Unity XT overview
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Unity XT storage is designed for all-flash arrays and is available for converged deployment, as a hybrid system, and as a software-defined virtual edition.[1]
The following figure shows the Unity XT product family:
Figure 2. Unity XT product family
Dell EMC offers the Unity XT platform as all-flash systems with the 380F, 480F, 680F, and 880F models and as hybrid systems with the 380, 480, 680, and 880 models.
The following table shows some high-level specifications for the Unity XT models. For more information, see the Unity XT data and specification sheets under Dell EMC Unity Family Technical Documentation.
Table 1. Unity XT storage specifications by model
Specification
380/380F
480/480F
680/680F
880/880F
Minimum/maximum drives
6/500
6/750
6/1000
6/1500
RAID options
1/0, 5, 6
CPUs per array
2 Intel CPUs, 12 cores per array, 1.7 GHz
2 dual-socket Intel CPUs, 32 cores per array, 1.8 GHz
2 dual-socket Intel CPUs, 48 cores per array, 2.1 GHz
2 dual-socket Intel CPUs, 64 cores per array, 2.1 GHz
System memory/cache per array
128 GB
192 GB
384 GB
768 GB
Maximum front-end (FE) ports per array (all types)
24
24
24
24
Maximum FC ports per array
20
16
16
16
Maximum 10/25 GbE ports per array
24 (10 GbE)
16 (25 GbE)
24 (10/25 GbE)
24 (10/25 GbE)
24 (10/25 GbE)
Maximum raw capacity
2.4 PB
4.0 PB
8.0 PB
16.0 PB
All Unity XT models are certified for SAP HANA TDI deployments using either FC SAN or NAS (NFS) protocols. When using one of the hybrid models, ensure that the storage pools serving the SAP HANA persistence (data and log) reside on flash disks.