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Dell PowerFlex 5.0 (rack / appliance)
High-end · all-flash · scale-out - New-generation PowerFlex software-defined block storage using distributed erasure coding for higher capacity efficiency at scale.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Dell Technologies |
| Family | PowerFlex |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Scale-out cluster |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | PowerFlex 5.0 |
| Controllers | 128 |
| Nodes | 5 - 128 |
| Cache / memory | n/a |
| Availability | up to 99.99999999% (10 nines) |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD |
| Drive note | Storage nodes PowerFlex R660 (1U, 10 x 2.5in, 154 TB NVMe) or R760 (2U, 24 x 2.5in, 184 TB NVMe); device size 480 GB to 16 TB; currently supported max 192 TB per node (12 x 15.36 TB) |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | height n/a |
| Expansion | Scale by single storage or compute node and single drive; greenfield deployment only (no in-place upgrade from 4.x) |
| Raw capacity | 16 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | Erasure coding 2+2, Erasure coding 8+2 |
| Protection note | Scalable Availability Engine (distributed erasure coding), up to 80% capacity efficiency |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | System raw capacity 16 PB; max 128 storage nodes per system; 1.6 TB min / 192 TB max raw per storage node; min 5 nodes for 2+2 EC, 11 for 8+2. Hosts attach via 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 | 128,000 |
| 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-5-0-specification-sheet.pdf |
| Datasheet | https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/technical-support/powerflex-5-0-specification-sheet.pdf |