Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 vs Lenovo ThinkAgile HX5520
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 Lenovo ThinkAgile HX5520 is a storage-dense 2U dual-socket Nutanix hyperconverged appliance engineered for big data clusters, file services, and backup targets.
| Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 | Lenovo ThinkAgile HX5520 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jul 2017 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Processor | Up to 2x 1st or 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 28 cores each | Up to 2x 1st or 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 26 cores each (up to 150W TDP) |
| Memory | Up to 24x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 3TB | 16x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 1TB DDR4-2933 ECC RDIMM |
| 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 | Dual or quad 10GbE / 25GbE optical SFP28 ports plus management interface |
| Management | Cisco Intersight and VMware vCenter | Nutanix Prism and Lenovo XClarity |
| Storage pools | — | Up to 14x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive bays (hybrid HDD with NVMe/SATA SSD cache tiers) |
| Hypervisor | — | Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-swap 750W or 1100W Platinum power supplies |
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