Dell Unity XT Unity 400 vs HPE Alletra 5000
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 HPE Alletra 5000 is an enterprise 4U adaptive hybrid storage array succeeding the Nimble Storage HF-Series.
| Dell Unity XT Unity 400 | HPE Alletra 5000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-support | current |
| Released | May 2016 | May 2022 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack storage array |
| 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 | Up to 294TB raw per base array, scalable past 1.2PB with expansion shelves |
| 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 dual-controller base array |
| Architecture | — | Active-standby dual controllers with NVRAM and SSD cache |
| Host interfaces | — | 32Gb/16Gb Fibre Channel and 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication, inline variable-block compression, and thin provisioning |
| Availability | — | Guaranteed 99.9999% availability via InfoSight predictive analytics |
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