Dell VMAX 950F vs HPE Alletra 9000
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell EMC VMAX 950F represents the final, fastest evolution of the VMAX all-flash architecture, upgraded with Intel Xeon Broadwell 18-core processors and 32Gb Fibre Channel connectivity. The HPE Alletra 9000 is an enterprise Tier-0 mission critical all-NVMe storage array inheriting the architectural DNA and dedicated ASIC technology of HPE Primera.
| Dell VMAX 950F | HPE Alletra 9000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | May 2017 | May 2021 |
| Form factor | system bay multi-cabinet | 4U rack mission-critical array |
| Cpu platform | Up to 8 V-Bricks (16 directors), Intel Xeon Broadwell 18-core processors (288 total cores) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 16,384 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 480x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs across high-density DAE enclosures | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 4.4 PB effective all-flash storage | — |
| Network onboard | Front-end ports supporting 32Gb/16Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI, and 16Gb FICON | — |
| Power supply | Redundant multi-cabinet high-voltage power distribution units with battery vaults | — |
| Form factor | — | 4U base chassis housing 2 or 4 controller nodes |
| Architecture | — | Active-active multi-node symmetric controller architecture |
| Drive type | — | All-NVMe enterprise SSDs |
| Maximum iops | — | Exceeding 2,000,000 IOPS |
| Host ports | — | 32Gb Fibre Channel and 100GbE / 25GbE NVMe-oF RoCEv2 |
| Availability guarantee | — | 100% data availability guarantee standard |
| Cloud management | — | HPE GreenLake Data Services Cloud Console |
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