Dell PowerVault MD1420 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem D1224 Drive Enclosure
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault MD1420 is a 2U direct-attached storage (DAS) JBOD expansion array holding twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap drives, designed to deliver high IOPS and solid-state storage density directly to Dell PowerEdge servers. The Lenovo ThinkSystem D1224 is a 2U direct-attached 24-drive small form factor (2.5-inch) storage expansion enclosure.
| Dell PowerVault MD1420 | Lenovo ThinkSystem D1224 Drive Enclosure | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Sep 2014 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SSD drives | 24x 2.5-inch hot-swap 12Gb SAS SSD/HDD bays |
| Raw capacity | Up to 184TB raw capacity per enclosure | — |
| Network onboard | Dual redundant Enclosure Management Modules (EMM) with 12Gb/s mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) ports | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 600W Platinum power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swap 580W AC power supplies |
| Enclosure type | — | 2U 24-drive Small Form Factor (SFF 2.5-inch) drive enclosure |
| Interface modules | — | Dual ESMs each equipped with three 12Gb Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) ports |
| Compatibility | — | Compatible with ThinkSystem DE series arrays and ThinkSystem rack/tower servers |
| Redundancy | — | Dual active-active SAS data paths with redundant power and cooling |
| Management | — | In-band SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) |
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