Dell VMAX 100K vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400c
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The EMC VMAX 100K is an enterprise tier-1 hybrid storage array marking the entry point of the VMAX3 generation. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400c is an enterprise quad-node modular storage array designed for consolidated multi-tenant virtualization and enterprise ERP deployments.
| Dell VMAX 100K | HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400c | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-sale |
| Released | Sep 2014 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | system bay rack | 4U rack enterprise array |
| Cpu platform | 1 or 2 VMAX3 Engines (2 to 4 directors), Intel Xeon Ivy Bridge multi-core processors | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 2,048 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 1440x 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SAS/NL-SAS/SSD drives across high-density DAEs | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.5 PB raw storage capacity | Up to 1.2PB raw capacity |
| Network onboard | Front-end I/O supporting 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 8Gb FICON | — |
| Power supply | Redundant 2000W AC power supplies with dual external SPS battery units | — |
| Controller nodes | — | 2 or 4 active controller nodes |
| Form factor | — | 4U for 4-node controller setup |
| Asic | — | 3PAR Gen4 ASIC with hardware zero-detect engine |
| Max drives | — | Up to 480 drives with expansion enclosures |
| Connectivity | — | 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE |
| Management | — | 3PAR Management Console and SSMC |
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