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IDC ranked
#1
IDC Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, 2024Q4, March 13, 2025, Vendor Revenue.
Private Cloud
Industry’s best
5:1
5:1 average rate guaranteed across customer applications. Rates for individual applications may vary. See Future-Proof program terms and conditions for details.
Artificial Intelligence
Save up to
63%
Based on Principled Technologies’ paper commissioned by Dell, “Make GenAI investments go further with the Dell AI Factory,” comparing the TCO for on-premises Dell infrastructure purchased two ways, through APEX Subscriptions and Capex, versus similarly configured public cloud AWS SageMaker and Azure ML solutions, July 2025. Estimated costs were modeled utilizing Llama 3 8B LLM for inferencing and model fine-tuning workloads by organizations over a 4-year period. Server models used were XE9680s with 8 x H100 GPUs. Actual results may vary. See full paper.
Cyber Resilient
Typically
65:1
Based on Dell internal testing and field telemetry data, February 2025. Actual results may vary.
All-Flash
Maximize performance, reliability, and efficiency with the power of all-flash storage.
Block and File
PowerStore
Unified, all-flash enterprise storage for diverse workloads BEST FOR:- VMs, databases, containers, general file and transactional workloads
- Flexible scaling with non-disruptive modernization
- Simplifying cloud deployments on any hypervisor
File and Object
PowerScale
Unified file and object storage with parallel performance BEST FOR:• Unstructured data with scale
• Parallel multi-protocol (NFS, SMB, S3) access
• AI, data-intensive, and cloud-native workloads
• Parallel multi-protocol (NFS, SMB, S3) access
• AI, data-intensive, and cloud-native workloads
Cyber resilience
PowerProtect Data Domain
The ultimate enterprise protection storage built for cyber resilience BEST FOR:- Business-critical workloads for organizations of all sizes
- Maximum performance, efficiency, security
- Core, edge, multicloud
Block and File
PowerMax
Highly scalable and resilient storage for mission-critical workloads BEST FOR:- Mission-critical workloads
- Advanced multi-site replication technology
- Open systems, mainframe, virtualized applications
Based on Dell internal analysis for cybersecurity capabilities of Dell PowerMax versus cybersecurity capabilities of competitive mainstream arrays supporting open systems and mainframe storage, April 2024.
Software-defined
PowerFlex
Flexible, software-defined storage designed for petabyte-scale workload consolidation BEST FOR:- Consolidation of transactional workloads: virtualization, cloud, app dev
- Extreme performance that scales linearly as nodes are added
- Private cloud and multi-cloud deployments on any hypervisor
Object
ObjectScale
Scalable, object storage built for modern apps and AI BEST FOR:- Unstructured data
- AI and cloud-native workloads
- S3 and global namespace environments
Dell ObjectScale is a powerful, next-generation S3 object storage platform that offers unmatched scalability, performance and efficiency for the AI era.
Private Cloud
Optimize your private cloud with efficient, resilient, and adaptable storage solutions.
Block and File
PowerStore
Unified, all-flash enterprise storage for diverse workloads BEST FOR:- VMs, databases, containers, general file and transactional workloads
- Flexible scaling with non-disruptive modernization
- Simplifying cloud deployments on any hypervisor
Block and File
PowerMax
Highly scalable and resilient storage for mission-critical workloads BEST FOR:- Mission-critical workloads
- Advanced multi-site replication technology
- Open systems, mainframe, virtualized applications
Based on Dell internal analysis for cybersecurity capabilities of Dell PowerMax versus cybersecurity capabilities of competitive mainstream arrays supporting open systems and mainframe storage, April 2024.
Software-defined
PowerFlex
Flexible, software-defined storage designed for petabyte-scale workload consolidation BEST FOR:- Consolidation of transactional workloads: virtualization, cloud, app dev
- Extreme performance that scales linearly as nodes are added
- Private cloud and multi-cloud deployments on any hypervisor
Artificial Intelligence
Unleash AI at scale with high-performance, efficient, and resilient storage solutions.
