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PowerScale offers an end-to-end data solution to feed GPU-intensive servers and accelerate your AI workflows at scale - keeping simplicity top of mind. Implement an effective data strategy and enhance unstructured metadata searchability across your entire data estate with IDC’s #1 ranked NAS vendor.

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For the ninth consecutive year, Dell Technologies is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.

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The preferred storage solution among IT decision makers, managers and end-users.
Dell PowerScale out-ranks its closest competitors according to an independent double-blind NPS study.

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"We’re using PowerScale storage to store all of our data across the whole cycle of a Formula 1 car. Dell Technologies gives us the compute, storage, and everything else we need to move at that pace."
- Dan Keyworth, Director of Business Technology – McLaren Racing

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Why choose PowerScale for AI

Trusted by 16,000+ customers – with 1,500+ running GPU workloads – PowerScale is proven to make your data actionable for your AI use cases with Dell's integrated and validated end-to-end portfolio.

Unlock GPU Potential for Large-Scale Training

Support uninterrupted model training and prevent GPU idling with high speed, efficient data access. PowerScale’s parallel processing across servers accelerates time to outcomes and results.

Power AI Anywhere on Data Everywhere

Facilitate simplified data mobility and access with a consistent on-prem experience across your data estate – from edge, to core, to cloud.

Guard Against Data Poisoning and AI Model Inversion

Protect the AI process from attack with federal-grade security and zero-trust architecture that proactively detects and prevents malicious activities with API-integrated ransomware detection.

Maximize return on AI investment

Sustainably manage your IT infrastructure with efficient hardware and guaranteed data reduction to lower power consumption and floor space.

AI-optimized Infrastructure

Eliminate Data Silos

Unified Data Lake

Support universal access with multiprotocol support – including S3 capabilities - to keep data accessible for all users across a global cluster namespace to minimize time consumed and resources utilized for copy data workflows.

Train AI Models at Scale

AI-optimized Data Access

PowerScale’s continuous optimization features non-disruptive upgrades and the latest in technology such as GPUDirect and NFSoRDMA to enable faster outcomes, perfectly suited for next-generation workloads such as HPC and AI.

A Key Component of the AI Factory

End-to-end solution

Power your AI workloads with an integrated portfolio of infrastructure and professional services – validated and tested with an extensive partner network and ISV ecosystem – to achieve breakthrough business solutions

Simplify Management

Ease of Operation

Manage large amounts of data with PowerScale’s software suite that makes it simple to scale, simple to secure, and simple to automate - to maximize the value of your data in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Unlock Data Insights

Faster Metadata Export

Search billions of files and exabytes of data to gain a global view of all metadata across geo-distributed clusters using our new MetadataIQ feature.

Optimize Shared Resources

Multi-Tenancy Capabilities

Control storage usage by assigning quotas at the cluster, directory, subdirectory, user, and group levels, thus enabling you to easily administer storage from a single interface. Simplify operations by enabling multiple groups in your organization to run AI workloads against a single dataset.

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Experience PowerScale management software through guided demos.

Learn about key features of PowerScale management through guided demonstrations.

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What is unstructured data?

PowerScale enhances free-form content, stored as files and objects, that live on the edge, core data center, and cloud.

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OneFS software features

Simplify storage and data management at scale while running a variety of data-centric file workloads.

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Consolidate data with PowerScale

Unlock your unstructured data's potential with a storage solution that's simple to manage, scale, and protect.

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OneFS operating system overview

Get an overview of the OneFS architecture and learn the benefits of a scale-out storage platform.

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Key features and capabilities of OneFS

Discover key features of the operating system that powers all PowerScale scale-out network-attached storage solutions.

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Peak performance with OneFS

Deploy, manage, and tune Dell PowerScale clusters to achieve peak workload performance.

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Economic impact of PowerScale

The performance and resiliency of PowerScale clusters help organizations support unpredictable business growth.

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Dell's End-to-End Cybersecurity for Unstructured Data

Our Cybersecurity Solution allows IT departments to protect, detect, and respond to threats in real time.

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What is unstructured data?

PowerScale enhances free-form content, stored as files and objects, that live on the edge, core data center, and cloud.

DATA SHEET

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OneFS software features

Simplify storage and data management at scale while running a variety of data-centric file workloads.

End-to-End Cybersecurity

WHITE PAPER

Sentiment analysis using Dell APEX File Storage for AWS and Amazon SageMaker

An illustrative example of utilizing Dell APEX File Storage in conjunction with Amazon SageMaker for the creation, training, and deployment of machine learning models used in analysis.

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Video Edit in the Cloud with Dell APEX File Storage for AWS

This white paper describes testing results for video editing and playback tests with Adobe Premiere Pro and Blackmagic Designs DaVinci Resolve.

Updated PowerScale Overview

VIDEO

Consolidate data with PowerScale

Unlock your unstructured data's potential with a storage solution that's simple to manage, scale, and protect.

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OneFS operating system overview

Get an overview of the OneFS architecture and learn the benefits of a scale-out storage platform.

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Key features and capabilities of OneFS

Discover key features of the operating system that powers all PowerScale scale-out network-attached storage solutions.

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Peak performance with OneFS

Deploy, manage, and tune Dell PowerScale clusters to achieve peak workload performance.

FORRESTER STUDY

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Economic impact of PowerScale

The performance and resiliency of PowerScale clusters help organizations support unpredictable business growth.

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Dell's End-to-End Cybersecurity for Unstructured Data

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Cyber protection at the data layer

Fortify the data layer against ransomware attacks with PowerScale Cyber Protection solution.

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Cyber protection at the data layer

Fortify the data layer against ransomware attacks with PowerScale Cyber Protection solution.

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Interactive PowerScale demos

Browse our library of walk-through demonstrations to get familiar with PowerScale's key features.

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PowerScale OneFS simulator

Download the PowerScale OneFS simulator and explore the latest software release features.

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PowerScale hands-on labs

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Accelerate production storage

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Unveil the mysteries of the universe

ALMA Observatory uses PowerScale to quickly process large amounts of data from observations made in space.

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Powering immersive experiences, empowering creators

To handle the massive amounts of data needed to create unique, multi-sensory experiences, Outernet partnered with Dell Technologies to architect their network environment using Dell PowerScale storage, Dell PowerEdge servers and more.

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DNA

Delivering higher quality video entertainment

In a highly competitive market, a leading video entertainment provider offers improved low latency, high quality services with a modernized infrastructure.

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Digital Pathology transformation enriches patient care

The University Medical Center Utrecht modernizes infrastructure to accelerate clinical innovation and increase IT efficiency.

LIGHTSTORM ENTERTAINMENT

Accelerate production storage

With cinematic hits like "Avatar", Lightstorm Entertainment pushes the threshold of innovation and data volume.

ALMA OBSERVATORY

Unveil the mysteries of the universe

ALMA Observatory uses PowerScale to quickly process large amounts of data from observations made in space.

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Outernet Global

Powering immersive experiences, empowering creators

To handle the massive amounts of data needed to create unique, multi-sensory experiences, Outernet partnered with Dell Technologies to architect their network environment using Dell PowerScale storage, Dell PowerEdge servers and more.

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DNA

Delivering higher quality video entertainment

In a highly competitive market, a leading video entertainment provider offers improved low latency, high quality services with a modernized infrastructure.

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UMC Utrecht

Digital Pathology transformation enriches patient care

The University Medical Center Utrecht modernizes infrastructure to accelerate clinical innovation and increase IT efficiency.

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