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PowerStore supports a unified configuration (file storage and block storage). Choose block optimized during the initial configuration of PowerStore if file services are not needed. NAS services reserve some compute and storage resources with a unified PowerStore appliance, even if NAS is unused.
Note: If file services (NAS) will be needed later, select Unified when you complete the initial configuration. An appliance configured as unified must be reinitialized to change the configuration.
All PowerStore models support multipath I/O (MPIO) front-end connectivity to hosts. See MPIO best practices for more information.
For more information about PowerStore host connectivity for Windows Server and Hyper-V, see the Dell PowerStore Host Configuration Guide at Dell Technologies Support.