Data Sheet

Dell PowerScale
Modern, flexible scale-out file storage
ESSENTIALS•

Simplicity at scale with up to186PB of raw capacity in a single
252-node cluster•

A choice of all-flash, hybrid andarchive nodes with multi-cloudand native cloud solutions•

Operational flexibility withmultiprotocol support•

NVMe SSDs enabled by various
flash technologies, for highperformance and density•

Edge, core and cloud deployment
flexibility•

Reduced costs with unmatchedstorage efficiency•

Easily handle the most demanding and critical data rich projects
with PowerScale, the world’s most flexible 1, secure 2, and efficient 3
scale-out NAS solution.
Designed to handle your most ambitious data challenges, the PowerScale enterpriseclass storage platform includes all-flash, hybrid and archive nodes as well as multicloud
solutions. The software defined architecture of PowerScale OneFS, the operating systemthat powers the world’s most secure NAS storage array2, enables simplicity at scale,intelligent insights, and the ability to place the data anywhere it needs to be – at the edge,in the core or in the cloud. PowerScale can be deployed and consumed anywhere yourdata is – in your on-premises data center as an appliance, in multicloud and native cloud
solutions or in APEX delivered as-a-service. Whether you are hosting file shares, homedirectories or delivering high performance data access for applications like analytics,
AI/ML, video rendering or life sciences, PowerScale can seamlessly scale performance,capacity, and efficiency to handle any unstructured data workload to drive both, traditionaland modern applications.

It’s not just data, it’s your business

Built-in robust federal grade
security features and integrated
cyber protection

In a world where unstructured data continues to grow exponentially year over year – inthe data center, at the enterprise edge and in the cloud – our OneFS powered
PowerScale scale-out storage solutions are designed for organizations that want tomanage their data, not their storage. Unlike traditional enterprise storage, our• Broad ISV ecosystem with 250+
PowerScale appliances are powerful yet simple to install, manage and scale to virtually
ISV tests and validations
any size – no matter how much storage capacity is added, how much performance issupported by deep industryrequired or how business needs change in the future. Whether your goal is driving
innovation, getting to market faster or creating differentiation, your data needs toexperiencecreate value. Instead of thinking of destinations for your data, think about what the data is going to be used for, who will be using it
and how the data will help you solve for their business needs. When you have a data first mindset, the goal is to get any data towhere it needs to be for business needs.
With OneFS powered clusters of PowerScale nodes, you can eliminate storage silos, consolidate all your unstructured data, store
petabytes of file data and analyze them in a data first world. With up to 252 nodes in a cluster, you can scale both capacity andperformance in a few minutes to meet your specific business needs – all without any additional burden on IT.

OneFS operating system powers scale-out storage
The OneFS operating system provides the intelligence behind the highly scalable, high–performance modular PowerScale storage
solution that can grow with your business. With support for various flash technologies offered in NVMe SSD, OneFS can help you
accelerate the most demanding processes and workflows like Generative AI, with flexible scaling to handle massive growth and thehighest levels of data protection. You can drive workloads like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning with theperformance of our all-flash nodes configured with NVMe.
Orchestrated by OneFS, all components in a cluster work to create a unified pool of highly efficient storage – with a storage
utilization rate of up to 80 percent. With SmartDedupe data deduplication, you can further reduce your data storage requirements.
The PowerScale F910, F900, F710, F600, F210, and F200 all-flash platforms, H700 and H7000 hybrid platforms and A300 andA3000 archive platforms deliver improved data reduction with features like inline compression and deduplication to dramaticallyincrease the effective storage capacity and density of your storage solution. The unmatched efficiency of the storage systems
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means that less physical storage and space is required to house the same amount of data – reducing both initial capital outlay andongoing costs,
such as those related to power and cooling. With the OneFS AutoBalance function, you can quickly and easily add nodes without
downtime, manual data migration, or application logic reconfiguration, saving precious IT resources. Since PowerScale storage is soeasy to manage, it requires fewer IT resources for storage administration than traditional storage systems, which further reduces
overall operating costs. Further streamline your storage infrastructure by consolidating large-scale unstructured data assets andeliminating silos of storage.
To simplify workflows, accelerate business analytics projects, support cloud initiatives, and get more value from enterpriseapplications and data, OneFS powered solutions include integrated support for a wide range of industry-standard protocols,including Internet Protocols IPv4, and IPv6, NFS, SMB, S3, HTTP, FTP and HDFS.
Massive stores of data present unique management
challenges including disaster recovery, quota
management and offsite replication. OneFS dataprotection and management software provides you withpowerful tools that help you protect your data assets,control costs and optimize the storage resources andsystem performance of your big data environment.
Software like Dell SupportAssist, CloudIQ and InsightIQ
lower storage management costs while improving
storage monitoring and troubleshooting.
PowerScale delivers robust federal grade security
features including STIG hardening, host-based firewall,and data encryption. The comprehensive security
features deliver added data protection, reduce risk andimprove governance.

