Dell Unity 500F vs Pure Storage FlashArray //M50
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC Unity 500F is a high-performance 2U all-flash storage array configured with dual 10-core Intel Xeon processors and 128GB of memory cache. The Pure Storage FlashArray //M50 was a 3U high-performance enterprise all-flash storage system designed for multi-workload consolidation, large VMware farms, and high-transaction databases.
| Dell Unity 500F | Pure Storage FlashArray //M50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Pure Storage |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | May 2016 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 3U rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active Storage Processors, 2x Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 (10 cores, 2.6 GHz per SP) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 128 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs in base DPE; expands up to 500 flash drives across DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 2.1 PB raw all-flash capacity | Up to 250TB raw with expansion shelves |
| 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 active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 600TB effective |
| Drive media | — | 12Gb SAS Flash Modules |
| Connectivity | — | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI |
| Nvram | — | Dual NVRAM modules |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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