Dell PowerStore 500T vs NetApp AFF A150
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerStore 500T is an entry-level all-flash enterprise storage appliance designed to bring NVMe performance, hardware-accelerated inline data compression, and unified block, file, and vVols storage to mid-market organizations. The NetApp AFF A150 is an entry-level all-flash storage system designed for small and medium businesses, remote offices, and budget-conscious enterprise deployments.
| Dell PowerStore 500T | NetApp AFF A150 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2021 | Feb 2023 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage nodes, Intel Xeon Silver 4214 (12 cores per node, 24 cores per appliance) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 192 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs in base DPE; expansion DAE support up to 97 drives | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch 12Gb SAS SSDs in 2U chassis, expandable with 2x DS224C shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.2 PB effective capacity with 4:1 data reduction guarantee | — |
| Network onboard | 4-port 25GbE / 10GbE Mezzanine card per node; optional 32Gb Fibre Channel I/O modules | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1450W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs (960GB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 26PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GbE / 1GbE ports and optional mezzanine/PCIe for 16Gb/32Gb FC or 25GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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