Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 vs Dell VxRail P Series P570F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 was a 2U capacity-optimized hyperconverged infrastructure node powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Cisco HXDP software. The Dell VxRail P570F is the all-flash model of the P Series in Dell's VxRail hyperconverged line, a single-node 2U platform with 24 2.5-inch drive bays for performance-heavy and I/O-heavy VMware workloads.
| Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 | Dell VxRail P Series P570F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | end-of-sale | unknown |
| Released | Jul 2017 | Dec 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack (1 node) |
| Processor | Up to 2x 1st or 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 28 cores each | — |
| Memory | Up to 24x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 3TB | — |
| Storage capacity | Available in all-flash (up to 23x SSDs) and hybrid (1-2x SSD cache + up to 23x SAS HDDs) | — |
| Hyperconverged software | Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) | — |
| Network | Cisco VIC 1387 / 1457 modular LOM providing unified fabric integration | — |
| Management | Cisco Intersight and VMware vCenter | — |
| Cpu sockets | — | — |
| Cpu platform | — | Intel Xeon Scalable Gen 1 and Gen 2 processors; the VxRail P Series sheet lists single, dual or quad socket options across the series, 1.9 to 3.8 GHz |
| Memory slots | — | — |
| Memory type | — | DDR4; Dell lists 64 GB to 6144 GB per node across the P Series |
| Memory max (GB) | — | — |
| Drive bays | — | 24x 2.5-inch, up to 4 disk groups |
| Pcie slots | — | — |
| Gpu support | — | None listed for the P Series |
| Network onboard | — | Choice of 2x 25GbE SFP28, 4x 10GbE SFP+ or 4x 10GbE RJ45, plus a 1GbE iDRAC9 Enterprise port |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug PSUs; 4 or 6 redundant cooling fans |
| Raw capacity | — | All-flash: 1.92 TB to 153.6 TB SAS or 1.92 TB to 76.8 TB SATA per node (P Series sheet) |
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