Dell PowerVault ME5024 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000F
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 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000F is an entry-level all-flash 2U block storage array engineered to deliver sub-millisecond latency for enterprise SAN environments.
| Dell PowerVault ME5024 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Feb 2022 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| 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 | 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap all-flash SAS SSD bays; expands up to 120 SSDs via expansion enclosures |
| 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 | Dual redundant hot-swap 913W Platinum AC power supplies |
| Controllers | — | Dual active-active controller canisters with 16GB total system cache (8GB per controller) |
| Host interfaces | — | 4x 12Gb SAS or 10/25Gb iSCSI or 16/32Gb FC host ports per controller canister |
| Max performance | — | Up to 300,000 IOPS and up to 10 GB/s read throughput |
| Features | — | Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP), snapshot copies, asynchronous and synchronous mirroring, thin provisioning |
| Management | — | SANtricity System Manager (embedded HTML5 web GUI) |
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