Dell PowerVault MD3260 vs NetApp E-Series E2760
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault MD3260 was Dell's pioneering 4U dense direct-attached storage array, featuring 60 hot-swappable drive bays in two pull-out drawers and dual 6Gb SAS controllers. The NetApp E2760 was a 4U 60-drive high-density storage array delivering high capacity and throughput for video surveillance, seismic processing, and secondary backup archives.
| Dell PowerVault MD3260 | NetApp E-Series E2760 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | Sep 2012 | Feb 2014 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 4U rack |
| Controller type | Dual active-active 6Gb SAS RAID controllers, 2GB or 4GB cache per controller | — |
| Drive bays | 60x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SAS/NL-SAS/SSD drives in two 30-slot drawers in 4U | 60x internal top-loading drive drawers, expandable to 192 drives |
| Raw capacity | Up to 240TB raw storage in base enclosure (with 4TB drives); expands to 180 drives | — |
| Host interface | 4x 6Gb/s mini-SAS (SFF-8088) ports per controller (8 ports total) | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1755W power supply modules | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 4U 60-drive enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 8GB system memory per HA pair with cache protection |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and SAS SSDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 1.2PB raw with DE6600 shelves |
| Host connectivity | — | HIC slots supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE, and 6Gb/12Gb SAS |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, SAS |
| Clustering | — | Dual active-active controller HA pair |
| Management | — | NetApp SANtricity OS |
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