Dell PowerStore 1200T EMC PowerStore Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 3 - Page 2

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Product Description The ground-breaking Dell EMC PowerStore achieves new levels of operational simplicity and agility, utilizing a container-based architecture, advanced storage technologies, and intelligent automation to unlock the power of your data. Based on a scale-out architecture and hardware-accelerated advanced data reduction, PowerStore is designed to deliver enhanced resource utilization and performance that keeps pace with application and system growth. Utilizing the proven capabilities of VMware ESXi, PowerStore X models with AppsON provide the unique ability to host data-intensive and storage applications directly on the PowerStore system with a storagebased virtualization environment, with the flexibility of seamless movement of applications between the storage system and external VMware servers. PowerStore T models provide organizations with all the benefits of an enterprise unified storage platform for block, file and vVol data, while enabling flexible growth with the intelligent scale-up AND scale-out capability of appliance clusters. Highlighted features include: • All NVMe Platform: o Active-Active architecture o Container based PowerStore OS o Block, File, and vVols o NVMe Flash and Storage Class Memory (SCM) media support o Front End Connectivity:  FC: 32 Gb NVMe-FC, 32/16/8Gb FC  Ethernet: 25/10 GbE, NVMe-TCP: 25/10 GbE iSCSI & File o Compact 2U starting form factor • Enterprise Data Services & Data Reduction: o Inline dedupe and compression o Native async replication o Snapshots and space efficient thin clones o Advanced drive failure protection and sparing technology • Simple and intelligent Management & Serviceability: o Embedded management o Built in AI for simple, autonomous storage administration and proactive health analytics o CloudIQ o VM Visibility o New Anytime Upgrade Program o Integration with automation framework • Flexible & Granular Scalability: o Scale Up in single drive increments, up to 4.7 PBe per appliance o Scale Out to 4 appliances, up to 18.8 PBe per cluster o Scale Down • VMware: o VMware vVols 2.0/VASA 3.0 support o New AppsOn hypervisor-based deployment, allowing to run Virtual Machines on the same appliance as storage without the need for an external server 2 Product Description

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Product Description
Product Description
The ground-breaking Dell EMC PowerStore achieves new levels of operational simplicity and agility, utilizing a
container-based architecture, advanced storage technologies, and intelligent automation to unlock the power of
your data.
Based on a scale-out architecture and hardware-accelerated advanced data reduction, PowerStore is
designed to deliver enhanced resource utilization and performance that keeps pace with application and system
growth. Utilizing the proven capabilities of VMware ESXi, PowerStore X models with AppsON provide the
unique ability to host data-intensive and storage applications directly on the PowerStore system with a storage-
based virtualization environment, with the flexibility of seamless movement of applications between the storage
system and external VMware servers. PowerStore T models provide organizations with all the benefits of an
enterprise unified storage platform for block, file and vVol data, while enabling flexible growth with the
intelligent scale-up AND scale-out capability of appliance clusters.
Highlighted features include:
All NVMe Platform:
o
Active-Active architecture
o
Container based PowerStore OS
o
Block, File, and vVols
o
NVMe Flash and Storage Class Memory (SCM) media support
o
Front End Connectivity:
FC: 32 Gb NVMe-FC, 32/16/8Gb FC
Ethernet: 25/10 GbE, NVMe-TCP: 25/10 GbE iSCSI & File
o
Compact 2U starting form factor
Enterprise Data Services & Data Reduction:
o
Inline dedupe and compression
o
Native async replication
o
Snapshots and space efficient thin clones
o
Advanced drive failure protection and sparing technology
Simple and intelligent Management & Serviceability:
o
Embedded management
o
Built in AI for simple, autonomous storage administration and proactive health analytics
o
CloudIQ
o
VM Visibility
o
New Anytime Upgrade Program
o
Integration with automation framework
Flexible & Granular Scalability:
o
Scale Up in single drive increments, up to 4.7 PBe per appliance
o
Scale Out to 4 appliances, up to 18.8 PBe per cluster
o
Scale Down
VMware:
o
VMware vVols 2.0/VASA 3.0 support
o
New AppsOn hypervisor-based deployment, allowing to run Virtual Machines on the same appliance as
storage without the need for an external server