HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //M50
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 is a modular 2-node or 4-node enterprise storage system powered by the 3PAR Gen5 ASIC. The Pure Storage FlashArray //M50 was a 3U high-performance enterprise all-flash storage system designed for multi-workload consolidation, large VMware farms, and high-transaction databases.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400 | Pure Storage FlashArray //M50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Pure Storage |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 4U rack enterprise array | 3U rack |
| Controller nodes | 2 or 4 active controller nodes | — |
| Form factor | 4U for 4-node configurations | — |
| Asic | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC | — |
| Max drives | Up to 576 SAS, NL-SAS, and SSD drives | — |
| Max raw capacity | Up to 4PB raw capacity | — |
| Connectivity | 16Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI, and 10GbE FCoE | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI |
| Data reduction | Hardware-accelerated inline deduplication and compression | Inline deduplication and compression |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 250TB raw with expansion shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 600TB effective |
| Drive media | — | 12Gb SAS Flash Modules |
| Nvram | — | Dual NVRAM modules |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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