Dell Technologies Introduces Dell PowerStore Elite

Dell PowerStore Elite.

Dell Technologies introduces Dell PowerStore Elite, a new class of modern storage platform that delivers breakthrough performance and efficiency through software-driven innovation and a fully refreshed hardware platform.

PowerStore Elite supports block, file, virtual machines and container workloads with mixed-generation clustering that lets existing customers adopt the latest PowerStore without disruption.

Enterprise storage decisions have never been more important. Data is exploding. AI workloads are expanding.

Cyber threats are intensifying. Flash supply dynamics are putting new pressure on infrastructure planning. And IT teams are expected to modernize through all of it, without adding complexity, risk or operational overhead.

PowerStore Elite is built for this moment. It’s an intelligent, open storage platform combining AI-driven software, next generation hardware and non-disruptive modernization so customers can keep storage infrastructure modern as future requirements change.

PowerStore Elite’s refreshed hardware, based on Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 50% more Intel CPU cores, DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen 5 support and a new 200Gb RDMA node interconnect improves internal load balancing and failover.

Available in three new models, Dell PowerStore 1500, 5500 and 9500, PowerStore Elite packs up to 40 drives and 5.8 petabytes of effective capacity into a single 3U chassis.

It delivers up to 3x the density of prior generations on low-profile E3 NVMe flash. Because that flash is industry-standard rather than proprietary, customers benefit from broader supply, competitive pricing and freedom from vendor lock-in, a meaningful advantage in today's constrained supply environment.

Up to 40 network ports per appliance, with 64Gb FC(128Gb-ready) and 200/400Gb Ethernet-ready connectivity, provide the flexibility to consolidate workloads at scale.

Dell’s data reduction guarantee has long been a competitive advantage. With advancements in data path efficiency and hardware-assisted compression, PowerStore Elite raises the bar from 5:1 to a new industry-best 6:1 guarantee that helps customers offset costs with predictable, long-term storage economics, even in supply constrained environments.

“Private clouds are only as powerful as the storage underneath them. Nearly 20,000 customers trust PowerStore to run their business and with PowerStore Elite, customers get a generational leap in performance and density on a container-based architecture built to evolve with their workloads,” said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies.

“That's what future-proofed infrastructure actually looks like. PowerStore Elite isn't just the next generation, it's the new gold standard.”

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