HPE MSA 2050 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE MSA 2050 is a 2U hybrid and all-flash SAN array delivering over 200,000 IOPS for small-to-midsize business application consolidation. The ThinkSystem DE4000H is a midrange hybrid storage array engineered for demanding transactional workloads, backup consolidations, and streaming media.
| HPE MSA 2050 | Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jul 2017 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack enterprise SAN | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 2U rack mount (12 LFF or 24 SFF) | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active converged controllers with 16GB total system cache | — |
| Host ports | 4 ports per controller (16Gb/8Gb FC or 10GbE/1GbE iSCSI SFP+) | — |
| Performance | Up to 200,000 IOPS | — |
| Max drives | Up to 192 SFF or 96 LFF drives with seven disk enclosures | — |
| Data protection | 512 snapshots included standard with asynchronous remote replication | — |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 3.0 PB raw with expansion units across 192 drives |
| Drive bays | — | 2U12 LFF, 2U24 SFF, or high-density 4U60 enclosure |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 913W AC power supplies (2U) or 2320W (4U60) |
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