HPE Alletra 6000 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X50
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Alletra 6000 is an all-NVMe enterprise storage array derived from HPE's Nimble Storage DNA and CASL/NimbleOS architecture. The Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 was a 3U midrange enterprise all-flash NVMe array delivering high IOPS and multi-petabyte effective storage for Oracle, SQL Server, and VMware estates.
| HPE Alletra 6000 | Pure Storage FlashArray //X50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2021 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 3U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Dual Active/Standby Controllers running Nimble OS architecture on AMD EPYC processors | — |
| Memory slots | 16 | — |
| Memory type | DDR4 ECC Registered RDIMM with NVDIMM cache protection | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 512 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 24 NVMe SSDs in a 4U dual-controller array enclosure; optional NVMe expansion shelves | — |
| Pcie slots | Up to 6 host interface card slots per controller pair | — |
| Gpu support | — | — |
| Network onboard | Dual 10GbE management/data ports plus optional 10GbE/25GbE iSCSI or 16Gb/32Gb Fibre Channel host cards | — |
| Raw capacity | Scales from 23TB up to over 4PB effective capacity with inline deduplication and compression | Up to 670TB raw with DirectFlash shelves |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 1600W hot-plug Platinum power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 2PB effective |
| Drive media | — | NVMe DirectFlash Modules (4.5TB, 9.1TB, 18.2TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF |
| Nvram | — | Dual hot-swappable NVRAM modules |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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