Dell Unity 600 vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC Unity 600 represents the peak performance tier of the original hybrid Unity generation, powered by dual 12-core Intel Xeon processors and 256GB of system memory. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 is a modular 2-node or 4-node enterprise storage system powered by the 3PAR Gen5 ASIC.
| Dell Unity 600 | HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2016 | Aug 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 4U rack enterprise array |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active Storage Processors, 2x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 (12 cores, 2.5 GHz per SP) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 256 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch drives in base DPE; expands up to 1000 drives across SAS DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 4.0 PB raw hybrid 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 nodes | — | 2 or 4 active controller nodes |
| Form factor | — | 4U for 4-node configurations |
| Asic | — | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC |
| Max drives | — | Up to 576 SAS, NL-SAS, and SSD drives |
| Max raw capacity | — | Up to 4PB raw capacity |
| Connectivity | — | 16Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE |
| Data reduction | — | Hardware-accelerated inline deduplication and compression |
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