Dell Unity 500 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC Unity 500 is a dual-controller 2U hybrid unified storage platform providing simultaneous block (Fibre Channel, iSCSI) and file (NFS, SMB) protocol presentation. The ThinkSystem DE4000H is a midrange hybrid storage array engineered for demanding transactional workloads, backup consolidations, and streaming media.
| Dell Unity 500 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2016 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active Storage Processors, 2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 (8 cores, 2.4 GHz per SP) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 128 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch drives in base DPE; expands up to 500 drives across SAS DAEs | 2U12 LFF, 2U24 SFF, or high-density 4U60 enclosure |
| Raw capacity | Up to 2.1 PB raw hybrid capacity | Up to 3.0 PB raw with expansion units across 192 drives |
| Network onboard | 4-port 10GBASE-T / 1GbE 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 | Dual redundant 913W AC power supplies (2U) or 2320W (4U60) |
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