Dell Unity 400F vs NetApp AFF A-Series AFF8040
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 NetApp All Flash FAS 8040 (AFF8040) was a 6U midrange all-flash array designed for consolidated enterprise workloads requiring predictable sub-millisecond response times.
| Dell Unity 400F | NetApp AFF A-Series AFF8040 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | May 2016 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 6U modular rack |
| 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 | Connects to DS2246 SAS SSD drive shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.5 PB raw all-flash storage capacity | — |
| 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 | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 6U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel Xeon processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 64GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | SAS SSDs (400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.8TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 2.8PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | PCIe slots supporting 16Gb FC, 8Gb FC, 10GbE, and 1GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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