Dell Unity XT 880F vs NetApp AFF A700
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell Unity XT 880F is the top-of-the-line all-flash storage array in the Unity XT series, built for the highest-tier enterprise mission-critical databases, healthcare PACS archives, and massive virtualization clusters. The NetApp AFF A700 was an 8U high-end enterprise modular all-flash storage system designed for massive IOPS, extensive PCIe connectivity, and zero-downtime controller upgrades.
| Dell Unity XT 880F | NetApp AFF A700 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | NetApp |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2019 | Sep 2016 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 8U modular rack |
| Cpu platform | Dual active-active storage processors (SPs), Intel Xeon Skylake 16-core (2.1 GHz) per SP | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 768 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 25x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs in base DPE; expands up to 1500 all-flash SSDs across DAEs | Connects to DS224C and DS2246 SAS SSD drive shelves |
| Raw capacity | Up to 16.0 PB raw capacity (up to 48 PB effective with 3:1 data reduction) | — |
| Network onboard | 4-port 10GbE / 1GbE; 2x I/O module slots per SP supporting 16Gb/32Gb FC or 25GbE optical | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1800W Platinum power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual modular controllers in 8U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual Intel Xeon 18-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 512GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs (960GB, 3.8TB, 7.6TB, 15.3TB, 30.7TB) |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 175PB in a 24-node cluster |
| Host connectivity | — | Up to 20 PCIe expansion slots supporting 40GbE, 32Gb FC, 16Gb FC, and 10GbE |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp ONTAP 9 |
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