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NetApp AFF C80
High-end · all-flash · dual controller - Largest capacity-flash (QLC) ONTAP system, scaling to 24 nodes and about 707 PB effective for large consolidation and data-retention estates.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | NetApp |
| Family | AFF C-Series |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Current |
| Released | 2024 |
| Operating system | ONTAP 9.16.1 or later |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | 2 - 24 |
| Cache / memory | 512 GB |
| Availability | 99.9999% |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, QLC NVMe |
| Drive note | NVMe QLC SSDs; 4U HA-pair chassis with 48 internal slots; NS224 shelves. NetApp cites 60TB drives for the C30/C60/C80 generation (docs What's new, Dec 2024); full size list not published. |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | 4U, 48 drive bays |
| Expansion | NS224 (2U, 24 NVMe QLC SSDs) - 24 bays, 2U |
| Raw capacity | 14.74 PB |
| Cluster maximum | 176.8 PB |
| Effective maximum | 707 PB |
| Data reduction | Datasheet effective capacity is per cluster at maximum scale-out assuming 5:1 (NAS) efficiency; Storage Efficiency Guarantee is 4:1 SAN / 1.5:1 NAS (AFF product page). |
| Protection | RAID4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC |
| Protection note | ONTAP local tiers support RAID4, RAID-DP and RAID-TEC (ONTAP docs). Tamperproof Snapshot copies and SnapLock WORM, SnapMirror replication, MetroCluster / SnapMirror active sync for zero-RPO business continuity, Autonomous Ransomware Protection, Ransomware Recovery Guarantee. |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | raw_tb_max is per HA pair; cluster_raw_tb_max is the NAS maximum (12 HA pairs / 24 nodes) from docs key specs. SAN clusters are limited to 6 HA pairs / 12 nodes (88.4 PB raw). Datasheet: up to 2,880 SSDs per 24-node cluster (per-HA-pair drive maximum not published). host_ports_max is the largest single-protocol host port count in the docs 'Total I/O' table (18 PCIe slots per HA pair). power_w is the datasheet median, flagged by NetApp as an estimate pending field data. No IOPS/throughput figures published. 'ib' denotes NFSv3/NFSv4 over RDMA support. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, NVMe over FC, iSCSI, NVMe over TCP, NFS, SMB / CIFS, S3 object, InfiniBand / RDMA file |
| Fibre Channel | 64 Gb |
| Ethernet | 200 GbE |
| Host ports | 56 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | n/a |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | ONTAP on-box GUI (System Manager), REST APIs, NetApp Console (formerly BlueXP), Digital Advisor |
| Power | 1,654 W |
| Positioned for | Virtualization, VDI, File shares, Backup target, Archive, Containers |
| Warranty | n/a |
| 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://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-systems/c80/overview.html |
| Datasheet | https://www.netapp.com/media/81583-ds-4240-aff-c-series.pdf |