Dell PowerScale F200 vs Pure Storage FlashBlade Classic
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerScale F200 is an entry-level all-flash scale-out NAS node built on Dell PowerEdge 1U server hardware and running the OneFS operating system. The Pure Storage FlashBlade Classic was the pioneer scale-out all-flash storage system designed specifically for unstructured data, high-performance computing, and modern analytics.
| Dell PowerScale F200 | Pure Storage FlashBlade Classic | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jun 2020 | Mar 2016 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 4U modular chassis |
| Cpu platform | Single Intel Xeon Silver 4210R (10 cores, 2.4 GHz) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 96 | — |
| Drive bays | 4x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs (960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB or 7.68TB each) per 1U node | — |
| Raw capacity | 3.84TB to 30.7TB raw capacity per node (up to 7.7 PB in a 252-node cluster) | — |
| Network onboard | Dual 25GbE / 10GbE front-end ports; dual 25GbE back-end clustering ports | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 750W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Chassis form factor | — | 4U modular chassis holding up to 15 blade modules |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FB |
| Blade options | — | 8TB, 17TB, and 52TB flash blades (integrated CPU, FPGA, and NAND) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 780TB raw per 4U chassis, scalable across multiple chassis |
| Network connectivity | — | Integrated Fabric Modules (EFMs) with 40GbE and 100GbE QSFP uplinks |
| Protocols | — | NFSv3, NFSv4.1, SMB 2.1/3.0, and S3 Object |
| Architecture | — | Massively distributed scale-out architecture with hardware-accelerated metadata |
| Management | — | Pure1 cloud-based management |
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