When every second and every byte counts, PowerMax delivers. Built on a foundation of trust, it ensures maximum uptime, advanced cybersecurity, and intelligent automation for the world's most vital data.
Ali Rey, Group Head of Technology Platforms, Emirates NBD
"From a storage point of view, all the bank’s critical workloads and applications run on PowerMax due to its performance, reliability, and flexibility. PowerMax very much runs the bank."
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Adel Bekhiet, Senior Director of Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Northwestern Mutual
"Dell PowerMax and Dell PowerEdge together deliver exceptional performance and efficiency. PowerMax alone improved our performance by up to 40%. Powerful compression technology has produced significant data reduction for PowerMax."
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Why choose Dell PowerMax
Powerful architecture
Consolidate workloads at scale by adding compute and media elements independently with integrated, modern NVIDIA BlueField Data Processing Unit (DPU) technology. Deliver predictable performance and access any flash drive in the system from any node on the fabric, regardless of physical location. Store more data in less space with Dell's industry-leading 5:1 data reduction guarantee for open systems and 3:1 data reduction guarantee for mainframe
Based on Dell’s Future-Proof program that offers 5:1 data reduction guarantee based on PowerMax data reduction tools (dedupe and data compression) for open systems storage, April 2025. Actual data reduction rates will vary.
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Intelligent automation
Get results faster with AI-driven performance optimisation, self-healing capabilities, and automation for repetitive tasks. Each system comes with built-in machine learning for predictive analytics and pattern recognition. Maximise performance with no overhead and seamlessly move workloads with intelligent data mobility. Attain the lowest latency with AI-driven dynamic cache optimisation.
Trusted operations
Safeguard your data with the highest levels of cybersecurity to prevent, detect, and recover from cyberattacks. PowerMax accelerates the journey to Zero Trust with hardware root-of-trust, ransomware anomaly detection, mission-critical availability for your VMware deployments and excellent granular cyber recovery at scale (up to 65M snaps)
Based on Dell PowerMax specification of 65 million snaps per PowerMax compared with mainstream high-end storage arrays, April 2024.
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Where PowerMax Excels
Mission-critical workloads
As customers modernize their infrastructure and move to an application-centric storage approach, PowerMax offers an ideal datastore for mission-critical workloads.
Zero trust architectures
Companies need secure and resilient IT infrastructure to prevent and recover from aggressive cyberattacks. PowerMax delivers advanced security that adheres to stringent government regulations and corporate compliance requirements like FIPS 140-2, STIG hardening, and the U.S. DoD Approved Products List.
Mixed workload consolidation
Storing data across a cluster of disparate systems is expensive and time-consuming to manage and access. Learn how Boston Scientific solved this by by deploying PowerMax, the crowned jewel of the data centre.
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Engage with extensive PowerMax demos and hands-on interactive experiences around PowerMaxOS management along with performance, replication, and capacity optimisation capabilities.
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Try PowerMax management software in free, real-time virtual environments.
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From a storage point of view, all the bank’s critical workloads and applications run on PowerMax due to its performance, reliability, and flexibility. PowerMax very much runs the bank.
WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY
Game-changing primary storage innovation
World Wide Technology partnered with Dell Technologies to ensure PowerMax drives real change.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
Optimize IT performance with a simple, standardized strategy.
Northwestern Mutual partnered with Dell Technologies to implement a new infrastructure solution with smaller form factors, resulting in high performance, sustainability and cost reduction.
TD SECURITIES, INC.
TD Securities chooses Dell PowerMax
"Thanks to PowerMax, we've managed to streamline our rack space, reducing it by around 60% and consequently slashed our heating and cooling expenses and carbon footprint." Feisal Anooar, Global Head of Data Storage for Wholesale Banking, TD Securities, Inc.
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Mission-critical storage platform
From a storage point of view, all the bank’s critical workloads and applications run on PowerMax due to its performance, reliability, and flexibility. PowerMax very much runs the bank.
WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY
Game-changing primary storage innovation
World Wide Technology partnered with Dell Technologies to ensure PowerMax drives real change.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
Optimize IT performance with a simple, standardized strategy.
Northwestern Mutual partnered with Dell Technologies to implement a new infrastructure solution with smaller form factors, resulting in high performance, sustainability and cost reduction.
TD SECURITIES, INC.
TD Securities chooses Dell PowerMax
"Thanks to PowerMax, we've managed to streamline our rack space, reducing it by around 60% and consequently slashed our heating and cooling expenses and carbon footprint." Feisal Anooar, Global Head of Data Storage for Wholesale Banking, TD Securities, Inc.
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"The PowerMaxOS 10.1 release for the 2500 and 8500 utilizes AI-driven software to help customers secure, optimize, and improve the sustainability and efficiency of storage with enterprise-class cyber resiliency and performance."
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"The Dell PowerMax storage platform features two new hardware models, the 2500 and 8500. PowerMaxOS 10 has been released with over 200 new features and functions, making PowerMax the standout storage platform for mainframes."
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