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Dell PowerFlex 4.8 (rack / appliance)
High-end · all-flash · scale-out - Software-defined scale-out block storage on PowerEdge nodes, sold as engineered rack or appliance, for large consolidated database and virtualization estates.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Dell Technologies |
| Family | PowerFlex |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Scale-out cluster |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | PowerFlex 4.8 |
| Controllers | 512 |
| Nodes | 3 - 512 |
| Cache / memory | n/a |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, SAS SSD |
| Drive note | Storage nodes PowerFlex R660 (1U, 10 x 2.5in) or R760 (2U, 24 x 2.5in), up to 154 TB raw NVMe or SAS per node; device size 240 GB to 8 TB (15.36 TB SSDs on medium-granularity pools) |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | height n/a |
| Expansion | Scale storage and compute nodes independently, one node at a time; PowerFlex rack (integrated networking) or PowerFlex appliance |
| Raw capacity | 16 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | Distributed mesh mirroring |
| Protection note | Two-copy mesh mirroring across fault units / fault sets; native async replication to up to 4 destination systems |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | System raw capacity 16 PB; max 512 SDS (storage) nodes per system, 128 per protection domain; 160 TB raw per SDS (medium granularity) / 128 TB (fine granularity). Hosts attach via the proprietary SDC client or NVMe/TCP. No IOPS figure published. |
| Protocols | NVMe over TCP |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 100 GbE |
| Host ports | n/a |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 131,072 |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | PowerFlex Manager, Dell AIOps |
| Power | n/a |
| Positioned for | Databases, Virtualization, Containers, Mission-critical |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Storage pool (protection domain) · Volume · SDC host · Native asynchronous replication |
| Data services | |
? Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
? Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
? Active-active / metro
? Encryption at rest
✓ Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
? Quality of service
? Automated tiering
? Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
✓ Kubernetes CSI
? Native file services
? Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/technical-support/powerflex-specification-sheet.pdf |
| Datasheet | https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/technical-support/powerflex-specification-sheet.pdf |