Dell PowerStore 7000X vs HPE Alletra 9000
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerStore 7000X is an enterprise-grade 2U NVMe storage and virtualization powerhouse featuring dual 24-core Intel Xeon Platinum processors and 1.5TB of system RAM. The HPE Alletra 9000 is an enterprise Tier-0 mission critical all-NVMe storage array inheriting the architectural DNA and dedicated ASIC technology of HPE Primera.
| Dell PowerStore 7000X | HPE Alletra 9000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2020 | May 2021 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack mission-critical array |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage nodes, Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 (24 cores per node, 48 cores per appliance) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 1,536 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs / NVMe SCM drives in base enclosure; expands up to 96 NVMe drives across DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 6.2 PB effective capacity per appliance | — |
| Network onboard | 4-port 25GbE Mezzanine; 2x I/O module slots per node supporting 32Gb FC or 25GbE optical | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 2200W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | 4U base chassis housing 2 or 4 controller nodes |
| Architecture | — | Active-active multi-node symmetric controller architecture |
| Drive type | — | All-NVMe enterprise SSDs |
| Maximum iops | — | Exceeding 2,000,000 IOPS |
| Host ports | — | 32Gb Fibre Channel and 100GbE / 25GbE NVMe-oF RoCEv2 |
| Availability guarantee | — | 100% data availability guarantee standard |
| Cloud management | — | HPE GreenLake Data Services Cloud Console |
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