Dell PowerVault MD3060e vs NetApp Storage Shelves DS4486
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault MD3060e is a 4U dense SAS enclosure with five drawers and room for 60 drives, managed by two enclosure management modules. The NetApp DS4486 was a 4U 48-drive high-density tandem disk expansion shelf designed for large archive and backup pools.
| Dell PowerVault MD3060e | NetApp Storage Shelves DS4486 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | unknown | end-of-support |
| Released | — | Jun 2013 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 4U rack |
| Drive bays | 60 drives in five drawers, up to 12 per drawer, in 4U | 24x tandem drive carriers holding 48x 3.5-inch NL-SAS drives |
| Management modules | Two enclosure management modules (EMMs) | — |
| Host interface | 12Gb SAS when used as a storage enclosure with supported SAS HBAs | — |
| Power supply | Two power supplies and two fan modules | Dual redundant hot-swap power supplies |
| Max enclosures per configuration | 4 | — |
| Max sas cable length m | 4 | — |
| Max ssd per enclosure | 25 | — |
| Enclosure type | — | 4U 48-drive high-density 6Gb SAS expansion shelf |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K RPM NL-SAS HDDs (4TB to 8TB) |
| Shelf modules | — | Dual hot-swappable IOM6 SAS modules with QSFP ports |
| Shelf interconnect | — | 6Gb SAS dual-domain architecture |
| Compatible controllers | — | FAS8000, FAS2500, and legacy FAS controllers |
| Management | — | Managed natively via NetApp Data ONTAP |
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