Dell Unity 400F vs HPE Nimble Storage AF40
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC Unity 400F is a midrange 2U all-flash storage system powered by dual 8-core Intel Xeon processors and 96GB of memory. The HPE Nimble Storage AF40 is a midrange 4U all-flash storage system designed for demanding enterprise applications, high-density server virtualization, and mission-critical relational databases.
| Dell Unity 400F | HPE Nimble Storage AF40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2016 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack all-flash array |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active Storage Processors, 2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 (8 cores, 2.4 GHz per SP) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 96 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs in base DPE; expands up to 250 flash drives across DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.5 PB raw all-flash storage capacity | 11TB to 92TB raw flash in base chassis |
| Network onboard | 4-port 10GBASE-T embedded; 2x I/O module slots per SP supporting 16Gb FC or 10GbE optical | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug power supplies with integrated battery backup modules | — |
| Form factor | — | 4U rack enclosure |
| Controllers | — | Dual active-standby all-flash controllers |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 450TB effective capacity |
| Interfaces | — | Dual-port 32G/16G FC or 25G/10G iSCSI per controller |
| Encryption | — | FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified data-at-rest encryption standard |
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