Dell Compellent SC4020 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2552
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 NetApp FAS2552 was a 2U SFF entry hybrid storage system accommodating 24 internal 2.5-inch SAS drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| Dell Compellent SC4020 | NetApp FAS Series FAS2552 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | unknown | end-of-support |
| Released | — | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Controller configuration | Two hot-swappable storage controllers | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Drive bays | 7 to 24 internal 2.5-inch hot-swappable 6Gbps SAS drives | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch 6Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS2246 shelves |
| 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 | UTA2 ports supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC or 10GbE, plus 1GbE ports |
| Management | Dell Storage Manager Client, Storage Center OS | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
| Power supply | Two redundant 580W power supply and cooling fan modules | — |
| 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 |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
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