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EF-Series all-flash arrays: Microsecond response for your demanding applications
When you need to supercharge performance-sensitive workloads like real-time analytics, HPC, and databases, the price-to-performance benefit of NetApp® EF-Series all-flash arrays speaks volumes. They deliver microsecond response to your most demanding apps, maximum uptime, and six-nines reliability.
Why NetApp EF-Series arrays?
Say hello to faster, more actionable results
Big data analytics. High-performance computing. Demanding databases. NetApp EF-Series all-flash arrays are built for today’s giant workloads (and the even bigger ones to come).
EF-Series arrays combine impressive IOPS, microsecond response times, and incredible throughput capacity, so your most demanding apps never miss a beat. In addition, the EF-Series is powered by NetApp® SANtricity software to give you extensive configuration flexibility, custom performance tuning, and complete control over data placement. In other words, a trifecta of data management brilliance.
Extreme performance when you need it most
Supercharge your data analytics and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads with the industry’s leading price-to-performance NVMe systems. Enjoy up to 2,000,000 IOPS, sub-100 microsecond SSD latency, 20X faster database application performance…in other words, speed, glorious speed.
High availability to keep you moving forward
Maximize uptime using a fully redundant, six-9s modular 2U enterprise-grade building-block system with automated failover and advanced monitoring. Benefit from 1 million SANtricity® systems deployed. Grow seamlessly to 1.8PB. Proactive system health monitoring with flexible notification options and visibility in NetApp Active IQ.
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Meet StorageReview’s 2019 Editor’s Choice Award Winner, a.k.a. the mighty EF600
When it comes all-flash speed and responsiveness, the NetApp® EF600 makes a real impression—as it recently did with the editors of StorageReview.com. Discover why they crowned it their 2019 Editor’s Choice Award Winner.
Primary use cases
From big data analytics to high performance computing (HPC), and all your heavy-workloads in-between, EF-Series all-flash arrays are ready, willing, and able for whatever action comes.
- Big data analytics
- High performance computing
Big data analytics
Achieve consistent high performance, access your data more frequently, and scale with compute and storage decoupled.
High performance computing
Optimize high performance computing (HPC) performance for petabyte-scale, data-intensive applications.
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| NetApp® EF600 | NetApp® EF300 | NetApp® EF570 | NetApp® EF280 | |||
| IOPS | 2,000,000 IOPS | 670,000 IOPS | 1,000,000 IOPS | 300,000 IOPS | ||
| Average Latency |
<100µs up to 200,000 4K random write IOPS <100µs up to 300,000 4K random read IOPS <260µs up to 2,000,000 4K random read IOPS |
<100µs up to 50,000 4K random write IOPS <100µs up to 150,000 4K random read IOPS <200µs up to 670,000 4K random read IOPS |
<100µs up to 185,000 4K random write IOPS <140µs up to 100,000 4K random read IOPS <200µs up to 800,000 4K random read IOPS <300µs up to 1,000,000 4K random read IOPS |
<240µs up to 300,000 4K random read IOPS |
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| Sustained throughput | Up to 44GBps | Up to 20GBps | Up to 21GBps | Up to 10GBps | ||
| Maximum drives | 24 | 24 | 120 (EF570 with 4 expansion shelves) | 96 (EF280 with 3 DE224C expansion shelves) | ||
| Maximum raw capacity | 367TB | 367TB | 1.8PB | 1.5PB | ||
| Drive types supported | SSD • 1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB • 3.8TB FIPS • 1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB FDE |
SSD • 1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB • 3.8TB FIPS • 1.9TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB FDE |
SSD • 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB • 1.6TB FIPS • 3.8TB FDE |
SSD • 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB • 1.6TB FIPS • 3.8TB FDE |
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| Form factorThe base system and expansion shelves can be configured with a minimum of six SSDs. | Base system: 2U/24 | Base system: 2U/24 | Base system: 2U/24 Expansion shelf: 2U/24 |
Base system: 2U/24 Expansion shelf: 2U/24 |
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| System memory | 32GB, 128GB | 32GB | 32GB, 128GB | 16GB, 64GB | ||
| Host I/O ports | 4 ports 200Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE 4 ports 200Gb iSER/IB 8 ports 100Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe.RoCE 8 ports 100Gb iSER/IB, SRP/IB 16 ports 32 Gb NVMe/FC 16 ports 32Gb SCSI FC |
