Dell Unity XT 380XT vs HPE MSA 2060
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell Unity XT 380 is a versatile 2U dual-controller hybrid flash storage array designed for mid-sized enterprises, branch offices, and cost-effective multi-protocol virtualization. The HPE MSA 2060 is a flash-ready hybrid storage array engineered to provide affordable application acceleration for small and medium businesses (SMB) and branch office deployments.
| Dell Unity XT 380XT | HPE MSA 2060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2019 | Sep 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage processors (SPs), Intel Xeon Skylake 6-core (1.7 GHz) per SP | Dual Active/Active ASIC-accelerated Storage Controllers |
| Memory max (GB) | 128 | 24 |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch drives in base DPE; expands up to 500 drives across SAS DAEs | 2U24 SFF or 2U12 LFF base chassis; supports up to 9 drive expansion enclosures (up to 240 SFF or 120 LFF drives) |
| Raw capacity | Up to 2.4 PB raw capacity | Up to 921TB SFF or 2.16PB LFF raw capacity with expansion enclosures |
| Network onboard | 4-port 10GbE / 1GbE Base-T embedded; 2x I/O module slots per SP supporting 16Gb/32Gb FC or 25GbE optical | 4 host ports per controller (8 ports total): 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, or 12Gb SAS |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1050W Platinum power supplies | Dual redundant 580W hot-plug AC power supplies |
| Cpu sockets | — | 2 |
| Memory slots | — | — |
| Memory type | — | 12GB System Cache per Controller (24GB total per array) |
| Pcie slots | — | — |
| Gpu support | — | — |
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