Product comparison · 2 disk arrays

Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array vs Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3

12specifications compared
9differ
3identical
39known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 has 27.2 TB more total installed storage capacity than the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array (32 TB vs 4.8 TB). The Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array has 11.51 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 (12 Gbit/s vs 0.49 Gbit/s). The Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array has 365 mm more width than the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 (483 mm vs 118 mm). Chassis type: Rack (2U) on the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array, Tower on the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3. Product colour: Black on the Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array, Grey on the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3.

Total installed storage capacity
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:4.8 TB
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:32 TB
Data transfer rate
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:12 Gbit/s
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:0.49 Gbit/s
Chassis type
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:Rack (2U)
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Tower
Product colour
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:Black
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Grey
LED indicators
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:Yes
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Status
Width
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:483 mm
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:118 mm
Depth
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:602.9 mm
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:93.3 mm
Height
- PowerVault ME412 disk array:87.9 mm
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:217 mm

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Comparison of ME412, 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3
51 specifications	A Dell PowerVault ME412 disk array Model ME412 View product	B Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 View product
Storage2 differ
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	4.8 TB	32 TB
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, JBOD
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	0.49 Gbit/s
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7200 RPM
Supported storage drive typesKnown for one	HDD & SSD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one	12	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 interfacesKnown for one	SAS, Serial ATA III	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive sizes supportedKnown for one	3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectivityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Thunderbolt technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Thunderbolt ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Thunderbolt versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Design3 differ
Chassis typeDiffers	Rack (2U)	Tower
Product colourDiffers	Black	Grey
LED indicatorsDiffers	Yes	Status
Cable lock slotKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Cable lock slot typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Kensington
Device classKnown for one	Large Enterprise Business	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 7, Windows 8
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	483 mm	118 mm
DepthDiffers	602.9 mm	93.3 mm
HeightDiffers	87.9 mm	217 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.9 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	302 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	239 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.6 kg
Packaging content1 differ
Cables includedDiffers	AC	Thunderbolt
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LaCie Toolkit Software Suite, LaCie RAID Manager
Packaging contentKnown for one	24Gb HD-Mini SAS4 Cable, 1m, Quantity 4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600 MB
Performanceidentical
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512e	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityKnown for one	580 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input voltageKnown for one	250 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one	50 - 60 Hz	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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