PowerScale OneFS Software Portfolio
SOFTWARE

FEATUREDESCRIPTIONSMARTDEDUPE

Data management

Increase efficiency and reduce storage capacity requirements withdeduplication of redundant data across multiple sources

Monitoring

Simplify the storage management tasks of PowerScale, Isilon andother Dell Technologies infrastructure systems with proactive
monitoring and predictive analytics from a single console

Data management

Assign and manage quotas at the cluster, directory, user, and grouplevels

CLOUDIQ

SMARTQUOTASINSIGHTIQ

Performance management

Performance monitoring and reporting
Protect data efficiently and speed the recovery of critical data with
on-demand snapshot restores

SNAPSHOTIQ

Data protection

SMARTPOOLS

Resource management

SMARTLOCK

Data retention

Protect your critical data against accidental, premature, or malicious
alteration or deletion and meet compliance and governance needs

SMARTCONNECT

Data access

Enable client connection load balancing and the dynamic failoverand failback of client connections

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Tiered storage strategy to optimize storage performance andefficiency

SOFTWAREFEATURE

CLOUDPOOLS

Resource management

Seamless tiering of cold or frozen data to public or private cloudproviders

Data replication

Securely replicate data sets to multiple sites for reliable disasterrecovery and use push-button failover and failback

SYNCIQ

SMARTSYNC

Replication

DESCRIPTIONReplicates data between PowerScale system, between PowerScaleand ECS and public clouds like Microsoft Azure and AWS

Hardware platforms: Flexible product lines
PowerScale flexible scale-out storage solutions precisely offer theright storage on a “grow-as-you-go” basis, eliminating the need foroverprovisioning. Our hardware appliances are built on theinnovative scale-out storage architecture—designed for simplicity,value, outstanding performance, and reliability. They integrate
seamlessly with existing clusters or can be deployed in newclusters. PowerScale OneFS clusters can be populated with a choice of all-flash, hybrid and archive nodes to satisfy a wide variety
of workloads and applications. Embedded, integrated, or attached OEM versions are available for PowerScale nodes as either debranded or re-branded solutions.

PLATFORM

USE CASE

POWERSCALE
F210, F710, F910

Ideal for Gen AI in all phases of workflows
Media & Entertainment (M&E) workflows: 4K, 8K, broadcast, real-time streaming, and post-production
Electronic Design Automation (EDA): design, simulation, verification, and analysis of electronic and mechanicalsystems design

POWERSCALE
F200, F600

Digital media: small and medium-size studios
Enterprise edge: remote and branch offices along with edge locations needing high performance local storage
Healthcare, Life Sciences: Genomics sequencing, digital pathology, small hospitals, clinics

POWERSCALE
F600, F900

Digital media: 4K, 8K, broadcast, real-time streaming, and post-production
Electronic Design Automation: design, simulation, verification, and analysis of electronic and mechanicalsystems design
Life Sciences: genomics DNA and RNA sequencing

POWERSCALE
H700, H7000

Digital media: broadcast, real-time streaming, rendering, and post-production
Enterprise File Services: Home directories, File shares, group and project data
Analytics: Big data analytics, Hadoop and Splunk log analytics

POWERSCALE
A300, A3000

Deep archives: for large-scale, archiving data storage that offers unmatched efficiency to lower costs
Disaster recovery: disaster recovery target for organizations requiring an economical, large-capacity storage
solution
File archives: for economical storage and fast access to reference data to meet business, regulatory and legal
requirements

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Take the next step
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solutions can benefit your organization.
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1

Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information sources measured across 7 attributes, February 2023.

2

Based on Dell analysis comparing cyber-security software capabilities offered for Dell PowerScale vs. competitive products, September 2022.

3

Based on Dell analysis comparing efficiency-related features: data reduction, storage capacity, data protection, hardware, space, lifecycle management
efficiency, and ENERY STAR certified configurations, June 2023.

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