HPE Alletra 5000 vs IBM FlashSystem 5035
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Alletra 5000 is an enterprise 4U adaptive hybrid storage array succeeding the Nimble Storage HF-Series. The IBM FlashSystem 5035 is an expandable 2U midrange storage system equipped with dual controllers and 64GB cache memory.
| HPE Alletra 5000 | IBM FlashSystem 5035 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | IBM |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2022 | Feb 2021 |
| Form factor | 4U rack storage array | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 4U dual-controller base array | 2U rack |
| Architecture | Active-standby dual controllers with NVRAM and SSD cache | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 294TB raw per base array, scalable past 1.2PB with expansion shelves | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb/16Gb Fibre Channel and 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25Gb/10Gb iSCSI, 12Gb SAS |
| Data reduction | Inline deduplication, inline variable-block compression, and thin provisioning | — |
| Availability | Guaranteed 99.9999% availability via InfoSight predictive analytics | — |
| Controllers | — | Dual active-active |
| Cache memory | — | 64GB |
| Max drives | — | 504 |
| Max raw capacity | — | 9.6PB |
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