Dell Unity 400 vs Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP G400
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC Unity 400 is a mid-tier hybrid storage array from the initial Unity generation, offering expanded processing power and memory over the entry Unity 300. The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G400 is a midrange enterprise hybrid storage array supporting up to 480 disk drives and 128GB cache memory.
| Dell Unity 400 | Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP G400 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Hitachi |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | May 2016 | Apr 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage processors (SPs), Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 8-core (2.4 GHz) per SP | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 96 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch drives in base DPE; expands up to 250 drives across SAS DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.5 PB raw capacity | — |
| Network onboard | 4-port 10GbE / 1GbE Base-T; 2x I/O module slots per SP supporting 8Gb/16Gb FC or 10GbE optical | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 800W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | 4U rack |
| Controllers | — | Dual active-active |
| Cache memory | — | 128GB |
| Max drives | — | 480 |
| Host interfaces | — | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10Gb/1Gb iSCSI |
| Max raw capacity | — | 2800TB |
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