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PowerStore: 1,500 VMware Horizon VDI users
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PowerStore overview

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PowerStore overview

  • PowerStore storage arrays are designed to enable growth, flexibility, and resiliency. PowerStore services are hardware and protocol independent. This architecture allows file services to be layered without restricting block-storage flexibility.

    Dell EMC storage products are integrated into a mature monitoring and reporting suite that is designed to minimize management effort. Robust reporting and notification services reduce storage management time. Integrated dashboards enable at-a-glance insight into the health and performance of the platform.

    PowerStore achieves new levels of operational simplicity and agility. It uses a container-based microservices architecture, advanced storage technologies, and integrated machine learning to unlock the power of your data. PowerStore is a versatile platform with a performance-centric design that delivers multidimensional scale, always-on data reduction, and support for next-generation media.

    PowerStore brings the simplicity of public cloud to on-premises infrastructure, streamlining operations with an integrated machine-learning engine and seamless automation. It also offers predictive analytics to easily monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot the environment. PowerStore is highly adaptable, providing the flexibility to host specialized workloads directly on the appliance and modernize infrastructure without disruption. It also offers investment protection through flexible payment solutions and data-in-place upgrades.

    With the addition of integrated file services, there is no requirement to purchase an external storage device for file shares. User access through NFS or SMB is integrated, with the ability to share files between Microsoft Windows and UNIX or Linux users. This ability simplifies administration as a single interface can be used to manage block and file resources.

    PowerStore can serve data using iSCSI, Fibre Channel, or both protocols simultaneously to provide seamless integration into most environments. PowerStoreOS 2.0 also includes support for NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC).