Dell PowerVault MD3420 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2552
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault MD3420 is a performance-dense 2U direct-attached storage array supporting twenty-four 2.5-inch drives and 12Gb/s SAS host connectivity. The NetApp FAS2552 was a 2U SFF entry hybrid storage system accommodating 24 internal 2.5-inch SAS drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| Dell PowerVault MD3420 | NetApp FAS Series FAS2552 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Sep 2014 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active hardware RAID controllers, 4GB or 8GB battery-backed cache per controller | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 16 | — |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch SAS/SSD drives in base array; expands up to 192 drives across MD1420 DAEs | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch 6Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS2246 shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 184TB raw in base enclosure | — |
| Network onboard | 4x 12Gb/s mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) host ports per controller; 1x 1GbE management port | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 600W power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 36GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 10K SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 518TB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | UTA2 ports supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC or 10GbE, plus 1GbE ports |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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