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Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array vs Dell ME424 Expansion

19specifications compared
6differ
13identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Dell ME424 Expansion has 52.8 TB more total installed storage capacity than the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array (57.6 TB vs 4.8 TB). The Dell ME424 Expansion has 12 more storage drives supported than the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array (24 vs 12). The Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array has 1" more storage drive sizes supported than the Dell ME424 Expansion (3.5" vs 2.5"). Only the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array has storage drives installed. Installed storage drive type: HDD on the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array, No on the Dell ME424 Expansion.

Storage drives installed
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:Yes
- ME424 Expansion:No
Installed storage drive type
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:HDD
- ME424 Expansion:No
Total installed storage capacity
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:4.8 TB
- ME424 Expansion:57.6 TB
Number of storage drives supported
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:12
- ME424 Expansion:24
Supported storage drive interfaces
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:SAS, Serial ATA III
- ME424 Expansion:SAS
Storage drive sizes supported
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:3.5"
- ME424 Expansion:2.5"

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Comparison of ME412, ME424 Expansion
35 specifications	A Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array Model ME412 View product	B Dell ME424 Expansion View product
Storage6 differ
Storage drives installedDiffers	Yes	No
Installed storage drive typeDiffers	HDD	No
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	4.8 TB	57.6 TB
Number of storage drives supportedDiffers	12	24
Storage drive capacityKnown for one	2.4 TB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive interfaceKnown for one	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive sizeKnown for one	3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA III	SAS
Storage drive sizes supportedDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
BezelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Performanceidentical
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512e	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power cable lengthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 m
Power cable connector 1Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NBR14136
Power cable connector 2Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	C13 coupler
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.8 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Packaging contentKnown for one	24Gb HD-Mini SAS4 Cable, 1m, Quantity 4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 80%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 65 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source

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