Product comparison · 2 nas & storage servers

Dell PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U) vs Iomega StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®

22specifications compared
14differ
8identical
37known for one product only

Key differences

Total installed storage capacity
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):1 TB
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:4 TB
Number of storage drives installed
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):2
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:4
Storage drive capacity
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):500 GB
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:1 TB
Storage drive interface
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:Serial ATA II
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):3
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:4
PS/2 ports quantity
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):1
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:0
Product colour
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):Silver
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:Black
Width
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):446 mm
- StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon®:482.6 mm

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Comparison of MD3600i, px12-450r
59 specifications	A Dell PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U) Model MD3600i View product	B Iomega StorCenter px12-450r Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® Model px12-450r View product
Storage4 differ
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	1 TB	4 TB
Number of storage drives installedDiffers	2	4
Number of storage drives supported	12	12
Storage drive capacityDiffers	500 GB	1 TB
Storage drive interfaceDiffers	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)	Serial ATA II
Storage drive size	3.5"	3.5"
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.17 ms
Processoridentical
Processor familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Xeon®
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5 GHz
Processor coresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Memoryidentical
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 GB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR3
Networkidentical
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Ethernet LAN data rates	10,100,1000 Mbit/s	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Wi-FiKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Jumbo frames supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
iSCSI supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Wake-on-LAN readyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compliance industry standardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CIFS/SMB/Rally (Microsoft), NFS (Linux/UNIX), AFP/Bonjour (Apple), FTP, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, Windows DFS, SNMP
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	3	4
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
FireWire 800Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	0
USB 1.1 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Chassis type	Rack (2U)	Rack (2U)
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Black
Performanceidentical
Multilingual supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Noise levelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	56 dB
Compatible memory cardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Not supported
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SNMP
Web-based managementKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200000 h
Poweridentical
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 W
Power supply unit (PSU) capacityKnown for one	600 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of power supply unitsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	446 mm	482.6 mm
DepthDiffers	561 mm	542.9 mm
HeightDiffers	86.8 mm	88.9 mm
WeightDiffers	29.3 kg	16.6 kg
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C	10 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	20 - 80%	8 - 85%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 60 °C
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-16 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP / Vista / 7 Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.8 Redhat Enterprise Linux 4/5 Desktop/Workstation, Ubuntu 7.10 - 10.10, Fedora 7/8, Fedora Core 5/6, OpenSUSE 10.3 - 11.3, Debian 4
Fibre ChannelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PC: Pentium 300Mhz Gigabit Ethernet Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 3.x, Safari 3 Macs: Gigabit Ethernet Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 3.x, Safari 3 Linux: Gigabit Ethernet Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 3.x, Safari 3
Networking featuresDiffers	10 Gigabit Ethernet	Gigabit LAN
Power requirementsDiffers	90 - 264 V, 47 / 63 Hz	100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz

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