Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series Performance Guide

Lenovo® ThinkSystem™ DM Series Storage Arrays run ONTAP data management software, which gives customers unified storage across block-and-file workloads. This document covers the performance principles of the ONTAP operating system and the best practice recommendations.

This paper is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about the performance tuning of the ThinkSystem DM Series storage array. It is recommended that users have basic ONTAP operation knowledge.

Introduction
ONTAP software introduction
Introduction to ONTAP performance
Performing basic infrastructure checks
The benefits of using NVMe
Why NVMe over Fibre Channel
Best practices for NVMe/FC

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Changes in the September 26, 2023 update:

• Minor update: Updated step 5 of "Setup and configuration" on page 18

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• DM Series Storage
• External Storage
• Lenovo SAN Storage