Disk Shelves and Storage Media for NetApp AFF and FAS systems
Step up to enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Gain performance and capacity at every level.
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 and FAS systems.
Realize enterprise-class resiliency.
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.
Respond flexibly to business demands.
Gain the flexibility you need with support for different shelves and media within a cluster—for example, AFF 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 and FAS systems.
Focus on business—not technology issues.
Multiple Business Advantages
Gain flexibility.
Leverage NetApp drives and disk shelves across the ONTAP? portfolio.
Optimize for performance and capacity.
Choose the media to optimize your storage for performance and capacity, leveraging SSD and HDD.
Strengthen security.
Enhance physical data security. Prevent unauthorized data access.
Models & Specifications
| NS224 | DS224C | DS2246 | DS212C | DS4246[1] | DS460C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Specifications | ||||||
| Rack units | 2U | 2U | 2U | 2U | 4U | 4U |
| Drives per enclosure | 24 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 60 |
| Drives per rack unit | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 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 | 3.5" large form factor |
| Drive carrier | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive | Single drive |
| High-capacity disk drives | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4TB, 8TB, 10TB at 7.2K RPM | 2TB, 4TB, 6TB and 8TB at 7.2K RPM | 4TB, 8TB, 10TB at 7.2K RPM |
| Performance disk drives | N/A | 900GB, 1.2TB and 1.8TB at 10K RPM | 600GB, 900GB, 1.2TB and 1.8TB at 10K RPM | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Self-encrypting drives[2] | AES-256 self-encrypting (SED) NVMe SSDs - 1.9TB, 3.8TB ,7 .6TB , 15.3TB AES-256 FIPS 140-2 compliant NVMe SSD 3.8TB | 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 | 900GB and 1.8TB at 10K RPM, 800GB and 1.6TB SSD, 800GB SSD + 1.8TB at 10K RPM AES-256, FIPS 140-2 compliant | 6TB and 10TB at 7.2K RPM AES-256, FIPS 140-2 compliant | 4TB and 6TB at 7.2K RPM, 800GB SSD + 6TB 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) | 1.9TB non-SED NVMe SSD, 3.8TB non-SED NVMe SSD | 960GB, 3.8TB, 15.3TB, 30TB, 960GB + 1.8TB | 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB, 400GB + 1.2TB, 800GB +1.8TB | 960GB + 4TB, 960GB + 8TB, 960GB + 10TB | 400GB + 2TB, 400GB + 4TB, 400GB + 6TB, 800GB + 8TB | 960GB + 4TB, 960GB + 8TB, 960GB + 10TB |
| Controller Support | AFF A800, AFF A400, AFF A320 | AFF A800, AFF A700, AFF A700s, AFF A400, AFF A300, AFF A220, AFF A200, AFF 8000 series, FAS9000, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS8200, FAS8000 series, FAS2700, FAS2600 | AFF A800, AFF A700, AFF A700s, AFF A400, AFF A300, AFF A220, AFF A200, AFF 8000 series, FAS9000, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS8200, FAS8000 series, FAS2700, FAS2600 | FAS9000, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS8200, FAS8000 series, FAS2700, FAS2600 | FAS9000, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS8200, FAS8000 series, FAS2700, FAS2600 | FAS9000, FAS8700, FAS8300, FAS8200, FAS8000 series, FAS2700, FAS2600 |
| Shelf I/O modules | Dual NSM modules (Ethernet Connections) | Dual IOM12 modules | Dual IOM6 modules | Dual IOM12 modules | Dual IOM6 modules | Dual IOM12 modules |
| Optical SAS support | 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 | Redundant, hot-pluggable, integrated power supply/fan assemblies; Dual supplies required for high-capacity disk drives and SSDs. | Dual, hot-pluggable power supply; independent fan assemblies |
| AC input power voltage
(autoranging, VRMS) |
100–120V or 200–240V | 100–120V or 200–240V | 200-240V | |||
| AC input power frequency | 50–60 Hz | 50–60 Hz | ||||
| DC input power | Not available | Not available | ||||
| Weight—fully loaded | 62.2 lbs (28.2 kg) | 53.8 lbs (24.4 kg) | 49 lbs (22.2 kg) | 60lbs (27.2 kg) | 110 lbs (49.9 kg) | 246.9 lbs (112 kg) |
| Dimensions | 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: 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: 28 in. (71 cm) |
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Width: 19 in. (48.3 cm) Depth: 36 in. (91.4 cm) |
| Clearance dimensions | 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: 24 in. (61 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 | 6.4 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 6.9 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 6.2 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 6.3 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) | 7.0 bels LwAd (4 PCMs) | 7.2 bels LwAd (2 PCMs) |
| Temperature | Operating: 50° F to 104° F (10° C to 40° C)
Nonoperating: –40° F to 158° F (–40° C to 70° C) |
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| Relative humidity | Operating: 20% to 80% noncondensing;
Nonoperating: 10 to 95% noncondensing |
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| Altitude | 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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- The DS4246 disk shelf only supports high-capacity disk configurations and "Mixed Shelf" SSD configurations that combine SSDs with high-capacity disk drives.
- NSE 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. SnapLock and MetroCluster are not supported with NSE.
Data ONTAP? Support
See the Disk Drive & Firmware Matrix on the NetApp Support site for the most up to date information on which ONTAP software version is needed to support each disk type.
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