Technical specifications
Dell PowerStore 500T DC — Full Technical Specifications
This is the direct-current variant of the PowerStore 500T, specified for facilities wired for DC power — telecommunications sites, some broadcast plant, and data centres that eliminated the conversion step on purpose. Everything above the power inlet is the same unified appliance; the reason to be on this page rather than the other one is the building. Supplied new and configured with Dell.
Anyone without DC distribution in the room wants the standard model instead, and choosing wrongly here is an expensive mistake to unwind.
Official datasheet
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Full Specifications
This is Dell's own full specification rather than our summary, which is why it runs to system limits, certifications and physical dimensions. The rows to take seriously are the limits block and the connectivity block: maximum volumes, file systems, initiators and snapshot counts are hard ceilings, and an array is far more often retired for hitting one of those than for running out of space. Read the expansion row for the growth path, and the physical row for the weight, which is substantial when populated. Efficiency and protection features are listed as included, which is the family's main commercial argument and is worth checking against what your current array charges for.
| Processor | 2 Intel® Xeon® CPUs; 24 cores, 2.2 GHz |
| Functional | All-flash, all-NVMe storage appliance; Unified support for block, file, vVols and container-based workloads |
| Memory | 192 GB DRAM |
| System Overview | Base enclosure; 2U enclosure with dual active/active nodes; 25 2.5” NVMe drive slots; Four IO modules; Dual redundant power supplies; Expansion enclosures; 2U enclosure (up to three per appliance); 24 2.5" NVMe drive slots; Supported model: ENS24; Dual redundant power supplies; System Limits; Max Initiators: 2,000; Max Block Volumes/Clones (FC/iSCSI/NVMe): 1,500; Max Volumes per Volume Group: 128; Max Volume Groups: 125; Max Volume Size: 256TB; Max Snapshots (Block): 50,000; Max User File Systems: 1,500; Max NAS Servers: 50; Max File System Size: 256TB; Max vVol Storage Containers: 50; Max vVols: 5,700 |
| Expansion Capacity | Expansion method; Scale-out: Up to 4 appliances per cluster; Clusters include load balancing intelligence, allow seamless data movement between appliances.; Per appliance; Max capacity: 6.16 PBe; Max drives: 97; Per cluster; Max capacity: 24.64 PBe; Max drives: 388 |
| Connectivity | Front-end network protocols; Block: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP; VMware vVols 2.0: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP; File: NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFSv4.2; CIFS (SMB 1), SMB 2, SMB 3.0, SMB 3.02, and SMB 3.1.1; FTP and SFTP; Front-end network ports; Max network ports: 24; Max 16/32Gb FC ports: 16; Max 10GBase-T/iSCSI ports: 16; Max 10/25 GBE/iSCSI ports: 24; Back-end expansion ports; 100GbE QSFP; Management ports; 1Gbe |
| Media Types | NVMe TLC SSDs; 1.92TB; 3.84TB; 7.68TB; 15.36TB; * All drives are SED. FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 level 2 validated drives are available as an option. Consult a Dell or Partner Sales Rep for additional guidance. |
| Software | All software required to store data and manage the appliance is included with PowerStore purchase. Upgrades are non-disruptive. |
| Data Optimization | Efficiency; Thin provisioning; Thin clones; Dynamic Resiliency Engine; Data Reduction; 5:1 DRR guarantee; Hardware-based compression; Global deduplication (entire appliance); Zero detect |
| Data Protection | Local Protection; SED-based encryption with self-managed and external key management; Local Point-In-Time Copies (Snapshots and Thin Clones); Immutable & Secure Snapshots; File Level Retention (FLR); Remote Protection; Native Synchronous/Asynchronous Block and File Replication; Native Metro Volume Synchronous Block Replication (including 3rd-site Witness); Native Metro Synchronous File Replication (including 3rd site witness); Native PowerProtect DD integration - manage local or multicloud backups directly from PowerStore |
| Security | US Department of Defense: DoDIN APL for PowerStoreOS 3.5; Common Criteria EAL2 – PowerStoreOS 3.5 certified; Data-at-Rest Encryption; (KMIP) compliant external key manager; IPv6 USGv6-R1 certification; Multi-factor authentication via RSA SecurID; Secure and immutable snapshots; Native SHA2 certificate; Dell Common Event Enabler; AntiVirus Agent (CEPA); Other compliance; Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance; Secure TLS communication |
| Management | PowerStore Manager UI; CLI, REST API; Infrastructure Observability (cloud-based storage analytics) with ProSupport; Proactive Assist: Configure remote support, online chat, open a service request, etc.; Quality of Service (Block and vVols); Syslog support (including alerts) |
| Ecosystems | PowerStore supports a wide variety of protocol and advanced features available via various software suites and packs including but not limited to:; VMware; Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere™: For provisioning, management, and cloning; VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Integration: Managing failover and failback making disaster recovery rapid and reliable; Virtualization API Integration: VMware: VAAI and VASA.; vRO Plugin for PowerStore; DevOps/Containers; Container Storage Interface (CSI) Plugin for PowerStore; Ansible Module for PowerStore; Terraform Provider; Other; OpenStack Cinder Driver |
| Data Mobility | Block Migration; Native block migration from Unity, Unity XT, PS Series, SC Series, VNX2, VMAX3, XtremIO, and 3rd-party arrays; File migration; Native file migration for Unity, Unity XT, VNX2 |
| Physical | Base unit; Empty weight: 30.38 kg/66.97 lb; Full weight: 37.4 kg/82.4 lb; Vertical size: 2 NEMA units; Height: 8.72 cm/3.43 in; Width: 44.72 cm/17.61 in; Depth: 79.55 cm/31.32 in; Expansion enclosure (ENS24); Empty weight: 27.2 kg/60 lb; Full weight: 33.5 kg/74 lb; Vertical size: 2 NEMA units; Height: 8.89 cm / 3.5 in; Width: 43.18 cm / 17 in; Depth: 65.30 cm / 25.71 in |
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