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Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5200H
Midrange · hybrid (ssd + hdd) / disk (hdd) / all-flash · dual controller - Hybrid flash unified ONTAP array that scales to 480 drives for capacity-heavy file, backup, archive and cyber-vault use.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Lenovo |
| Family | ThinkSystem DM Series |
| Class | Midrange |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | ONTAP 9 (9.16.1 or later) |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | 2 - 8 |
| Cache / memory | 128 GB |
| Availability | 99.9999% |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | Hybrid (SSD + HDD), Disk (HDD), All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, SAS SSD, NL-SAS HDD |
| Drive note | 2U24 controller with 2x 2 TB NVMe Flash Cache modules and optional NVMe SSDs; SAS SSDs (max 120) and NL-SAS HDDs in expansion enclosures; Flash Pool up to 144 TiB |
| Flash drive sizes | 1.92, 3.84, 7.68, 15.36 TB |
| HDD sizes | 4, 10, 24 TB |
| Maximum drives | 480 |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 24 drive bays |
| Expansion | Direct-attached per HA pair: up to 8x DM600S 4U60 LFF, 5x DM240S 2U24 SFF or 20x DM120S 2U12 LFF - 60 bays, 4U, up to 8 |
| Raw capacity | 50 TB - 11.5 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | RAID 4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC |
| Protection note | RAID-TEC triple parity; MetroCluster IP; SnapLock WORM (Unified Complete bundle) |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | No IOPS/throughput published. Raw 11.5 PB per HA pair from datasheet DS0048. Minimum capacity per HA pair 100 TB NL-SAS or 50 TB flash. Cluster limit 4 HA pairs. Power = 1579 W max system load. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe over FC, NVMe over TCP, NFS, SMB / CIFS, S3 object |
| Fibre Channel | 64 Gb |
| Ethernet | 100 GbE |
| Host ports | 16 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | n/a |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | ThinkSystem Storage Manager (ONTAP web GUI), SSH CLI; optional Lenovo XClarity; ThinkSystem Intelligent Monitoring |
| Power | 1,579 W |
| Positioned for | AI / ML, Archive, Backup target, Analytics, Databases, File shares |
| Warranty | 3-, 4- or 5-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty: Foundation (9x5 NBD onsite) or Essential (24x7, 4-hour onsite); software support included |
| Design terms | Local tier (aggregate) · LUN · igroup · SnapMirror (asynchronous) |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
✓ Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
✓ Immutable snapshots
✓ Ransomware detection
✓ Quality of service
? Automated tiering
✓ Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
✓ Native object (S3)
✓ Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp2149-lenovo-thinksystem-dm5200h-unified-storage-array |
| Datasheet | https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/ds0048.pdf |