Dell Unity 400 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2650
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 NetApp FAS2650 was a 2U SFF entry hybrid storage system featuring 24 internal 2.5-inch drive bays and dual ONTAP controllers.
| Dell Unity 400 | NetApp FAS Series FAS2650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2016 | Sep 2016 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U 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 | Up to 24x internal 2.5-inch 12Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS224C shelves |
| 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 | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon 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 1.4PB per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GBase-T and UTA2 ports for 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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