Dell PowerVault MD1220 vs NetApp Storage Shelves DS2246
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault MD1220 is a 2U direct-attached storage (DAS) enclosure holding twenty-four 2.5-inch drives, connecting via 6Gb/s SAS SFF-8088 ports. The NetApp DS2246 was a 2U 24-drive 6Gb SAS expansion shelf that served as the standard SFF storage enclosure for generations of FAS and AFF systems.
| Dell PowerVault MD1220 | NetApp Storage Shelves DS2246 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | Mar 2010 | Nov 2010 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SSD drives | 24x hot-swap 2.5-inch SFF SAS drive bays |
| Raw capacity | Up to 48TB raw capacity per enclosure | — |
| 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 | — | 2U 24-drive 6Gb SAS expansion shelf |
| Supported drives | — | 6Gb SAS SSDs and 10K RPM SAS HDDs |
| Shelf modules | — | Dual hot-swappable IOM6 SAS modules with QSFP (SFF-8436) ports |
| Shelf interconnect | — | 6Gb SAS dual-domain architecture |
| Compatible controllers | — | FAS8000, FAS2500, FAS2200, AFF8000, and legacy FAS controllers |
| Management | — | Managed natively via NetApp Data ONTAP |
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