PowerFlex rack is a modular hyperconverged platform that enables extreme scalability and flexibility for next-generation cloud applications and mixed workloads.
PowerFlex rack is designed for deployments involving large numbers of virtualized and bare metal workloads. It provides the following features:
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Integrated scalable network architecture with a choice of the following:
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Topologies depending on scalability needs can be a leaf-spine or aggregation and access architecture
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Network hardware can be either Cisco Nexus switches or Dell EMC PowerSwitch switches
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Bandwidth depending on your needs
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Complete flexibility in designing the system with the following options:
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PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes
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PowerFlex storage-only nodes
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PowerFlex compute-only nodes
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Supports 25 GbE or 100 GbE port bandwidth for backend connectivity
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VMware NSX-T ready
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External servers can access data in the PowerFlex rack
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(Optional) Dual network environment using your existing software-defined network (SDN), such as Cisco ACI
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Supports native asynchronous replication between sites
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Scale beyond 1000 nodes with a leaf-spine network design
- PowerFlex nodes supports SSD and NVMe drive technologies
- Improved node maintenance using protected maintenance mode (PMM)
- Supports self-encrypting drives (SEDs) enabled by Dell EMC CloudLink
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Secure and scalable storage using PowerFlex
- Seamlessly increase storage capacity or performance with horizontal node scaling
- Optional data compression feature that improves storage efficiency
- Optional Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE) feature provides data security using CloudLink as a software encryption layer, or as a key manager for self-encrypting drives
- Engineered system with end-to-end life cycle management with PowerFlex Manager