HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400c vs Pure Storage FlashArray //FA-450
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400c is an enterprise quad-node modular storage array designed for consolidated multi-tenant virtualization and enterprise ERP deployments. The Pure Storage FlashArray //FA-450 was the high-end model of the FA-400 series, delivering up to 200,000 IOPS and sub-millisecond response times for large database consolidation.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400c | Pure Storage FlashArray //FA-450 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Pure Storage |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Jun 2014 | May 2014 |
| Form factor | 4U rack enterprise array | 2U rack |
| 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 | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 1.2PB raw capacity | Up to 70TB raw |
| Connectivity | 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI |
| Management | 3PAR Management Console and SSMC | Purity GUI and CLI |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure with external flash shelves |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA 4.x |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 250TB effective |
| Drive media | — | 6Gb SAS SSDs |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
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