Dell PowerStore 3000T vs IBM FlashSystem 7200
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerStore 3000T is a high-performance enterprise all-flash storage array engineered for core corporate virtualization, transactional database clustering (Oracle, SQL Server), and multi-protocol enterprise NAS. The IBM FlashSystem 7200 is an enterprise 2U all-flash storage array powered by dual controllers with up to 1.5TB cache.
| Dell PowerStore 3000T | IBM FlashSystem 7200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | IBM |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2020 | Feb 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage nodes, Intel Xeon Gold 6240 (24 cores per node, 48 cores per appliance) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 768 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in base DPE; expands up to 96 drives across DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 3.5 PB effective capacity per appliance | — |
| Network onboard | 4-port 25GbE Mezzanine; 2x I/O module slots per node supporting 32Gb FC, 25GbE, or NVMe/TCP | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1800W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | 2U rack |
| Controllers | — | Dual active-active |
| Cache memory | — | 1536GB |
| Max drives | — | 24 NVMe FCM/SSD (expands to 760) |
| Host interfaces | — | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25Gb/10Gb iSCSI, NVMe-oF |
| Max raw capacity | — | 3.5PB in 2U (up to 35PB expanded) |
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