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TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
Dell Technologies named a leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Object Storage, Distributed File Systems, Primary Storage, and more.
Dell Technologies named a leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Object Storage, Distributed File Systems, Primary Storage, and more.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
See direct product comparisons, third-party competitive research, compelling blogs, and customer stories across our storage portfolio.
See direct product comparisons, third-party competitive research, compelling blogs, and customer stories across our storage portfolio.
CUSTOMER SUCCESSES
"Our Dell Technologies infrastructure provides data in a real-time scenario that lets our stakeholder group evaluate their businesses on a daily basis and make decisions based on what’s really going on."
— Michael Israel, CIO of The Kraft Group
"Our Dell Technologies infrastructure provides data in a real-time scenario that lets our stakeholder group evaluate their businesses on a daily basis and make decisions based on what’s really going on."
— Michael Israel, CIO of The Kraft Group
Trusted solutions
IDC ranked
#1
IDC WW Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, 2022 Q3, December 2022– Vendor Revenue
Efficient
Up to
99%
99% Based on Dell analysis of staff time required to maintain balanced PowerStore cluster vs. traditional multi-array deployment, March 2020. Factors in effort required to monitor, plan, define and execute volume migrations. Actual results will vary.
Cyber resilient
Up to
99.5%
Based on Dell analysis of publicly available data, June 2022. Actual results may vary.
Cloud-ready
Up to
80%
Based on Third Party Analysis, commissioned by Dell Technologies "Understanding the Economics of In-cloud Data Protection" September 2021.
All Dell Storage Products
Get breakthrough efficiency, cyber resiliency, and multicloud flexibility with software-driven storage.
PowerStore
Intelligent all-flash storage for the digital enterprise BEST FOR:- Business-critical transactional workloads
- VMware applications
- Database workloads
PowerFlex
Unbounded software-defined infrastructure BEST FOR:- 3-tier SAN or hyperconverged architecture
- High- performance workload consolidation
- Modern containerized apps
PowerScale
World’s most flexible and secure scale-out file storage BEST FOR:- Enterprise file consolidation
- Artificial intelligence and big data analytics
- Backup target
Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information sources measured across 7 attributes, August 2021
PowerMax
World's most secure mission-critical storage BEST FOR:- Mission-critical workloads
- Zero trust architectures
- Mixed workload consolidation
Based on Dell analysis comparing cybersecurity software capabilities offered for Dell ECS vs. competitive products, September 2022
Unity XT
Flexible hybrid storage for cost-sensitive enterprises BEST FOR:- Low-cost base configurations
- Workloads requiring flash and disk
- Virtualized applications and databases
PowerVault
Affordable entry block storage BEST FOR:- Small and medium sized businesses
- PowerEdge server capacity expansion
- Edge deployments
ECS
World's most secure enterprise object storage BEST FOR:- On-premises S3 storage
- Long term archive
- Big data analytics
Based on Dell internal analysis for cybersecurity capabilities of Dell PowerMax versus cybersecurity capabilities of competitive mainstream arrays supporting open systems and mainframe storage, March 2022.
ObjectScale
Software-defined enterprise object storage BEST FOR:- RedHat and VMware Kubernetes environments
- Modern cloud-native workloads
- Media content
Unified Storage
Combine block and file-based storage to manage files and applications from a single device.
PowerStore
Intelligent all-flash storage for the digital enterprise BEST FOR:- Business-critical transactional workloads
- VMware applications
- Database workloads
PowerFlex
Unbounded software-defined infrastructure BEST FOR:- 3-tier SAN or hyperconverged architecture
- High- performance workload consolidation
- Modern containerized apps
PowerMax
World's most secure mission-critical storage BEST FOR:- Mission-critical workloads
- Zero trust architectures
- Mixed workload consolidation
Based on Dell analysis comparing cybersecurity software capabilities offered for Dell ECS vs. competitive products, September 2022
Unity XT
Flexible hybrid storage for cost-sensitive enterprises BEST FOR:- Low-cost base configurations
- Workloads requiring flash and disk
- Virtualized applications and databases
Block Storage
Store and move blocks of decoupled data across systems quickly, efficiently, and reliably.
