Dell PowerVault MD1200 vs NetApp Storage Shelves DS4246
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault MD1200 is an iconic 2U 12-bay 3.5-inch direct-attached storage (DAS) expansion enclosure connecting via 6Gb/s SAS SFF-8088 interfaces. The NetApp DS4246 was a 4U 24-drive 6Gb SAS large form factor disk shelf widely deployed for enterprise backup, archiving, and high-capacity file repositories.
| Dell PowerVault MD1200 | NetApp Storage Shelves DS4246 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | Mar 2010 | Nov 2010 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack |
| Drive bays | 12x 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/NL-SAS/SATA drives | 24x hot-swap 3.5-inch LFF SAS drive bays |
| Raw capacity | Up to 120TB raw capacity per enclosure (using 10TB HDDs) | — |
| Network onboard | Dual redundant Enclosure Management Modules (EMM) with 6Gb/s mini-SAS (SFF-8088) ports | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 600W power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swap power supplies |
| Enclosure type | — | 4U 24-drive 6Gb SAS expansion shelf |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K RPM NL-SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs |
| Shelf modules | — | Dual hot-swappable IOM6 SAS modules with QSFP ports |
| Shelf interconnect | — | 6Gb SAS dual-domain architecture |
| Compatible controllers | — | FAS8000, FAS2500, FAS2200, and legacy FAS controllers |
| Management | — | Managed natively via NetApp Data ONTAP |
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