HPE Alletra 9000 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X90 R4
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Alletra 9000 is an enterprise Tier-0 mission critical all-NVMe storage array inheriting the architectural DNA and dedicated ASIC technology of HPE Primera. The Pure Storage FlashArray //X90 R4 is Pure's high-end enterprise all-NVMe storage system built for maximum performance density and mission-critical reliability.
| HPE Alletra 9000 | Pure Storage FlashArray //X90 R4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2021 | Jun 2023 |
| Form factor | 4U rack mission-critical array | 3U rack |
| Form factor | 4U base chassis housing 2 or 4 controller nodes | — |
| Architecture | Active-active multi-node symmetric controller architecture | — |
| Drive type | All-NVMe enterprise SSDs | — |
| Maximum iops | Exceeding 2,000,000 IOPS | — |
| Host ports | 32Gb Fibre Channel and 100GbE / 25GbE NVMe-oF RoCEv2 | — |
| Availability guarantee | 100% data availability guarantee standard | — |
| Cloud management | HPE GreenLake Data Services Cloud Console | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Dual high-frequency Intel Xeon Scalable processors per controller (PCIe Gen 4) |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 3.3PB raw with DirectFlash shelves |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 11PB effective with data reduction |
| Drive media | — | NVMe DirectFlash Modules (DFMs up to 75TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 64Gb/32Gb FC, 100GbE/25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF (TCP/RoCE) |
| Data reduction | — | Always-on inline deduplication and compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 cloud-based management |
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