Dell PowerVault ME5024 vs HPE MSA 2062
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge ME5024 is an enterprise 2U rack server powered by 2 Dual active-active controllers, Intel Xeon 8-core processor per controller (16 cores total) and 24 memory slots supporting up to 32GB DDR4 ECC Registered RDIMM. The HPE MSA 2062 is a pre-configured Gen6 hybrid storage array bundle built on the MSA 2060 hardware platform.
| Dell PowerVault ME5024 | HPE MSA 2062 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Feb 2022 | Sep 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack hybrid SAN |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active controllers, Intel Xeon 8-core processor per controller (16 cores total) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 32 | — |
| Drive bays | 24x 2.5-inch SAS/SSD drives in base array; expands up to 264 drives via ME412/ME424/ME484 DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 184TB raw in base enclosure (up to 2.4 PB with expansion shelves) | — |
| Network onboard | 4 host ports per controller (8 ports total) supporting 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, or 12Gb SAS | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 580W power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | 2U rack-mount chassis (24 SFF or 12 LFF) |
| Controllers | — | Dual Gen6 active-active controllers (24GB total system cache) |
| Bundled storage | — | 2x 1.92TB enterprise SAS SSDs included |
| Included software | — | Advanced Data Services (ADS) suite included standard |
| Performance | — | Over 325,000 IOPS and up to 13.1 GB/s sequential throughput |
| Host ports | — | 4 ports per controller (16Gb FC, 10GbE/25GbE iSCSI, or 12G SAS) |
| Data protection | — | MSA-DP+ distributed RAID and 512 virtual volume snapshots |
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