Dell VxRail E Series E560 vs Lenovo ThinkAgile HX3320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell VxRail E560 is the 1U model of the E Series in Dell's VxRail hyperconverged range, sold as the E560 hybrid, E560F all-flash and E560N all-NVMe versions. The ThinkAgile HX3320 is Lenovo's turnkey 1U hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) appliance built in partnership with Nutanix.
| Dell VxRail E Series E560 | Lenovo ThinkAgile HX3320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | unknown | end-of-sale |
| Released | — | Oct 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U rack (1 node) | 1U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Up to two Intel Xeon Scalable Family processors; Dell notes a maximum of 205 W, 28 core processor in the appliance | Dual Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake-SP) or 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake-SP) processors up to 205W TDP |
| Memory slots | — | 24 |
| Memory type | DDR4 RDIMM / LRDIMM | DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM / LRDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 3,072 | 3,072 |
| Drive bays | Up to 10x 2.5-inch hot-swap NVMe, SAS, SATA SSD or Nearline SAS drives | Up to 10x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays (supporting all-flash SSD or hybrid SSD+HDD configurations) |
| Pcie slots | PCIe Gen 3 via risers: riser configuration 2 gives three x16 low-profile half-length slots; configuration 4 gives two | Up to 3 PCIe 3.0 slots plus dedicated LOM slot |
| Gpu support | 1 to 2 NVIDIA Tesla T4 (E Series sheet) | — |
| Network onboard | Four rear NIC ports as either 4x RJ45 (100 Mb, 1 Gb, 10 Gb) or 4x SFP+ 10 Gb; the E Series sheet also lists a 2x 25GbE SFP28 option | Dual 10GbE / 25GbE SFP+ optical ports plus 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Power supply | Two PSUs: 1100 W AC (Platinum), 1100 W DC (-48 to -60 V) or 1100 W mixed-mode HVDC | Dual redundant 750W / 1100W AC 80 PLUS Platinum hot-swap power supplies |
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