Product comparison · 2 disk arrays

Dell ME424 Expansion vs Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3

11specifications compared
11differ
0identical
35known for one product only

Key differences

The Dell ME424 Expansion has 25.6 TB more total installed storage capacity than the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 (57.6 TB vs 32 TB). The Dell ME424 Expansion has 365 mm more width than the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 (483 mm vs 118 mm). The Dell ME424 Expansion has 509.6 mm more depth than the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 (602.9 mm vs 93.3 mm). Only the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 has storage drives installed. Installed storage drive type: No on the Dell ME424 Expansion, HDD on the Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3.

Storage drives installed
- ME424 Expansion:No
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Yes
Installed storage drive type
- ME424 Expansion:No
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:HDD
Total installed storage capacity
- ME424 Expansion:57.6 TB
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:32 TB
Chassis type
- ME424 Expansion:Rack (2U)
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Tower
Product colour
- ME424 Expansion:Black
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Grey
LED indicators
- ME424 Expansion:Yes
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Status
Width
- ME424 Expansion:483 mm
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:118 mm
Depth
- ME424 Expansion:602.9 mm
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:93.3 mm

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Comparison of ME424 Expansion, 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3
46 specifications	A Dell ME424 Expansion View product	B Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 View product
Storage3 differ
Storage drives installedDiffers	No	Yes
Installed storage drive typeDiffers	No	HDD
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	57.6 TB	32 TB
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, JBOD
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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	24	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	SAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive sizes supportedKnown for one	2.5"	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
BezelKnown for one	Yes	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 & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	483 mm	118 mm
DepthDiffers	602.9 mm	93.3 mm
HeightDiffers	87.9 mm	217 mm
WeightDiffers	4.8 kg	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
Other featuresidentical
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600 MB
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
Power cable lengthKnown for one	2 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power cable connector 1Known for one	NBR14136	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power cable connector 2Known for one	C13 coupler	Unknown — not stated by the source

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