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Storage designed for emerging businesses.
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Simple, fast, and affordable storage

PowerVault ME5 storage systems are designed to meet the demands of modern businesses, supporting a wide range of applications with ease. They seamlessly integrate with leading hypervisors, operating systems, and management platforms, ensuring compatibility and flexibility. Trusted by businesses worldwide, PowerVault ME5 delivers dependable performance, cost-effective storage solutions, and streamlined operations, making it the ideal choice for small to medium-sized businesses looking to simplify storage without compromise.

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Edge-enabled solutions

Expand PowerVault ME5 storage capacity at the edge to reduce deployment risks, increase system reliability, and gain real-time insights. Enable edge applications like cloud gaming, oil and gas exploration, and safety and security.
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Versatile workload support

Deliver up to 640K IOPs with more capacity, controller memory, and faster host connectivity options than previous generations. Support high-performance computing (HPC), SQL databases, virtualization, and more.
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Simplified management

PowerVault Manager, an intuitive interface enables you to store, manage, and protect your data. As your infrastructure grows, easily integrate an extensive ecosystem of management systems.
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Test drive PowerVault management

Experience PowerVault management software with self-paced virtual labs and guided demos.
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Future-Proof Program

Maximize your investments with benefits that span storage, data protection, networking, and servers.
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Payment Solutions

Whether you are looking to pay for technology as you use it, rotate your technology every few years, manage your cash flow or finance your software purchases, we have a solution for you.**
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DATA SHEET

PowerVault ME5 Storage

Data sheet describing and highlighting PowerVault ME5 primary storage features, benefits, and value.
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SPEC SHEET

PowerVault ME5200 Storage Series Spec Sheet

Description: Spec sheet that lists all essential PowerVault ME52XX primary storage technical specifications.
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SPEC SHEET

PowerVault ME5000 Storage Series Spec Sheet

Spec sheet that lists all essential PowerVault ME50XX primary storage technical specifications.
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DATA SHEET

Intro to PowerVault MD JBOD

Maximize PowerEdge servers with high-capacity, cost-efficient storage and flexible multi-petabyte capacity expansion.
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Top Reasons

An overview of the key reasons why SMB customers choose to use PowerVault ME5 primary storage for their business.
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PowerVault ME5 for HPC

A solution brief detailing how PowerVault ME5 storage is implemented and optimized for use in HPC environments.
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PowerVault ME5 for Surveillance

A solution brief detailing how PowerVault ME5 storage is implemented and optimized for use in Surveillance environments.
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PowerVault ME5 for Virtualization

A solution brief detailing how PowerVault ME5 storage is implemented and optimized for use in Virtualized environments.
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SOLUTION BRIEF

PowerVault ME5 at the Edge

A solution brief detailing how PowerVault at the edge empowers emerging business progress.
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FAQs

PowerVault ME5 is built for small and medium businesses that need storage to be simple, affordable, and reliable. It’s easy to set up and manage without requiring deep IT expertise, provides enterprise-class features at an entry-level price, and delivers the dependable performance and data protection small and medium businesses can trust to run critical applications every day.
PowerVault ME5 helps businesses grow by being simple to manage, affordable to scale, fast in performance, and reliable for daily operations. It supports all-flash or hybrid storage to handle increasing workloads, scales up to 8PB without complexity, and integrates easily with virtualization platforms like VMware and Hyper-V. This means businesses can start small, expand on demand, and keep critical applications running smoothly without costly or disruptive upgrades.
Dell PowerVault is a versatile storage solution suitable for small to medium-sized businesses and remote office/branch offices (SMB/ROBO). It supports various workloads including data backup, archive, and production environments.
The current PowerVault model families are ME5200 series primary storage and supported expansion closures and MD series JBOD for direct-attached storage (DAS). ME5 is optimized for high performance and scalability.
PowerVault ME5 arrays boast impressive performance with up to 840K IOPS, 14 Gb/s read, and 11 Gb/s write, making them ideal for demanding data applications.
PowerVault uses ADAPT distributed RAID and 12 Gb SAS expansion, allowing for seamless scalability up to 8 PB without disrupting ongoing operations.
PowerVault supports a range of host protocols including 25 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSCI, 32 Gb FC, and 12 Gb SAS. It is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows 2025 (including Hyper-V), Windows 2022 (including Hyper-V), RHEL 9.5, RHEL 8.10, SLES 15, SLES 15 SP6, SLES 12 SP8, VMware 9.0, VMware 8.0 U3.
PowerVault includes all-inclusive software such as thin provisioning, up to 1,024 snapshots and asynchronous replication.
Yes, PowerVault ME5212 is Veeam Ready Repository certified as of July 2025, ensuring seamless integration with leading backup solutions.
Differences between PowerVault models are primarily in storage performance and bandwidth.