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The Dell PowerMax 2000 and Dell PowerMax 8000 are the first Dell Technologies hardware platforms with end-to-end Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe): from servers to PowerMax drives (SCM/Flash). PowerMax end-to-end NVMe delivers the best response times for high demand applications of today and tomorrow.
NVMe is the protocol that runs on the PCI Express (PCIe) transport interface, used to efficiently access storage devices based on Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) media, including today’s NAND-based flash along with future, higher-performing, Storage Class Memory (SCM) media technologies such as 3D XPoint and Resistive RAM (ReRAM). NVMe also contains a streamlined command set used to communicate with NVM media, replacing SCSI and ATA. NVMe was specifically created to fully unlock the bandwidth, IOPS, and latency performance benefits that NVMe offers to host-based applications which are currently unattainable using the SAS and SATA storage interfaces.
32 Gb/s FC-NVMe I/O modules for host connectivity accelerate network bandwidth for massive consolidation. The NVMe back-end consists of a 24-slot NVMe DAE using 2.5” form factor drives connected to the Brick through dual-ported NVMe PCIe Gen3 (eight lane) back-end I/O interface modules, delivering up to 8 GB/sec of bandwidth per module.
SCM drives based on Intel® Optane™ dual port technology are available for open systems and mainframe applications. Dell and Intel combine forces to define enterprise storage media for the next decade. SCM technology delivers unmatched levels of performance and consolidation for high value, high demand workloads of today and tomorrow.
In addition to the all-NVMe storage density and scale which provide high back-end IOPS and low latency, the Dell PowerMax arrays also introduce a more powerful data reduction module capable of performing inline hardware data compression, deduplication, and adaptive tiering to lower TCO by using auto data placement.
Highlights of the PowerMax 2000 system include:
Highlights of the PowerMax 8000 system include:
The primary benefits that the PowerMax platforms offer Dell customers are: