AFF, ASA, FAS, and AFX systems
Step up to enterprise-grade infrastructure with disk shelves and storage media specifically designed for NetApp® AFF, ASA, FAS, and AFX systems.
Disk shelves and storage media specifically designed for NetApp® AFF, ASA, AFX, and FAS systems help deliver the performance, resiliency, and flexibility your digital transformation needs.
Explore a full range of disk shelves and storage media (SSD and HDD) to support your diverse business and application demands. These disk shelves are supported on AFF, ASA, AFX, and FAS systems.
Keep constant access to your data. Hardware redundancy, NetApp® RAID-DP® and RAID-TEC™ for superior data protection, and Maintenance Center for advanced error recovery help make sure your data is always available.
Gain the flexibility you need with support for different shelves and media within a cluster—for example, AFF and ASA with SSDs and FAS with HDDs and SSDs. Max out your IT investment with support for multiple capacity points, types, and generations of shelves and media on your AFF, ASA, AFX, and FAS systems. Focus on business—not technology issues.
Leverage NetApp drives and disk shelves across the ONTAP® portfolio.
Choose the media to optimize your storage for performance and capacity, leveraging SSD and HDD.
Enhance physical data security. Prevent unauthorized data access.
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| NX224 | NS224 | DS224C | DS212C | DS460C | |
| Main Specifications | |||||
| Rack units | 2U | 2U | 2U | 2U | 4U |
| Drives per enclosure | 24 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 60 |
| Drives per rack unit | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 15 |
| Drive form factor | 2.5" small form factor | 2.5" small form factor | 2.5" small form factor | 3.5" large form factor | 3.5" large form factor |
| Drive carrier | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive |
| High-capacity disk drives | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4TB, 8TB, 10TB, 16TB, 22TB at 7.2K RPM | 4TB, 8TB, 10TB, 16TB, 22TB at 7.2K RPM |
| Performance disk drives | N/A | N/A | 900GB, 1.2TB and 1.8TB at 10K RPM | N/A | N/A |
| Self-encrypting drivesNSE relies on the drive manufacturer for assurance-level certification. Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) used with NetApp® Storage. Encryption (NSE) cannot be mixed with non-encrypting HDDs in the same storage system. MetroCluster is not supported with NSE. | AES-256 self-encrypting (SED) NVMe SSDs - 7 .6TB, 15.3TB, 30.6TB | AES-256 self-encrypting (SED) NVMe SSDs - 1.9TB, 3.8TB ,7 .6TB , 15.3TB, 30.6TB AES-256 FIPS 140-2 compliant NVMe SSD 3.8TB, 15.3TB, 30.7TB | 900GB and 1.8TB at 10K RPM, 800GB and 3.8TB SSD, 800GB SSD + 1.8TB at 10K RPM AES-256, FIPS 140-2 compliant | 10TB at 7.2K RPM AES-256, FIPS 140-2 compliant | 10TB at 7.2K RPM AES-256, FIPS 140-2 compliant |
| Solid state drives (full and mixed shelf) | N/A | 1.9TB non-SED NVMe SSD, 3.8TB non-SED NVMe SSD, 15.3TB, 30.7TB, 61.4TB | 960GB, 3.8TB, 15.3TB, 30TB, 960GB + 1.8TB, 7.6TB | 960GB + 4TB, 960GB + 8TB, 960GB + 10TB, 960GB, 960GB + 22TB | 960GB + 4TB, 960GB + 8TB, 960GB + 10TB, 960GB, 960GB + 22TB |
| Controller Support | AFX A1K | AFF A1K, A90, A70, A50, A30, A20, A900, A800, A400, A250. AFF C80, C60, C30, C800, C400, C250. ASA A1K, A90, A70, A50, A30, A20, A900, A800, A400, A250. ASA C30, C800, C400, C250. FAS90, FAS70 |
