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 3U rack |
| Controller configuration | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Processor | Dual Intel Xeon processors per controller | — |
| Memory | 256GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 48x internal 2.5-inch NVMe QLC SSDs, expandable with NS224 shelves | — |
| Supported drives | NVMe QLC SSDs (15.3TB, 30.7TB) | — |
| Maximum raw capacity | Up to 106PB in a 24-node cluster | — |
| Host connectivity | PCIe slots supporting 100GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 32Gb FC | — |
| 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 1.8PB raw with expansion shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 5.2PB 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 |
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