NOTE: This server has a slight bend on front right and back left of chassis. Still fully functional. This server comes with six hot swap caddies the rest are blanking plates.

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The ETERNUS AF250 S2 is the ideal choice for application scenarios with demanding data and performance requirements. The system delivers impressive IOPS performance with lowest latency even at full load. Thus, it offers a solution that resolves all performance issues in critical applications – such as real-time business analytics or VDI environments – without requiring any complicated tuning. It also fits best as general-purpose storage for all Tier-1 applications in small and mid-sized companies

Within its 2U-form factor, the Fujitsu Storage ETERNUS AF250 fits 24 SAS SSDs for a raw total capacity just shy of 370TB (using 15.36TB drives). This dual-controller array also has upward of 64GB of memory and supports various RAID levels. According to Fujitsu, the AF250 can hit sequential performance of 760K IOPS and random performance of 430K IOPS, with read latency as low as 170μs and write latency as low as 60μs. This level of performance makes it ideal in use cases such as real-time business analytics or VDI environments.

While 370TB seems like a lot of capacity, it depends on the enterprise. Also the 15+TB drives come at a premium that some companies would rather not pay. To this end, the AF250 has inline deduplication/compression that can increase the capacity by a level of 5. Or, to put it another way, with the same array using 15TB drives, users can see effective capacity in the 1.84PB range, all within a 2U form factor.

Our A250 review system is configured with 46TB raw system capacity, leveraging more cost effective 1.92TB SSDs.

Fujitsu Storage ETERNUS AF250 specifications:

• Form factor: 2U
• Number of Controllers: 2
• Number of host interfaces: 4/8 ports [FC(16Gbit/s), iSCSI(10Gbit/s)]
• Max System Memory: 64GB
• Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, 1+0, 5, 5+0, 6
• Host interfaces

• • Fibre Channel (16 Gb/s)
  • iSCSI (10 Gb/s, 10 GBASE-T)
  • iSCSI (10 Gb/s, 10 GBASE-SR)
• Max Number of Hosts: 1,024
• Storage
  • Max Capacity: 737TB
  • Total drive bays: 48 (with expansion)
  • Drive Type supported:
    • 2.5-inch, SSD (15.36TB / 7.68TB / 3.84 TB / 1.92 TB / 960GB / 400 GB)
    • 2.5-inch, SSD (self-encrypting) (1.92 TB)
  • Drive interface: SAS (12Gb/s)
• Performance
  • Latency: Write 60μs, Read 170μs (Minimum)
  • Sequential access performance: 760K IOPS (100 % Read, 4 KB Blocks)
  • Random access performance: 430K IOPS (100 % Read, 4 KB Blocks)
• Physical
  • Dimensions (WxDxH): 482 x 645 x 88 mm (19 x 25.4 x 3.5 inch)
  • Weight: 35 kg (77 lb)
• Environmental
  • Temperature (not operating): 0 – 50 °C
  • Humidity (operating): 20 – 80 % (relative humidity, non-condensing)
  • Humidity (not operating): 8 – 80 % (relative humidity, non-condensing)
  • Altitude: 3,000 m (10,000 ft.)
  • Sound pressure (LpAm): 47dB(A)
  • Sound power (LWAd; 1B = 10dB): 6.5B
• Power
  • Power voltage: AC 100 – 120 V / AC 200 – 240 V
  • Power frequency: 50 / 60 Hz
  • Power supply efficiency: 92% (80 PLUS gold)
  • Maximum Power Consumption: AC 100 – 120 V: 1,240 W (1,260 VA)
  • Maximum Power Consumption: AC 200 – 240 V: 1,240 W (1,260 VA)
  • Power phase: Single

The Fujitsu ETERNUS AF250 is a 2U array with 24 drive bays running across the front of the device. In lieu of a fancy bezel, the AF250 sets itself slightly apart with the bright green buttons to release the drive bays. On the left-hand side, you will find the power button and LED indicator lights. On the right-hand side is the Fujitsu branding.

Swinging around to the rear of the device we see the dual controllers and dual power supplies. Each controller offers two CNA ports which can be configured as FC or iSCSI. Next to those are a SAS port for expansion, a remote management port, and local out-of-band management port.