In a world where technology innovation fuels every big idea, infrastructure is under pressure like never before. Costs spike unpredictably, workloads multiply, and AI is no longer a future project – it’s here now. IT teams must keep yesterday’s systems running – VMs, databases, ERP – while delivering tomorrow’s: AI, containers, and edge computing. The balancing act is relentless, and the old playbooks just can’t keep up.
The answer? A modern private cloud – flexible, secure, and designed to make your on-prem infrastructure simple to run and quick to adapt.
New ground rules for private cloud
To enable agility for tomorrow’s boldest ideas, success depends on three non‑negotiables:
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- Radical flexibility – Companies can no longer afford to be tied to a single hypervisor or inflexible hardware configuration. Every investment must be extendable and repurposable.
- Dynamic efficiency – Right-size capacity, optimize resources across workloads, and eliminate waste even as demands shift.
- End-to-end automation – Product-level simplicity is table stakes. The new requirement is data center automation that strips out manual work, breaks down silos and accelerates core business outcomes.
Why storage matters – and how PowerStore delivers
As we discussed in April, data gravity makes storage the key consideration for new disaggregated architectures, including private cloud. Without the right storage foundation, cloud agility, efficiency, and automation can stall at the critical moment.
PowerStore is built for agility in the cloud era. Its future-proof design – backed by Dell’s Lifecycle Extension program – keeps the platform continuously modern and cost-effective. Flexible cyber resiliency, guaranteed 5:1 data reduction4, unified block-and-file support, and scale-up or scale-out expansion give you headroom to respond to unforeseen change. And automation is everywhere – from AI-driven performance optimization to deep DevOps, container and hypervisor integrations – including the one just announced with Nutanix.
PowerStore’s newest release helps you think big!
Now PowerStore 4.2 makes the platform even more cloud-smart, with new capabilities including:
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- New PowerStore 5200Q model – With up to 60% more IOPS than previous QLC-based models, 5200Q makes elite performance more affordable than ever!5 Full software parity lets you move workloads seamlessly between TLC and QLC appliances in mixed PowerStore clusters.
- Enhanced security and resiliency – Already certified by the US DoD, PowerStore now strengthens Zero Trust strategies with SSO for biometric logins, TLS 1.3 encryption, HashiCorp key management, anomaly detection, Fibre Channel replication, and more.
- AI-powered self-healing – 4.2 reduces downtime risk and cuts resolution time up to 90% with autonomous corrective action.6 PowerStore can now fix newly discovered issues between releases with no code update required.
Dive deeper into 4.2 here – but these aren’t the only advantages.
Get ready to elevate your perspective
As critical as storage is, it’s not the whole picture. True cloud agility demands compute, orchestration, and lifecycle management working in sync. That’s where Dell Private Cloud (DPC) takes the lead – and competitors can’t follow.
Powered by new Dell Automation Platform software, DPC streamlines onboarding, provisioning, and Day 2 operations for private clouds built on PowerStore storage and PowerEdge servers. End-to-end orchestration gives you appliance-like simplicity with the flexibility of purpose-built, independently scalable compute and storage.
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- Faster deployment – Spin up enterprise-class, on-premises clouds with 90% fewer manual steps and workload-ready clusters in as little as 2.5 hours.7
- OS flexibility – Run your choice of hypervisors with bring-your-own licenses. Mix or swap hypervisors without lock-in.
- Simplified lifecycle management – Intelligent prechecks and update advisors reduce risk and eliminate the guesswork from upgrades.
- Repurposable hardware – Decommission and redeploy components quickly under new blueprints. Software subscriptions transfer seamlessly between nodes, maximizing reuse.
Every blueprint update is backed by 45,000+ hours of pre-validated testing, keeping your data center reliable, compliant, and change-ready – so you can scale and innovate with confidence.
Don’t bet the farm on silos
Disconnected point products may solve an immediate challenge, but they won’t deliver the cross-datacenter visibility and control that big ideas demand. The more your environment grows, the clearer it becomes: you need a solution that connects and operates as one.
PowerStore 4.2 provides the storage foundation for resilient, adaptable private clouds. Dell Private Cloud turns that foundation into consistent, automated infrastructure – without locking you in.
Whether you choose DIY or full turnkey, with PowerStore, your private cloud is ready for tomorrow’s boldest ideas.
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1https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/michael-dell-ai-to-drive-data-center-demand-up-100-fold-…
2Enterprise Strategy Group Complete Survey Results, Navigating the Cloud and AI Revolution: The State of Enterprise Storage and HCI, February 2024.
3Enterprise Strategy Group Complete Survey Results, 2024 Technology Spending Intentions Survey, February 2024
45:1 average rate guaranteed for reducible data across customer applications. Rates for individual applications may vary. See Future-Proof Program terms and conditions for details.
5Based on internal analysis comparing PowerStore 3200Q vs. PowerStore 5200Q performance using peak IOPs running 70/30 read/write mix, 8k block size over FC. Actual results will vary.
6Based on internal testing comparing call support resolution and Smart Support auto healing time to resolution.
7Based on internal Dell testing. After hardware installation, configuration and platform onboarding. No manual interaction required after initiation. Actual results may vary.
8Nutanix DPC blueprint support coming summer 2026.
9PowerStore 5200Q supports up to 60% more volumes than PowerStore 3200Q, based on product documentation as of September 2025. Actual results will vary.
