Dell PowerScale
Dell PowerScale (Isilon): scale-out NAS for petabytes. NFS, SMB, S3. Analytics, media, AI/ML datasets. OneFS single namespace.
Key Features
- Scale-out to 252 nodes
- Single namespace to 60+ PB
- OneFS distributed file system
- NFS, SMB, S3, HDFS
- Data tiering and archive
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What is Dell PowerScale?
Unstructured data is the part of the IT infrastructure that grows without anyone deciding it should. Scale-out NAS answers a specific consequence of that: whether growing capacity means another share to manage, or the same namespace with more nodes behind it.
Dell PowerScale (formerly Isilon) is scale-out NAS for massive unstructured data - files, media, archives, AI/ML datasets. Scales linearly to 60+ PB in a single namespace.
Key use cases:
- Media & Entertainment - post-production, rendering
- Healthcare - PACS, genomics
- Research - HPC, analytics
- AI/ML - training datasets
- Enterprise file shares - NAS consolidation
PowerScale series:
- F-series - all-flash (performance)
- H-series - hybrid (balanced)
- A-series - archive (capacity)
Key Features
OneFS
Distributed FS
- Single namespace
- Auto-balancing
- N+M data protection
- No RAID rebuild
Scale-Out
No limits
- Up to 252 nodes/cluster
- 60+ PB effective
- Add nodes online
- Linear performance scaling
Multi-Protocol
NFS, SMB, S3+
- NFS v3/v4
- SMB 3.x
- S3 object
- HDFS (native)
Series
| Series | Type | Capacity/node | Use case |
|---|---|---|---|
| F900 | All-Flash | 30-368 TB | High-performance |
| F600 | All-Flash | 15-184 TB | Performance |
| H700 | Hybrid | 48-552 TB | Balanced |
| H500 | Hybrid | 36-276 TB | Balanced |
| A300 | Archive | 240-1200 TB | Deep archive |
FAQ
What’s the difference between PowerScale and PowerStore? PowerScale = scale-out NAS (file/object). PowerStore = unified storage (block + file). PowerScale for massive file data, PowerStore for databases/VM/mixed.
Does nFlo deploy Dell PowerScale? Yes. We design scale-out architecture, deploy clusters, configure protocols and SmartPools. We offer migrations from legacy NAS.
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