PowerStore
Intelligent all-flash storage for the digital enterprise BEST FOR:- Business-critical transactional workloads
- VMware applications
- Database workloads
PowerFlex
Unbounded software-defined infrastructure BEST FOR:- 3-tier SAN or hyperconverged architecture
- High- performance workload consolidation
- Modern containerized apps
PowerMax
World's most secure mission-critical storage BEST FOR:- Mission-critical workloads
- Zero trust architectures
- Mixed workload consolidation
Based on Dell analysis comparing cybersecurity software capabilities offered for Dell ECS vs. competitive products, September 2022
Unity XT
Flexible hybrid storage for cost-sensitive enterprises BEST FOR:- Low-cost base configurations
- Workloads requiring flash and disk
- Virtualized applications and databases
PowerVault
Affordable entry block storage BEST FOR:- Small and medium sized businesses
- PowerEdge server capacity expansion
- Edge deployments
File Storage
Deliver data through directories, folders, and files with Network Attached Storage.
PowerScale
World’s most flexible and secure scale-out file storage BEST FOR:- Enterprise file consolidation
- Artificial intelligence and big data analytics
- Backup target
Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information sources measured across 7 attributes, August 2021
Object Storage
Manage files as objects with custom, detailed metadata, to handle large amounts of unstructured data.
PowerScale
World’s most flexible and secure scale-out file storage BEST FOR:- Enterprise file consolidation
- Artificial intelligence and big data analytics
- Backup target
Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information sources measured across 7 attributes, August 2021
ECS
World's most secure enterprise object storage BEST FOR:- On-premises S3 storage
- Long term archive
- Big data analytics
Based on Dell internal analysis for cybersecurity capabilities of Dell PowerMax versus cybersecurity capabilities of competitive mainstream arrays supporting open systems and mainframe storage, March 2022.
ObjectScale
Software-defined enterprise object storage BEST FOR:- RedHat and VMware Kubernetes environments
- Modern cloud-native workloads
- Media content
Software-Defined Storage
Manage data storage resources, independent of underlying hardware.
PowerFlex
Unbounded software-defined infrastructure BEST FOR:- 3-tier SAN or hyperconverged architecture
- High- performance workload consolidation
- Modern containerized apps
PowerScale
World’s most flexible and secure scale-out file storage BEST FOR:- Enterprise file consolidation
- Artificial intelligence and big data analytics
- Backup target
Based on Dell analysis of publicly available information sources measured across 7 attributes, August 2021
ObjectScale
Software-defined enterprise object storage BEST FOR:- RedHat and VMware Kubernetes environments
- Modern cloud-native workloads
- Media content
Continuously modern software-driven storage
Smart infrastructure
Manage your storage systems from start to finish with health notifications, anomaly detection, and predictive analysis.
Explore CloudIQ
Sustainable data center
Advance your sustainability with energy efficiency, thermals and cooling, and infrastructure consolidation.
Read the brochure
Automated technologies
Boost productivity and workloads with automated operations, intelligence, and cloud integration.
Explore DevOps tools
Comprehensive data security
Protect your data from cyber threats with the world's most secure scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) and object storage solution.
Read the brief
Expert Reviews & Awards
Don't just take our word for it
TechTarget
Silver Winner
PowerStore with PowerStoreOS 3.0
The best enterprise storage arrays of 2022 in the disk and disk subsystems category
StorageReview
Hands-on Review
PowerVault ME and Edge Applications
"Designed to be simple, fast, and affordable, the PowerVault ME5’s workload versatility is exceptional."
StorageReview
Hands-on Review
PowerVault ME5
"An entry-level block storage array purpose-built and optimized for price-sensitive SAN & DAS environments focused on simplicity, performance, and affordability."
TechTarget
Bronze Winner
PowerStore 500
"PowerStore arrays support NVMe over Fibre Channel and appliance clustering to improve performance."
CRN®
Winner: Storage Midrange
PowerStore 500
"The array, which is also available through Dell’s Flex On Demand service, comes in a 2U form-factor chassis with capacity of up to 1.2 petabytes."
IT Brand Pulse
Market Leader
All-Flash Scale-Out File & Object Storage Systems
2020 IT Brand Pulse Flash Brand Leader Awards
StorageReview
Hands-on Review
Cloud Tiering Appliance
"We’d like to praise Dell EMC for the new clean UI design."
IT Brand Pulse
Market Leader
Scale Out File & Object Storage Appliances
2020 IT Brand Pulse Storage Brand Leader Awards
StorageReview
Hands-on Review
Unisphere
"This modern interface ultimately has been designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind for all storage management needs."
IT Brand Pulse
Market Leader
Hybrid SAN Arrays
2019 IT Brand Pulse Storage Brand Leader Awards
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