Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array
Powerful performance, reliability, and efficiency

Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array
Powerful performance, reliability, and efficiency

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Tech Specs
ATTRIBUTE SPECIFICATION Form Factor Base system: 2U/24 Max Raw Capacity 367TB Maximum Drives 24 NVMe SSDs Maximum Expansion Up to 4 DE240S expansions (24 NVMe in Controller Enclosure + 96 SAS SSD) IOPS 670,000 IOPS Sustained Throughput Up to 20GBps System Memory 32GB Optional I/O Ports (per system) - 4x 100Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCe, SRP/IB and iSER/IB
- 8x 32Gb FC (supports FC SCSI and NVMe/FC)
- 8x 25Gb iSCSI
- 1x optional SAS expansion card slot
Software Features Snapshot, Drive Encryption System Maximums - Max hosts: 512
- Max partitions: 256
- Volumes: 1,024
- Maximum DDP volume size: 2PiB
- Maximum RAID volume size: 30 drives
- Snapshot copies: 1,024
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Features and Benefits
The Challenge
Organizations are struggling to keep up with the requirements and demands of modern workloads, such as AI, technical computing, databases, and analytics. These workloads require a higher level of performance, availability, and reliability from your data storage infrastructure.
The Solution
The compact 2U Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F all-flash (NVMe SSD) mid-range high performance storage array will accelerate access to your data.
This all-flash array combines industry-leading, enterprise-proven availability features with up to 670k IOPS, sub-100 microsecond response times, up to 20GBps of read bandwidth, and 2x performance improvement over the previous generation.
ThinkSystem DE Series All Flash Array availability features include:
- Seamless transition to next generation NVMe
- Redundant components with automated failover Intuitive storage management with comprehensive tuning functions
- Advanced monitoring and diagnostics with proactive repair
- Snapshot copy creation, volume copy, and asynchronous mirroring for data protection.
- Data assurance for data integrity and protection against silent data corruption
- Industry-leading price/performance for enterprise workloads
All-Flash Performance and Value
The DE6400F delivers 670k sustained IOPS and response times measured in microseconds. It generates up to 20GBps of read throughput, enough for even your most bandwidth-intensive workloads.To protect your investment in storage networks, the DE 6400F supports a wide range of high-speed IO interface options to meet future performance demands.
- 100Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE
- 100Gb iSER/IB, SRP/IB
- 32 Gb NVMe/FC
- 32Gb FC
- 25Gb iSCSI
With support for up to 367TB of capacity in a 2U form factor, the ultra-dense DE6400F ensures you can meet the demand of today’s workload and be prepared for future business demands without costly hardware upgrades.
Protecting Your Competitive Advantage
Dynamic drive pool (DDP) technology allows storage administrators to simplify RAID management, improve data protection, and maintain predictable performance under all conditions.
This innovative technology minimizes the performance impact of a drive failure and can return the system to optimal condition up to eight times faster than with traditional RAID.
With shorter rebuild times and patented technology to prioritize reconstruction, DDP capabilities significantly reduce exposure to multiple disk failures, offering a level of data protection that cannot be achieved with traditional RAID.
With DE Series, all management tasks can be performed while the storage remains online with complete read/write data access. Storage administrators can make configuration changes, conduct maintenance, or expand the storage capacity without disrupting I/O to attached hosts.
DE Series nondisruptive administration features include:
- Dynamic capacity and volume expansion
- Dynamic segment size migration
- Dynamic RAID-level migration
- Non-disruptive firmware updates
DE Series all-flash arrays protect against data loss and downtime events, both locally and remotely, using advanced data protection features, including:
- Snapshot / Volume copy
- Full drive encryption
Eventually, all drives get redeployed, retired, or serviced. When this happens, you do not want your sensitive data going out the door with them. Combining local key management with drive-level encryption gives you comprehensive security for data-at-rest with no impact to performance.