Dell Compellent SC4020 vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell Storage SC4020, from the Compellent line, is a 2U array with two storage controllers and up to 24 internal 2.5-inch SAS drives. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 is a dual-node enterprise storage array powered by the 3PAR Gen5 ASIC.
| Dell Compellent SC4020 | HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | unknown | end-of-sale |
| Released | — | Aug 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack enterprise array |
| Controller configuration | Two hot-swappable storage controllers | — |
| Drive bays | 7 to 24 internal 2.5-inch hot-swappable 6Gbps SAS drives | — |
| Expansion | Up to 14 SC200 or 7 SC220 expansion enclosures, up to 192 drives in one redundant SAS chain; up to two SC280 enclosures per the owner manual | — |
| Host connectivity | Per controller: two 16Gb Fibre Channel, four 8Gb Fibre Channel, two 10Gb iSCSI or four 12Gb SAS ports | — |
| Management | Dell Storage Manager Client, Storage Center OS | — |
| Power supply | Two redundant 580W power supply and cooling fan modules | — |
| Controller nodes | — | 2 |
| Form factor | — | 2U controller enclosure |
| Asic generation | — | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC |
| Max drives | — | Up to 240 SAS/NL-SAS/SSD drives |
| Max raw capacity | — | Up to 1.5PB raw capacity |
| Host interfaces | — | 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE |
| System cache | — | 64GB onboard memory plus flash cache support |
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