Processor

2 Intel® Xeon® CPUs
24 cores, 2.2 GHz

Functional

All-flash, all-NVMe storage appliance
Unified support for block, file, vVols and container-based workloads

Memory

192 GB DRAM

System Overview

Base enclosure
2U enclosure with dual active/active nodes
25 2.5” NVMe drive slots
Four IO modules
Dual redundant power supplies

Expansion enclosures
2U enclosure (up to three per appliance)
24 2.5″ NVMe drive slots
Supported model: ENS24
Dual redundant power supplies

System Limits
Max Initiators: 2,000
Max Block Volumes/Clones (FC/iSCSI/NVMe): 1,500
Max Volumes per Volume Group: 75
Max Volume Groups: 125
Max Volume Size: 256TB
Max Snapshots (Block): 50,000
Max User File Systems: 1,500
Max NAS Servers: 50
Max File System Size: 256TB
Max vVol Storage Containers: 50
Max vVols: 9,000

Expansion Capacity

Expansion method
Scale-up: Base plus up to 3 expansion enclosures per appliance
Scale-out: Up to 4 appliances per cluster
Clusters include load balancing intelligence, allow seamless data movement between appliances.

Per appliance
Max capacity: 6.16 PBe
Max drives: 97

Per cluster
Max capacity: 24.64 PBe
Max drives: 388

Connectivity

Front-end network protocols
Block: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP
VMware vVols 2.0: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP
File: NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1; CIFS (SMB 1), SMB 2, SMB 3.0, SMB 3.02, and SMB 3.1.1; FTP and SFTP

Front-end network ports
Max network ports: 24
Max 16/32Gb FC ports: 16
Max 10GBase-T/iSCSI ports: 24
Max 10/25 GBE/iSCSI ports: 24
Max 100GbE/iSCSI ports: 8

Back-end expansion ports
4 x 25Gbe

Management ports
1Gbe

Media Types

NVMe TLC SSDs
1.92TB
3.84TB
7.68TB
15.36TB

NVMe SCM SSDs
750GB SC (base enclosure only)

^{* All drives are SED. FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 level 2 validated drives are available as an option. Consult a Dell or Partner Sales Rep for additional guidance.}

Software

All software required to store data and manage the appliance is included with PowerStore purchase. Upgrades are non-disruptive.

Data Optimization

Efficiency
Thin provisioning
Thin clones
Dynamic Resiliency Engine

Data Reduction
5:1 DRR guarantee
Hardware-based compression
Global deduplication (entire appliance)
Zero detect

Data Protection

Local Protection
SED-based encryption with self-managed and external key management
Local Point-In-Time Copies (Snapshots and Thin Clones)
Immutable & Secure Snapshots
File Level Retention (FLR)

Remote Protection
Native Synchronous/Asynchronous Block Replication
Native Synchronous/Asynchronous File Replication
Native Metro Volume Synchronous Block Replication (including 3rd-site Witness)
Native Asynchronous File Replication
Native PowerProtect DD integration – manage local or multicloud backups directly from PowerStore

Security

US Department of Defense:  DoDIN APL for PowerStoreOS 3.5
Common Criteria EAL2 – in process
Data-at-Rest Encryption
(KMIP) compliant external key manager
IPv6 USGv6-R1 certification
Multi-factor authentication via RSA SecurID
Secure and immutable snapshots
Native SHA2 certificate
Dell Common Event Enabler; AntiVirus Agent (CEPA)

Other compliance
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance
Secure TLS communication

Management

PowerStore Manager UI
CLI, REST API
Infrastructure Observability (cloud-based storage analytics) with ProSupport
Proactive Assist: Configure remote support, online chat, open a service request, etc.
Quality of Service (Block and vVols)
Syslog support (including alerts)

Ecosystems

PowerStore supports a wide variety of protocol and advanced features available via various software suites and packs including but not limited to:

VMware
Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere™: For provisioning, management, and cloning
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Integration: Managing failover and failback making disaster recovery rapid and reliable
Virtualization API Integration: VMware: VAAI and VASA.
vRO Plugin for PowerStore

DevOps/Containers
Container Storage Interface (CSI) Plugin for PowerStore
Ansible Module for PowerStore
Terraform Provider

Other
OpenStack Cinder Driver

Data Mobility

Block Migration
Native Block migration from Unity, Unity XT, VNX, SC Series, PS Series, 3rd party FC/iSCSI source arrays

File migration
Native File migration for VNX, Unity and via included DataDobi software for third party file sources

Physical

Base unit
Empty weight: 30.38 kg/66.97 lb
Full weight: 37.4 kg/82.4 lb
Vertical size: 2 NEMA units
Height: 8.72 cm/3.43 in
Width: 44.72 cm/17.61 in
Depth: 79.55 cm/31.32 in

Expansion enclosure (ENS24)
Empty weight: 27.2 kg/60 lb
Full weight: 33.5 kg/74 lb
Vertical size: 2 NEMA units
Height: 8.89 cm / 3.5 in
Width: 43.18 cm / 17 in
Depth: 65.30 cm / 25.71 in

Power

Energy Star certified

AC line voltage
100-240 VAC ± 10%, single phase, 47 to 63 Hz (500T)

AC line current
Typical operating temp (26°C): 7 A max at 100V / 3.5 A max at 200V
Maximum operating temp (40°C): 10 A max at 100V / 5 A max at 200V

Power consumption
Typical operating temp (26°C): 683.5 W (697.4 VA) max at 200V-240V
Maximum operating temp (40°C): 984 W (1004.1 VA) max at 200V-240V

Heat Dissipation
Typical operating temp (26°C): 2.46 x 10⁶ J/hr (2,332 Btu/hr) max 200VAC
Maximum operating temp (40°C): 3.54 x 10⁶ J/hr (3,358 Btu/hr) max 200VAC

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