4 ports 100Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE 4 ports 100Gb iSER/IB, SRP/IB 8 ports 32 Gb NVMe/FC 8 ports 32Gb SCSI FC 8 ports 25Gb iSCSI |
Base I/O ports: 4 ports 16Gb FC 4 ports 10Gb iSCSI (optical) Optional add-on I/O ports: 8 ports 32Gb FC 8 ports 10Gb iSCSI (copper) 8 ports 25Gb iSCSI (optical) 8 ports 12Gb SAS 4 ports 100Gb InfiniBand (iSER or SRP) 4 ports 100Gb NVMe over InfiniBandNVMe over Fabrics support requires the 128GB EF570 storage system. 4 ports 100Gb NVMe over RoCENVMe over Fabrics support requires the 128GB EF570 storage system.(Ethernet) |
Base I/O ports: 8 ports 16Gb FC 8 ports 10Gb iSCSI (optical) Optional add-on I/O ports: 4 ports 10Gb iSCSI (copper) 8 ports 12Gb SAS 8 ports 32Gb FC 8 ports 25Gb iSCSI |
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| System management | SANtricity System Manager 11.70 (web-based, on-box) | SANtricity System Manager 11.70 (web-based, on-box) | SANtricity System Manager 11.70 (web-based, on-box) | SANtricity System Manager 11.70 (web-based, on-box) | ||
| High-availability features |
Dual active controller with automated I/O path failover Automatic load balancing and path connectivity monitoring Dynamic Disk Pools technology and traditional RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disk drives, power supplies, and fans Automatic rebuild after a drive failure Mirrored data cache with battery-backed destage to flash Data Assurance (T10 PI ANSI standard to ensure data integrity) Proactive drive health monitoring that identifies problems before they create issues NetApp Active IQ Online SANtricity OS upgrades and drive firmware upgrades Online configuration changes Up to six-nines availability (with appropriate configuration and service plans) |
Dual active controller with automated I/O path failover Automatic load balancing and path connectivity monitoring Dynamic Disk Pools technology and traditional RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disk drives, power supplies, and fans Automatic rebuild after a drive failure Mirrored data cache with battery-backed destage to flash Data Assurance (T10 PI ANSI standard to ensure data integrity) Proactive drive health monitoring that identifies problems before they create issues NetApp Active IQ Online SANtricity OS upgrades and drive firmware upgrades Online configuration changes Up to six-nines availability (with appropriate configuration and service plans) |
Dual active controller with automated I/O path failover Automatic load balancing and path connectivity monitoring Dynamic Disk Pools technology and traditional RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disk drives, power supplies, and fans Automatic rebuild after a drive failure Mirrored data cache with battery-backed destage to flash Data Assurance (T10 PI ANSI standard to ensure data integrity) Proactive drive health monitoring that identifies problems before they create issues NetApp Active IQ Online SANtricity OS upgrades and drive firmware upgrades Online configuration changes Up to six-nines availability (with appropriate configuration and service plans) |
Dual active controller with automated I/O path failover Automatic load balancing and path connectivity monitoring Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology and traditional RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disk drives, power supplies, and fans Automatic rebuild after a drive failure Mirrored data cache with battery-backed destage to flash Data Assurance (T10 PI ANSI standard to ensure data integrity) Proactive drive health monitoring that identifies problems before they create issues NetApp Active IQ Online SANtricity OS upgrades and drive firmware upgrades Online configuration changes Up to six-nines availability (with appropriate configuration and service plans) |
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| Host operating systems | Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Microsoft Windows Server (FC) |
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Microsoft Windows Server (FC) |
Apple macOS CentOS Linux IBM AIX Microsoft Windows Server Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ubuntu Linux VMware ESX |
Apple macOS CentOS Linux IBM AIX Microsoft Windows Server Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ubuntu Linux VMware ESX |
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| Included software features |
SANtricity volume copy SANtricity Snapshot |
SANtricity volume copy SANtricity Snapshot |
SANtricity synchronous and asynchronous mirroring SANtricity volume copy SANtricity thin provisioning SANtricity Snapshot SANtricity Cloud Connector |
SANtricity synchronous and asynchronous mirroring SANtricity volume copy SANtricity thin provisioning SANtricity Snapshot SANtricity Cloud Connector |
