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Entry storage purpose-built and optimized for SAN/DAS The simple, fast and affordable Dell PowerVault ME5 storage platforms are optimized to run a variety of mixed workload applications – physical and virtual – for small to medium size businesses. Whether you need to consolidate your block storage, support applications without the need for low latency flash and NVMe, take advantage of intelligent data management or scale capacity to keep pace with data growth, then PowerVault ME5 is ready to meet your growing business needs. The flexibility of PowerVault ME5 offers multiple protocols, supports a wide range of drive types and capacities, scales up to 8PB1 capacity, validated with Dell PowerEdge Servers (16G ready) and is delivered to you with all-inclusive software – so you’ll have the needed data services to store, manage, and protect your data.
Whether you need to consolidate your block storage, support applications without the need for low latency flash and NVMe, take advantage of intelligent data management or scale capacity to keep pace with data growth, then PowerVault ME5 is ready to meet your growing business needs. The flexibility of PowerVault ME5 offers multiple protocols, supports a wide range of drive types and capacities, scales up to 8PB1 capacity, validated with Dell PowerEdge Servers (16G ready) and is delivered to you with all-inclusive software – so you’ll have the needed data services to store, manage, and protect your data.
Using fast Intel Xeon processors, Dell PowerVault ME5 storage implements a dual-active controller architecture, 12GB/sec read, and 10GB/sec write throughput and uses a 12Gb SAS backend protocol for rapid capacity expansion.
*Up to 2.34 PB capacity with 9 2U expansion enclosures
*2.40 PB capacity with nine 2U expansion enclosures
*SAN/DAS Multiple protocols: SAS, FC, iSCSI
*Dual Active Controller Architecture
*12 Gb SAS back-end
*All advanced software features included
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Chassis Overview |
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Chassis format |
All-in-one: dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking and with expansion options |
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Rack size |
2U |
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Controllers |
2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual-active) Single/dual controller support for 2U models Dual controller support only for 5U model |
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Processor |
Intel® Xeon Processor |
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Internal storage |
24 x 2.5” drive bays |
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Syst. Memory per ctrl |
8GB for controller and 16GB for cache (24GB total) |
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Expansion Capacity |
Min/Max drive count: 2/276 Max raw capacity per base: Up to 184TB NAS Support: Supported with NX Series Windows NAS appliance |
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Storage media |
SAS and NL-SAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates, rotational speeds can be mixed in the same system: • NLSAS 7.2K 3.5”– 4TB, 8TB, 12TB, 16TB, 16TB FIPS, 20TB, 22TB, 24TB • SAS 10K 2.5” – 1.2TB, 2.4TB, 2.4TB FIPS • SSD – 1.6TB MU, 1.92TB, 3.84TB,3.84TB FIPS, 7.68TB RI |
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Network, Expansion Enclosure and I/O |
Host interface: FC, iSCSI (optical or BaseT), SAS Max 32Gb FC ports: 8 per array (support auto-negotiate to 16Gb) Max 25Gb iSCSI ports: 8 SFP+ or SFP28 ports per array Max 10Gb iSCSI ports: 8 BaseT ports per array (only support auto negotiate to 1Gb) Max 12Gb SAS ports: 8 12Gb SAS ports Max management ports: 2 per array (1Gb BASE-T) Disk expansion protocol: 12Gb SAS |
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Disk interface expansion ports |
2 x 12Gb SAS (wide-Port) per array (1 port per controller) Up to 9 2U expansion enclosures per 2U base array Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 2U base array Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 5U base array |
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Functional |
Array configurations: All-flash, hybrid flash, HDD only arrays Storage format: Native block-level SAN or DAS |
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Data Optimization |
Auto-tiering: Up to 3 primary (media-based) tiers RAID support :RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, or ADAPT RAID; any combination of RAID levels can exist in single array ADAPT RAID: Distributed erasure coding that reduces rebuild times when drive failures occur Thin provisioning : Active by default on all volumes, operates Snapshots: 1024 maximum re-direct-on-write snapshots per array |
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Data Mobility and Migration |
Replication: Asynchronous replication via FC or iSCSI – ME4 to ME5; ME5 to ME4; ME5 to ME5 Target/source relationships may be Volume copy: Copy complete standalone volumes |
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Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Security |
Business continuity: VMware Site Recovery Manager Data-at-rest encryption: Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) in SSD or HDD formats Full Disk Encryption (FDE) based on AES-256 Drives certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Key manager: Internal controller key management |
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