Dell Unity XT 380XT vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2750
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 NetApp FAS2750 was a popular 2U SFF entry hybrid storage system holding 24 internal 2.5-inch drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| Dell Unity XT 380XT | NetApp FAS Series FAS2750 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2019 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage processors (SPs), Intel Xeon Skylake 6-core (1.7 GHz) per SP | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 128 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch drives in base DPE; expands up to 500 drives across SAS DAEs | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch 12Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS224C shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 2.4 PB raw capacity | — |
| Network onboard | 4-port 10GbE / 1GbE Base-T embedded; 2x I/O module slots per SP supporting 16Gb/32Gb FC or 25GbE optical | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1050W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs and 10K SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 17PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GBase-T and UTA2 ports supporting 16Gb FC or 10GbE SFP+ |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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