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Product comparison · 2 disk arrays

Dell PowerVault ME5224 disk array vs TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3

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  • 13specifications compared
  • 9differ
  • 4identical
  • 43known for one product only

Key differences

The TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3 has 4 more storage drives installed than the Dell PowerVault ME5224 disk array (8 vs 4). The TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3 has 16.64 TB more total installed storage capacity than the Dell PowerVault ME5224 disk array (32 TB vs 15.36 TB). The TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3 has 0.16 TB more storage drive capacity than the Dell PowerVault ME5224 disk array (4 TB vs 3.84 TB). Chassis type: Rack (2U) on the Dell PowerVault ME5224 disk array, Desktop on the TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3. Product colour: Black on the Dell PowerVault ME5224 disk array, Aluminium on the TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3.

  • Number of storage drives installed
    • 4
    • 8
  • Total installed storage capacity
    • 15.36 TB
    • 32 TB
  • Storage drive capacity
    • 3.84 TB
    • 4 TB
  • Chassis type
    • Rack (2U)
    • Desktop
  • Product colour
    • Black
    • Aluminium
  • Power supply unit (PSU) capacity
    • 580 W
    • 300 W
  • Width
    • 483 mm
    • 184 mm
  • Depth
    • 547.8 mm
    • 315 mm

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56 specifications
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Dell

PowerVault ME5224 disk array

Model ME5224

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TerraMaster

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Storage3 differ
Storage drives installedYesYes
Number of storage drives installedDiffers48
Total installed storage capacityDiffers15.36 TB32 TB
Supported storage drive typesHDD & SSDHDD & SSD
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one8
Maximum supported storage capacityKnown for one128 TB
Storage drive capacityDiffers3.84 TB4 TB
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for oneSerial ATA
Storage drive sizes supported2.5,3.5"2.5,3.5"
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 5, 10
Hot-swap drive baysKnown for oneYes
Installed storage drive typeKnown for oneSSD
Storage drive interfaceKnown for oneSerial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Storage drive sizeKnown for one2.5"
Data transfer rateKnown for one24 Gbit/s
Hot-Plug supportKnown for oneYes
Instant Secure Erase (ISE)Known for oneYes
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectivityKnown for oneNo
Thunderbolt technologyKnown for oneYes
Thunderbolt ports quantityKnown for one2
Thunderbolt versionKnown for one3
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one1
DisplayPort versionKnown for one1.2
Design2 differ
Chassis typeDiffersRack (2U)Desktop
Product colourDiffersBlackAluminium
LED indicatorsKnown for oneHDD, Power, SSD
CoolingKnown for oneYes
Noise levelKnown for one24 dB
Number of fansKnown for one2 fan(s)
Fan diameterKnown for one9 cm
CertificationKnown for oneCE, FCC, CCC, KC
Device classKnown for oneLarge Enterprise Business
Power1 differ
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityDiffers580 W300 W
Number of power supply units11
AC input voltageKnown for one100 - 240 V
AC input frequencyKnown for one50 - 60 Hz
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportKnown for oneYes
System requirementsidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneYes
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers483 mm184 mm
DepthDiffers547.8 mm315 mm
HeightDiffers87.9 mm266 mm
WeightKnown for one5.3 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one320 mm
Package depthKnown for one397 mm
Package heightKnown for one381 mm
Package weightKnown for one7 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for oneAC, Thunderbolt
Packaging contentKnown for onePower Cord - C13, 3M, 125V, 15A (North America, Guam, North Marianas, Philippines, Samoa, Vietnam)
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one5 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one-20 - 60 °C
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for oneRoHS
Connector(s)Known for one32Gb FC 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
Performanceidentical
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512e

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