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| Security features |
Drive encryption (FDE/FIPS) supportHardware and software for at-rest data encryption are not available in certain countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and other Eurasian Customs Union countries. Native encryption key management External encryption key management (KMIP-compliant) Role-based access control and audit log LDAP support SAML support to enable Multi-Factor Authentication Common Criteria certified |
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| System capabilities |
Dynamic Disk Pools and Traditional RAID coexistence Dynamic volume expansion Dynamic capacity expansion for DDP or RAID volume group Dynamic capacity contraction (DDP only) Dynamic RAID-level or segment size migration (traditional RAID only) Embedded system event monitoring Full Stripe Write Acceleration (FSWA) to accelerate system write performance (for qualifying workloads) |
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| Management enablers |
SANtricity Unified Manager NetApp SANtricity Performance App for Splunk Enterprise NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer (for Grafana®) |
SANtricity Unified Manager NetApp SANtricity Performance App for Splunk Enterprise VMware vSphere Storage APIs—Array Integration (VAAI) Microsoft Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) |
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| Open management and orchestration |
NetApp SANtricity Web Services embedded REST API NetApp SANtricity Secure CLI Ansible® modules for E-Series |
NetApp SANtricity Web Services embedded REST API NetApp PowerShell Toolkit APIs NetApp SANtricity Secure CLI Ansible® modules for E-Series |
NetApp SANtricity Web Services embedded REST API NetApp PowerShell Toolkit APIs NetApp SANtricity Secure CLI Ansible® modules for E-Series |
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| System maximums |
Hosts/partitions: 512 Volumes: 2,048 Maximum DDP capacity per system: 6PB Maximum DDP volume size: 2PB Maximum RAID volume size: 30 drives Snapshot copies: 2,048 |
Hosts/partitions: 512 Volumes: 2,048 Maximum DDP capacity per system: 6PB Maximum DDP volume size: 2PB Maximum RAID volume size: 30 drives Snapshot copies: 2,048 Mirrors: 128 |
Hosts/partitions: 128 Volumes: 512 Maximum DDP capacity per system: 6PB Maximum DDP volume size: 2PB Maximum RAID volume size: 30 drives Snapshot copies: 512 Mirrors: 32 |
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| Dimension and Weights | EF600 Base System | EF300 Base System | EF570 Base System | EF570 Expansion Shelf | EF280 Base System | EF280 Expansion Shelf |
| Height | 3.43” (8.7cm) | 3.43” (8.7cm) | 3.47" (8.81cm) | 3.47" (8.81cm) | 3.47" (8.81cm) | 3.47" (8.81cm) |
| Width | 19.02” (48.3cm) | 19.02” (48.3cm) | 19" (48.26cm) | 19" (48.26cm) | 19" (48.26cm) | 19" (48.26cm) |
| Depth | 17.6” (44.7cm) | 17.6” (44.7cm) | 19.27" (48.95cm) | 19.27" (48.95cm) | 19.27" (48.95cm) | 19.27" (48.95cm) |
| WeightSystem weights will vary depending on drive count and type. | 53.66lb (24.34kg) | 53.66lb (24.34kg) | 51.63lb (23.42kg) | 46.896lb (21.27kg) | 51.63lb (23.42kg) | 46.896lb (21.27kg) |
| Power and Cooling | EF600 Base System | EF300 Base System | EF570 Base System | EF570 Expansion Shelf | EF280 Base System | EF280 Expansion Shelf |
| kVA |
Typical: 0.979 Maximum: 1.128 |
Typical: 0.646 Maximum: 0.872 |
Typical: 0.522 Maximum: 0.665 |
Typical: 0.265 Maximum: 0.379 |
Typical: 0.522 Maximum: 0.665 |
Typical: 0.265 Maximum: 0.379 |
| Watts |
Typical: 979.09 Maximum: 1128 |
Typical: 643 Maximum: 870 |
Typical: 546.18 Maximum: 658.53 |
Typical: 262.76 Maximum: 375.12 |
Typical: 546.18 Maximum: 658.53 |
Typical: 262.76 Maximum: 375.12 |
| BTU |
Typical: 3348 Maximum: 3859.128 |
Typical: 2194 Maximum: 2970 |
Typical: 1863.64 Maximum: 2247 |
Typical: 896.57 Maximum: 1279.96 |
Typical: 1,863.64 Maximum: 2,247 |
Typical: 896.57 Maximum: 1,279.96 |
Maximum efficiency
Eliminate overprovisioning. Reduce costs dramatically by cutting space, power, and cooling—up to 95%.
Modular scalability
Support for up to 1.8PB of raw capacity in modular 2U building blocks delivers superior data access with low-latency performance.
Market-proven platform
Benefit from 1 million systems—flash-optimized fourth-generation EF-Series arrays are designed to work in the most demanding environments.
Advanced data protection
Guard against data loss and downtime events—locally and long distance—with advanced data protection.
Software
NetApp SANtricity software lets you achieve maximum performance and utilization of your EF-Series all-flash arrays.
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