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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H is a low-cost, hybrid entry-level storage system that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. It delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The ThinkSystem DE2000H is a perfect fit for small offices and remote and branch offices of large enterprises that run a wide range of workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, technical computing, backup and recovery, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DE2000H models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) drives (2U24 SFF) or 12 large form-factor (3.5-inch LFF) drives (2U12 LFF) and include two controllers, each with 8 GB memory for a system total of 16 GB. Host interface cards provide 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16/32 Gb FC connections.
The ThinkSystem DE2000H Storage Array scales up to 96 drives with the attachment of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE120S 2U12 and DE240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures. It also offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch (SFF) and 3.5-inch (LFF) form factors, 10 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).
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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H is a low-cost, hybrid entry-level storage system that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. It delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The ThinkSystem DE2000H is a perfect fit for small offices and remote and branch offices of large enterprises that run a wide range of workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, technical computing, backup and recovery, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DE2000H models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) drives (2U24 SFF) or 12 large form-factor (3.5-inch LFF) drives (2U12 LFF) and include two controllers, each with 8 GB memory for a system total of 16 GB. Host interface cards provide 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16/32 Gb FC connections.
The ThinkSystem DE2000H Storage Array scales up to 96 drives with the attachment of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE120S 2U12 and DE240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures. It also offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch (SFF) and 3.5-inch (LFF) form factors, 10 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).
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The ThinkSystem DE2000H scales up to 1.47 PB of raw storage capacity.
The ThinkSystem DE2000H offers block storage connectivity with support for 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28, 8/16/32 Gb FC, or 12 Gb SAS technologies.
The ThinkSystem DE2000H offers the following key features and benefits:
The following drives are supported in the 2U24 SFF enclosures:
Up to three 2U expansion enclosures (ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF, or ThinkSystem DE120S 2U12 LFF, or a combination of the ThinkSystem DE240S and DE120S) are supported by a single ThinkSystem DE2000H system. Customers can intermix 2U24 SFF and 2U12 LFF expansion enclosures behind a 2U24 SFF or 2U12 LFF controller enclosure. This configuration delivers the added flexibility to mix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives within a single system.
More drives and expansion enclosures are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, which helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.
The ThinkSystem DE2000H offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE2000H and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures.
Figure 2. ThinkSystem DE2000H and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures front view
The front of the ThinkSystem DE2000H and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures includes the following components:
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE2000H and DE120S 2U LFF enclosures.
Figure 3. ThinkSystem DE2000H and DE120S 2U LFF enclosures front view
The front of the ThinkSystem DE2000H and DE120S 2U LFF enclosures includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE2000H 2U controller enclosure with two Gen2 controllers installed.
Figure 4. Rear view ThinkSystem DE2000H 2U controller enclosure with two Gen2 controllers installed
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE2000H 2U controller enclosure includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S or DE120S 2U expansion enclosure.
Figure 5. ThinkSystem DE240S or DE120S 2U expansion enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S or DE120S 2U expansion enclosure includes the following components:
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DE2000H storage system specifications.
Note: The supported hardware options, software features, and interoperability listed in this product guide are based on the software version 11.60. For details about specific software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release for the ThinkSystem DE2000H that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Attribute | Specification |
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Form factor |
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Controller configuration | Dual active-active controller configuration with automatic load balancing. |
RAID levels | RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools. Note: RAID 3 can be configured only through the CLI. |
Controller system memory | 16 GB per system (8 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash). |
Expansion enclosure support |
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Drive bays | Up to 4 enclosures per system (Controller unit with up to 3 expansion units):
Intermix of 2U24 SFF and 2U12 LFF enclosures is supported. |
Drive technology |
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Drive expansion connectivity |
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Drives | 2U24 SFF drives:
2U12 LFF drives:
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Storage capacity | All SFF drives: Up to 1.47 PB (96x 15.36 TB SFF SSDs) All LFF drives: Up to 864 TB (48x 18TB LFF HDDs) |
Host connectivity | Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs) (per controller enclosure with two controllers):
Note: The DE2000H controller no longer offers base ports. Host connectivity is provided via the HICs |
Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere |
Standard software features | Dynamic Disk Pools, SSD read cache, snapshots (up to 128 targets), volume copy, thin provisioning (DDP only), encryption (requires optional FIPS drives), and data assurance. |
Optional software features | Snapshots (up to 512 targets), asynchronous mirroring. |
Performance* |
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Configuration maximums** |
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Cooling | Redundant cooling with the fans that are built into power supplies. |
Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) Platinum AC power supplies. |
Hot-swap parts | Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, and SFP+ transceivers. |
Management ports |
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Management interfaces | System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity. |
Security features | Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication. |
Warranty and support | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day (NBD) parts delivered. Also available are 9×5 NBD onsite response, 24×7 coverage with 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair (select areas), YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions. |
Software maintenance | Included in the base warranty and any Lenovo warranty extensions. |
Dimensions | 2U24 SFF enclosure:
2U12 LFF enclosure:
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Weight |
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