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Product comparison · 2 disk arrays

Dell PowerVault ME5212 disk array vs Seagate Exos E 2U12

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  • 11specifications compared
  • 5differ
  • 6identical
  • 31known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Exos E 2U12 has 1 more power supply units than the Dell PowerVault ME5212 disk array (2 vs 1). The Seagate Exos E 2U12 has 11.3 mm more depth than the Dell PowerVault ME5212 disk array (630 mm vs 618.7 mm). The Seagate Exos E 2U12 has 1 mm more height than the Dell PowerVault ME5212 disk array (88.9 mm vs 87.9 mm). Only the Dell PowerVault ME5212 disk array has storage drives installed. Installed storage drive type: HDD on the Dell PowerVault ME5212 disk array, No on the Seagate Exos E 2U12.

  • Storage drives installed
    • Yes
    • No
  • Installed storage drive type
    • HDD
    • No
  • Number of power supply units
    • 1
    • 2
  • Depth
    • 618.7 mm
    • 630 mm
  • Height
    • 87.9 mm
    • 88.9 mm

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42 specifications
A

Dell

PowerVault ME5212 disk array

Model ME5212

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B

Seagate

Exos E 2U12View product
Storage2 differ
Storage drives installedDiffersYesNo
Installed storage drive typeDiffersHDDNo
Supported storage drive typesHDD & SSDHDD & SSD
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one12
Storage drive interfaceSerial Attached SCSI (SAS)Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Storage drive size3.5"3.5"
Hot-swap drive baysKnown for oneYes
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one4
Total installed storage capacityKnown for one80 TB
Storage drive capacityKnown for one20 TB
Data transfer rateKnown for one12 Gbit/s
Hot-Plug supportKnown for oneYes
Instant Secure Erase (ISE)Known for oneYes
HDD speedKnown for one7200 RPM
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectivityKnown for oneNo
Mini-SAS host portKnown for oneYes
Number of mini-SAS host portsKnown for one3
RJ-45 ports quantityKnown for one2
Remote management portKnown for oneRJ-45 (Gigabit)
Serial interface typeKnown for oneRS-232
Designidentical
Chassis typeRack (2U)Rack (2U)
Product colourKnown for oneBlack, Metallic
CoolingKnown for oneYes
Hot-swap fan moduleKnown for oneYes
Device classKnown for oneLarge Enterprise Business
Power1 differ
Power supply unit (PSU) capacity580 W580 W
Number of power supply unitsDiffers12
AC input voltageKnown for one90 - 264 V
AC input frequencyKnown for one50 - 60 Hz
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportKnown for oneYes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width483 mm483 mm
DepthDiffers618.7 mm630 mm
HeightDiffers87.9 mm88.9 mm
WeightKnown for one26 kg
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one5 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one10 - 80%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one-40 - 70 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 100%
Performanceidentical
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512e
Other featuresidentical
Connector(s)Known for one12Gb SAS 8 port
Built-in processorKnown for oneYes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneWindows 2025 (inc. Hyper-V), Windows 2022 (inc. hyper-V) RHEL 9.5, 8.10 SLES 15 SLES 15 SP6, SLES 12 SP 8 VMware 9.0 and 8.0 U3

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