Dell PowerStore 7000T EMC PowerStore Hardware Information Guide - Page 5

1 Platform overview Topics: • Description Description The PowerStore platform has a flexible design capable of meeting the requirements of multiple different storage applications with support for high availability. The design includes two major configurations: ● PowerStore T model appliances ● PowerStore X model appliances PowerStore T model appliances serve Block and File services, and the software stack is deployed directly on the system. PowerStore X model appliances serve Block services, and a hypervisor is installed on the system. The system software stack is deployed on the hypervisor, and the hypervisor enables deployment of VMs and applications within the PowerStore hardware. PowerStore hardware consists of a 2U, two node storage solution. The enclosure as a whole is called a base enclosure. Between the front and rear of the enclosure, a mid-plane distributes power and signals to all the enclosure components. On the front of the base enclosure, drives connect to the mid-plane. On the rear of the base enclosure, the nodes and power supply modules connect to the mid-plane. The I/O modules connect directly to the node. Each node contains an internal battery backup module, redundant fan modules, DDR4 memory, and two Intel Skylake processors. Platform overview 5