AFF A900, AFF A800, AFF A400, AFF A250, AFF A150, FAS90, FAS70, FAS50, FAS9500, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS2820, FAS2700 | FAS90, FAS70, FAS50, FAS9500, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS2820, FAS2700 | FAS90, FAS70, FAS50, FAS9500, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS2820, FAS2700 |
| Shelf I/O modules | Dual NVMe Shelf Modules (16 x 100GbE connections) | Dual NSM modules (Ethernet Connections) | Dual IOM12 modules | Dual IOM12 modules | Dual IOM12 modules |
| Optical SAS support | N/A | N/A | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Power supply/cooling fans | Dual, hot-pluggable, integrated power supply/fan assemblies | Dual, hot-pluggable, integrated power supply/fan assemblies | Dual, hot-pluggable, integrated power supply/fan assemblies | Dual, hot-pluggable, integrated power supply/fan assemblies | Dual, hot-pluggable power supply; independent fan assemblies |
| AC input power voltage (autoranging, VRMS) | 200–240V | 100–120V or 200–240V | 100–120V or 200–240V | 100–120V or 200–240V | 200-240V |
| AC input power frequency | 50–60 Hz | 50–60 Hz | 50–60 Hz | 50–60 Hz | 50–60 Hz |
| Weight—fully loaded | 60.1 lbs (27.3 kg) | 62.2 lbs (28.2 kg) | 53.8 lbs (24.4 kg) | 60lbs (27.2 kg) | 246.9 lbs (112 kg) |
| Dimensions | Height: 3.4 in. (8.5 cm) Width: 19 in. (48.0 cm) Depth: 20 in. (50.8 cm) | Height: 3.4 in. (8.5 cm) Width: 19 in. (48.0 cm) Depth: 19.1 in. (48.4 cm) | Height: 3.4 in. (8.5 cm) Width: 19 in. (48.0 cm) Depth: 19.1 in. (48.4 cm) | Height: 3.4 in. (8.5 cm) Width: 19 in. (48.0 cm) Depth: 19.1 in. (48.4 cm) | Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm) Width: 19 in. (48.3 cm) Depth: 36 in. (91.4 cm) |
| Clearance dimensions | Front and Rear—cooling: 6 in. (15.3 cm) Front—maintenance: 7.9 in. (20 cm) and 24 in. (61 cm). Rear— maintenance: 17 in. (143 cm). |
Front—cooling: 6 in. (15.3 cm) Front—maintenance: 12 in. (30.5 cm) Rear—cooling and maintenance: 25 in. (63.5 cm) | Front—cooling: 6 in. (15.3 cm) Front—maintenance: 12 in. (30.5 cm) Rear—cooling and maintenance: 25 in. (63.5 cm) | Front—cooling: 6 in. (15.3 cm) Front—maintenance: 12 in. (30.5 cm) Rear—cooling and maintenance: 25 in. (63.5 cm) | Front—cooling: 6 in. (15.3 cm) Front—maintenance: 30 in. (76 cm) Rear—cooling: 6 in. (15.3 cm) Rear—maintenance: 20 in. (50.8 cm) |
| Operating acoustic noise | 7.7 bels LwAd (2 NSMs) | 6.4 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 6.9 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 6.3 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 7.2 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) |
| Temperature | Operating: 50°F to 95°F (10°C to 35°C) Nonoperating: –40°F to 158°F (–40°C to 70°C) |
Operating: 50° F to 104° F (10° C to 40° C) Nonoperating: –40° F to 158° F (–40° C to 70° C) | |||
| Relative humidity | Operating: 8% to 80% noncondensing; Nonoperating: 10 to 95% noncondensing |
Operating: 20% to 80% noncondensing; Nonoperating: 10 to 95% noncondensing | |||
| Altitude | Operating: 0 to 3,000 ft @ 95°F (0 to 914 m @ 35°C); 0 to 10,000 ft @ 82°F (0 to 3,048 m @ 28°C) Nonoperating: Up to 40,000 ft (–305 to 12,192 m) in an unconditioned airplane cargo bay. |
Operating: 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3,045 m) Nonoperating: –1,000 to 40,000 ft (–305 to 12,192 m) | |||
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