Product comparison · 2 nas & storage servers

Dell PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U) vs Iomega px12-450r 16TB

22specifications compared
15differ
7identical
32known for one product only

Key differences

Total installed storage capacity
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):1 TB
- px12-450r 16TB:16 TB
Number of storage drives installed
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):2
- px12-450r 16TB:4
Storage drive capacity
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):500 GB
- px12-450r 16TB:4 TB
Storage drive interface
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
- px12-450r 16TB:Serial ATA II
RAID levels
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):0, 1, 5, 6, 10
- px12-450r 16TB:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):3
- px12-450r 16TB:4
Product colour
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):Silver
- px12-450r 16TB:Black
Width
- PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U):446 mm
- px12-450r 16TB:482.6 mm

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Comparison of MD3600i, px12-450r 16TB
54 specifications	A Dell PowerVault MD3600i Rack (2U) Model MD3600i View product	B Iomega px12-450r 16TB View product
Storage5 differ
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	1 TB	16 TB
Number of storage drives installedDiffers	2	4
Number of storage drives supported	12	12
Storage drive capacityDiffers	500 GB	4 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 levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 6, 10	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD
Supported file systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ext2, ext3, FAT32, HFS+, NTFS
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
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, IEEE 802.3ab
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 Mbit/s
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CIFS/SMB/Rally, NFS, AFP/Bonjour, FTP, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, Windows DFS, SNMP
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	3	4
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown 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
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SNMP
Web-based managementKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Security algorithmsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HTTPS
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200000 h
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 W
Power consumption (sleep)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	110 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
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LAN (RJ-45)
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C	10 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	20 - 80%	8 - 85%
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 12192 m
Operating altitudeDiffers	-16 - 3048 m	0 - 2286 m
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
Other features2 differ
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 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
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Internet Explorer 7.0 Firefox 3.x + Safari 3 +
Networking featuresDiffers	10 Gigabit Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet
Power requirementsDiffers	90 - 264 V, 47 / 63 Hz	100 - 240V, 50/60 Hz

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