Block and File
PowerStore
Unified, all-flash enterprise storage for diverse workloads BEST FOR:- VMs, databases, containers, general file and transactional workloads
- Flexible scaling with non-disruptive modernization
- Simplifying cloud deployments on any hypervisor
File and Object
PowerScale
Unified file and object storage with parallel performance BEST FOR:• Unstructured data with scale
• Parallel multi-protocol (NFS, SMB, S3) access
• AI, data-intensive, and cloud-native workloads
• Parallel multi-protocol (NFS, SMB, S3) access
• AI, data-intensive, and cloud-native workloads
Object
ObjectScale
Scalable, object storage built for modern apps and AI BEST FOR:- Unstructured data
- AI and cloud-native workloads
- S3 and global namespace environments
Dell ObjectScale is a powerful, next-generation S3 object storage platform that offers unmatched scalability, performance and efficiency for the AI era.
Cyber Resilience
Build your cyber resilience foundation on the most trusted protection storage.
Cyber resilience
PowerProtect Data Domain
The ultimate enterprise protection storage built for cyber resilience BEST FOR:- Business-critical workloads for organizations of all sizes
- Maximum performance, efficiency, security
- Core, edge, multicloud
Dell Storage Solutions
Get breakthrough efficiency, resiliency, and future-ready solutions with purpose-built storage.
Block and File
PowerStore
Unified, all-flash enterprise storage for diverse workloads BEST FOR:- VMs, databases, containers, general file and transactional workloads
- Flexible scaling with non-disruptive modernization
- Simplifying cloud deployments on any hypervisor
File and Object
PowerScale
Unified file and object storage with parallel performance BEST FOR:• Unstructured data with scale
• Parallel multi-protocol (NFS, SMB, S3) access
• AI, data-intensive, and cloud-native workloads
• Parallel multi-protocol (NFS, SMB, S3) access
• AI, data-intensive, and cloud-native workloads
Cyber resilience
PowerProtect Data Domain
The ultimate enterprise protection storage built for cyber resilience BEST FOR:- Business-critical workloads for organizations of all sizes
- Maximum performance, efficiency, security
- Core, edge, multicloud
Block and File
PowerMax
Highly scalable and resilient storage for mission-critical workloads BEST FOR:- Mission-critical workloads
- Advanced multi-site replication technology
- Open systems, mainframe, virtualized applications
Based on Dell internal analysis for cybersecurity capabilities of Dell PowerMax versus cybersecurity capabilities of competitive mainstream arrays supporting open systems and mainframe storage, April 2024.
Software-defined
PowerFlex
Flexible, software-defined storage designed for petabyte-scale workload consolidation BEST FOR:- Consolidation of transactional workloads: virtualization, cloud, app dev
- Extreme performance that scales linearly as nodes are added
- Private cloud and multi-cloud deployments on any hypervisor
Object
ObjectScale
Scalable, object storage built for modern apps and AI BEST FOR:- Unstructured data
- AI and cloud-native workloads
- S3 and global namespace environments
Dell ObjectScale is a powerful, next-generation S3 object storage platform that offers unmatched scalability, performance and efficiency for the AI era.
Block
PowerVault
Affordable block-only storage, optimized for small or specialized workloads BEST FOR:- Small and medium-sized workloads (SMBs)
- PowerEdge server capacity expansion
- Edge, HPC, virtualization, surveillance, and VDI workloads
Block and File
Unity XT
Flexible hybrid storage for cost-sensitive enterprises BEST FOR:- Low-cost base configurations
- Workloads requiring flash and disk
- Virtualized applications and databases
Multicloud
Dell PowerScale for Public Cloud
High-performance file storage with PowerScale OneFS capabilities, designed for public clouds. BEST FOR:- High-performance AI and ML workflows
- Data-intensive applications
- Hybrid cloud environments
Multicloud
Dell PowerFlex for Public Cloud
Enterprise-class, software-defined block storage, designed for Microsoft Azure and AWS. BEST FOR:- Simplifying hybrid cloud
- Accelerating application delivery
- Optimising workload placement
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