HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8450 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //M70
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8450 is a quad-node all-flash enterprise storage array delivering over 1 million IOPS and sub-millisecond response times at massive scale. The Pure Storage FlashArray //M70 was Pure's high-end enterprise all-flash array of the //M generation.
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8450 | Pure Storage FlashArray //M70 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Pure Storage |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Aug 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | 4U rack all-flash array | 3U rack |
| Controller nodes | 2 or 4 active controllers | — |
| Form factor | 2U to 4U controller footprint | — |
| Asic generation | 3PAR Gen5 ASIC | — |
| Max drives | Up to 480 enterprise SAS solid-state drives | — |
| Max capacity | Over 7.3PB effective capacity | — |
| Host ports | 16Gb FC and 10GbE iSCSI | — |
| Performance | Over 1,000,000 IOPS at sub-millisecond latency | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 512TB raw with expansion shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 1.5PB effective with data reduction |
| Drive media | — | 12Gb SAS Flash Modules |
| Connectivity | — | 16Gb/8Gb FC, 10GbE iSCSI |
| Nvram | — | Dual NVRAM modules |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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