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Dell PowerStore 5000T
Midrange · all-flash · dual controller - First-generation PowerStore T unified NVMe appliance, superseded by the Gen 2 and Gen 3 models.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Dell Technologies |
| Family | PowerStore |
| Class | Midrange |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Legacy / superseded |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | PowerStoreOS |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | n/a |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, Storage-class memory, SAS SSD |
| Drive note | NVMe TLC SSDs and NVMe Optane SCM in the base enclosure; 12Gb SAS SSDs (3.84/7.68 TB) in expansion enclosures; 4 NVRAM modules; all drives FIPS 140-2 SED |
| Flash drive sizes | 0.75, 1.92, 3.84, 7.68, 15.36 TB |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 96 |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 25 drive bays |
| Expansion | Up to 3 2U SAS expansion enclosures (25 x 2.5in SAS SSD) per appliance; up to 4 appliances per cluster - 25 bays, 2U, up to 3 |
| Raw capacity | 899 TB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | DRE single parity, DRE dual parity |
| Protection note | Dynamic Resiliency Engine (DRE); native metro volume synchronous block replication |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | Raw is vendor base-10 TB per appliance (817.36 TiB). Up to 4 appliances per cluster. power_w = operating maximum of base enclosure at 40C. Memory and performance not published in the spec sheet. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe over FC, NVMe over TCP, NFS, SMB / CIFS, FTP |
| Fibre Channel | 32 Gb |
| Ethernet | 100 GbE |
| Host ports | 24 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 4,000 |
| File systems | 500 |
| Snapshots | 100,000 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | PowerStore Manager, CloudIQ |
| Power | 1,758 W |
| Positioned for | Virtualization, Databases, Containers, File shares |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Appliance storage pool · Volume · Host group · 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/h18143-dell-emc-powerstore-family-spec-sheet.pdf |
| Datasheet | https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/technical-support/h18143-dell-emc-powerstore-family-spec-sheet.pdf |