PowerStore 9500 All-Flash Storage

Processor

4 Intel^® Xeon^® CPUs
128 cores, 2.2 GHz

Functional

All-flash, all-NVMe storage appliance
Unified support for block, file, and container-based workloads

Memory

2048 GB DRAM

System Overview

Base enclosure
3U enclosure with dual active/active nodes
40 E3 EDSFF NVMe drive slots
Ten IO modules
Four redundant power supplies (two per node)

Expansion Capacity

Expansion method

Scale-up: Single drive expansion within base enclosure, support for future expansion 
Scale-out: Up to 4 appliances per cluster
Clusters include load balancing intelligence, allow seamless data movement between appliances.

Per appliance
Max capacity: 5.81 PBe
Max drives: 40

Per cluster
Max capacity: 23.24 PBe
Max drives: 160

Connectivity

Front-end network protocols
Block: FC, NVMe/FC, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP
File: NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFSv4.2; CIFS (SMB 1), SMB 2, SMB 3.0, SMB 3.02, and SMB 3.1.1; FTP and SFTP

Front-end network ports
Max network ports: 40
Max 32/64Gb FC ports: 40
Max 10GBase-T/iSCSI ports: 40
Max 25 GbE/iSCSI ports: 40
Max 100GbE/iSCSI ports: 16

Back-end expansion ports
Optional 100GbE QSFP card for future expansion capabilities 

Management ports
1Gbe

Media Types

NVMe TLC SSDs
3.84TB
7.68TB
15.36TB

NVME QLC SSDs
30.72 TB

^{* All drives are SED. FIPS 140-3 level 2 validated drives are available as an option. Consult a Dell or Partner Sales Rep for additional guidance.}

Software

All software required to store data and manage the appliance is included with PowerStore purchase. Upgrades are non-disruptive.

Data Optimisation

Efficiency
Thin provisioning
Thin clones
Dynamic Resiliency Engine

Data Reduction
6:1 DRR guarantee
Hardware-based compression
Global deduplication (entire appliance)
Zero detect

Data Protection

Local Protection
SED-based encryption with self-managed and external key management
Local Point-In-Time Copies (Snapshots and Thin Clones)
Immutable & Secure Snapshots
File Level Retention (FLR)

Remote Protection
Native Synchronous/Asynchronous Block and File Replication
Native Metro Volume Synchronous Block Replication (including 3rd-site Witness)
Native Metro Synchronous File Replication (including 3rd site witness)
Native PowerProtect DD integration - manage local or multicloud backups directly from PowerStore

Security

US Department of Defense:  DoDIN APL for PowerStoreOS 3.5
Common Criteria EAL2 – PowerStoreOS 3.5 certified 
Data-at-Rest Encryption
(KMIP) compliant external key manager
IPv6 USGv6-R1 certification
Multi-factor authentication via RSA SecurID
Secure and immutable snapshots
Native SHA2 certificate
Dell Common Event Enabler; AntiVirus Agent (CEPA)

Other compliance
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance
Secure TLS communication

Management

PowerStore Manager UI
CLI, REST API
Dell AIOps Infrastructure Observability (cloud-based storage analytics) with ProSupport
Proactive Assist: Configure remote support, online chat, open a service request, etc.
Quality of Service (Block and vVols)
Syslog support (including alerts)
Ecosystems
PowerStore supports a wide variety of protocol and advanced features available via various software suites and packs including but not limited to:

VMware
Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere™: For provisioning, management, and cloning 
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Integration: Managing failover and failback making disaster recovery rapid and reliable
Virtualisation API Integration: VMware: VAAI and VASA.
vRO Plugin for PowerStore

DevOps/Containers
Container Storage Interface (CSI) Plugin for PowerStore
Container Storage Modules (CSM) for PowerStore
Ansible Module for PowerStore
Terraform Provider 

Other
OpenStack Cinder Driver
OpenStack Manila Driver

Data Mobility

Block Migration
Native block migration from Unity, Unity XT, PS Series, SC Series, VNX2, VMAX3, XtremIO, and 3rd-party arrays

File migration
Native file migration for Unity, Unity XT, VNX2

Physical

Base unit
Empty weight: 61.05 kg / 134.60 lb
Full weight: 67.60 kg/149.00 lb
Vertical size: 3 rack units
Height: 13.34 cm / 5.25 in.
Width: 44.72 cm / 17.61 in.
Depth: 89.10 cm / 35.08 in.

Power

AC line voltage
200-240 VAC ± 10%, single phase, 47 to 63 Hz

AC line current
Typical operating temp (26°C): 10 A max at 200V
Maximum operating temp (40°C): 10.6 A max at 200V

Power consumption
Typical operating temperature of 26°C / 1976.9 W (2000.9 VA) max at 200V-240V (+/- 10%)
Maximum operating temperature of 40°C / 2108.1 W (2131.7 VA) max at 200V-240V (+/- 10%)

Heat Dissipation
Typical operating temperature of 26°C / 5.84 x 10⁶ J/hr, (5,531 Btu/hr) max 200VAC
Maximum operating temperature of 40°C / 6.22 x 10⁶ J/hr, (5,898 Btu/hr) max 200VAC