HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //M20
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 is a dual-node enterprise storage array powered by the 3PAR Gen5 ASIC. The Pure Storage FlashArray //M20 was a 3U midrange all-flash array designed for virtualization consolidation and SQL/Oracle database environments.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200 | Pure Storage FlashArray //M20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Pure Storage |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 2U rack enterprise array | 3U rack |
| Controller nodes | 2 | — |
| Form factor | 2U controller enclosure | — |
| Asic generation | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC | — |
| Max drives | Up to 240 SAS/NL-SAS/SSD drives | — |
| Max raw capacity | Up to 1.5PB raw capacity | — |
| Host interfaces | 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE | — |
| System cache | 64GB onboard memory plus flash cache support | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 120TB raw with expansion shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 300TB effective |
| Drive media | — | 12Gb SAS Flash Modules |
| Connectivity | — | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI |
| Nvram | — | Dual NVRAM modules with supercapacitor backup |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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