Dell PowerStore 500T DC All Flash Storage

Processors:

2 Intel Xeon CPUs; 24 cores; 2.2 GHz

Storage capacity:

Up to 6.16 PBe per appliance; up to 24.64 PBe per cluster

Memory:

192 GB

Network:

25/100 GbE, NVMe/TCP; 16/32 Gb FC, NVMe/FC

Max drives:

97 per appliance, 388 per cluster

Volume support:

1,500 vols

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

Software:

Management Software:

PowerStore Manager

CloudIQ: Cloud-based storage analytics

Thin Provisioning

Dynamic RAID

Data Reduction: Zero Detect, Deduplication, Compression

Proactive Assist: Configure remote support, online chat, open service request

Quality of Service (Block and vVols)

Protocols:

Block

vVols

File

Local Protection:

SED Based Encryption with self-managed key management

Local Point-In-Time Copies (Snapshots and Thin Clones)

AppSync Basic

Dell EMC Common Event Enabler; AntiVirus Agent

Remote Protection:

Native Asynchronous Block

Migration:

Native Block migration from Dell EMC Unity, XtremIO, VNX, SC Series, PS Series

Data Optimisation:

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 and Unity

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 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