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Dell ECS is a software-defined, cloud-scale, object storage platform. With ECS, any organization can deliver scalable public cloud services with the reliability and control of a private-cloud infrastructure.
ECS provides comprehensive protocol support for unstructured—object and file—workloads on a single modern storage platform. Using ECS, organizations can easily manage globally distributed storage infrastructure under a single global namespace with anywhere access to content.
ECS features a flexible software-defined architecture that is layered to promote limitless scalability. Each layer is abstracted and independently scalable with high availability and no single points of failure. ECS also comes in a fully integrated turnkey appliance that bundles software and Dell PowerEdge servers into an easily deployed object system. The EX-Series, which is the third generation of ECS hardware appliances, builds on the legacy of two object storage platforms that predate ECS—Dell Centera and Dell Atmos. The ECS EX-Series consists of four unique hardware products: EX300, EX500, EX3000, and EXF900, which is an all NVMe solution.