Dell PowerStore 1200T EMC PowerStore Planning Guide - Page 6

1 Introduction Use this document to better understand the installation process and prepare your site and workstation for a successful PowerStore implementation. This chapter includes the following topics: Topics: • Introduction to PowerStore • Planning and installation overview Introduction to PowerStore PowerStore achieves new levels of operational simplicity and agility, utilizing a container-based microservices architecture, advanced storage technologies, and built-in machine learning to unlock the power of your data. PowerStore is a versatile platform with a performance-centric design that delivers multi-dimensional scale, always on data reduction, and support for next generation media. It brings the simplicity of public cloud to on-premises infrastructure, streamlining operations with a built-in machine learning engine and seamless automation, while offering predictive analytics to easily monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot the environment. PowerStore is also highly adaptable, providing the flexibility to host specialized workloads directly on the appliance and modernize infrastructure without disruption, all while offering investment protection through flexible payment solutions and data-in-place upgrades. PowerStore appliances are available in one of the following deployment models: ● PowerStore T model appliances (500T, 1000T, 1200T, 3000T, 3200T, 5000T, 5200T, 7000T, 9000T, and 9200T) are storage-centric, and enable you to manage and provision block and file storage to external hosts. During initial configuration, you can choose to configure an appliance for unified (block and file) or block optimized (block-only) storage. ● PowerStore X model appliances (1000X, 3000X, 5000X, 7000X, and 9000X) are application and storage-centric, and provide a hypervisor layer in addition to block storage. This additional capability enables you to deploy and manage virtual machines and applications. Appliances A PowerStore appliance is a preconfigured infrastructure component that has both storage and compute resources. An appliance consists of: ● Base enclosure - Holds up to 25 drives (minimum of six drives) and includes two nodes for high availability with data protection that is implemented across the nodes. ● Expansion enclosures - Enable you to add more drives and increase the storage capacity for the appliance. You can add up to three expansion enclosures. ○ The PowerStore 500T supports the NVMe expansion enclosure. ○ All other PowerStore models support the NVMe expansion enclosure or the SAS expansion enclosure. NOTE: Mixing NVMe expansion enclosures and SAS expansion enclosures in the same appliance is not supported. Go to Hardware > Appliances to review the overall health of the appliances in the cluster and collect support materials for the appliances for troubleshooting issues. Click the appliance name to launch the Appliance details page where you can review the metrics, alerts, and health information of the appliance and its components. Use the More Actions options on the details page to collect support materials for the appliance for resolving minor issues. Clusters A PowerStore cluster is a group of one to four appliances acting as a single component for resource management, efficiency, and availability purposes. A cluster can contain up to four appliances. In this release, you can only have appliances of the same configuration in one cluster. 6 Introduction