Dell PowerStore 5000T vs HPE Primera A670 All-Flash Storage System
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerStore 5000T is a high-end enterprise all-flash storage array engineered for large-scale enterprise consolidation, heavy online transaction processing (OLTP), and high-concurrency virtualization. The HPE Primera A670 is a high capacity 4-node all-flash tier-0 storage array designed for large enterprise mission-critical environments.
| Dell PowerStore 5000T | HPE Primera A670 All-Flash Storage System | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2020 | Jun 2019 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack storage array |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage nodes, Intel Xeon Gold 6252 (32 cores per node, 64 cores per appliance) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 1,152 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in base DPE; expands up to 96 drives across DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 4.2 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 | — |
| Controller nodes | — | 4 high performance active-active controller nodes with dedicated ASICs |
| Cache | — | 1TB to 2TB total system data cache |
| Drive capacity | — | Up to 960 solid state drives with raw capacity exceeding 2PB |
| Host ports | — | Up to 48 32Gb FC or 25GbE iSCSI/NVMe host ports |
| Resiliency | — | Persistent checksum, peer motion, and 100 percent availability guarantee |
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