IBM Techdoc TD105042

IBM System Storage and TotalStorage

IBM N Series to NetApp Machine Type comparison table including IBM N Series which are withdrawn from Marketing

August 9th. 2011

N Series NetApp Tier Classes

Author Marco Schwarz

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N Series Model
N3300 N3400 N6210 N6240 A10 A20 A11 A21 C10 C20 C21 E11 E21 C22 E12 E22 A22 A21 E22 001 003 006 004
Operations Manager Tier

NetApp
Type
2859 2859 2858

Type
FAS2020 FAS2020C FAS2040 FAS2040C FAS3210 FAS3210C FAS3240 FAS3240 FAS3240C FAS3270 FAS3270 FAS3270C FAS3160C FAS3170C FAS6280C DS14mk2 DS4243 DS2246 DS14mk4

Maximum drives in filer or expansion

1 1
Operations Manager for N3400 Operations Manager for N3400

68 136 240 600

One license per node for each of Operations Manager, Protection Manager, Provisioning Manager, and Protection Manager DR protocol support.

2858

N6270 N6060 N6070 N7950T EXN1000 EXN3000 EXN3500 EXN4000

2858 4 5
One license per node for each of Operations Manager, Protection Manager, Provisioning Manager, and Protection Manager DR protocol support.

960 672 840 1440 14 24 24 14

2858 2858 2867 2861 2857 2857 2863

N/A N/A N/A N/A

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N Series
N3700 N3600 N3600 N5200

NetApp
Type
2863 2862 2862 2864

Model
A10 A20 A10 A20 A10 A20 G10 G20 A10 A20 G10 G20 A10 A20 G10 G20 A10 A20 G10 G20

Operations Manager Tier s

Type
FAS270 FAS270C FAS2050 FAS2050C FAS3020 FAS3020C V3020 V3020C FAS3040 FAS3040C V3040 V3040C FAS3050 FAS3050C V3050 V3050C FAS3070 FAS3070C V3070 V3070C

Withdrawl from Marketing

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

N5300

N5500

N5600

2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 6 5 6 5

2869

2865

2868

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N Series
N6040 N6060 N6070

NetApp
Type
2858 2858 2858

Model
A10 A20 A12 A11 A10 A20 G10 G20 A11 A21 G11 A10 A20 G10 G20 A11 G11 G21 A21

Operations Manager Tier s

Type
FAS3140 FAS3140C FAS3160 FAS3170 FAS6030 FAS6030C V6030 V6030C FAS6040 FAS6040C V6040 FAS6070 FAS6070C V6070 V6070C FAS6080 V6080 V6080C FAS6080C

Withdrawl from Marketing

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

N7600

N7700

N7800

N7900

3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

2866

2866

2867

2867

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