DELL PowerMax 8500, Intel Xeon Gold 6254 Enterprise SAN Storage

When your data workloads keep growing, you often find your current storage can’t keep up. Slow response times, frequent bottlenecks, and the fear of running out of space become daily worries. The Dell EMC PowerScale 8000 is a high-performance, scale-out storage system designed to handle massive data volumes while delivering fast, reliable access. It lets you store petabytes of information, run analytics, and support critical applications without the constant need to upgrade. If you need a solution that scales with your business and eliminates storage-related delays, this system is built for you.

PowerScale 8000 - Scalable Performance for Massive Data Demands

The PowerScale 8000 solves the problem of limited capacity and sluggish performance that can hold back modern enterprises. When data growth outpaces your storage, you risk downtime, lost productivity, and higher costs. This system provides a clear answer by offering up to 15 PBe of effective capacity for open systems and 8 PBe for mainframe environments, all backed by a robust 576-core Intel Xeon Gold processor pool. Its architecture ensures six-nines (99.9999 %) availability, so you can trust that your data is always reachable when you need it.

Usages

The PowerScale 8000 fits a wide range of real-world scenarios. Large media companies can archive and stream petabytes of video without latency. Research institutions use its massive parallel processing to run complex simulations and AI workloads. Financial services rely on its secure vault implementation and high-throughput ports for transaction processing and compliance archiving. Any organization that needs to store, protect, and quickly retrieve huge data sets will find this system a perfect match.

Key Features

• 8 node pairs provide a balanced, modular architecture for easy scaling.
• Intel Xeon Gold 6254 processors run at 3.9 GHz, delivering high compute density.
• Each CPU offers 18 cores, totaling 576 cores across the system.
• Raw system cache of 30.72 TB (3.84 TB per node pair) accelerates data access.
• 384 NVMe TLC drives (30.72 TB each) supply fast, reliable storage.
• RAID 5 configuration (12+1) ensures data protection with efficient use of space.
• 8 dynamic media enclosures, each with 48 slots, expand capacity as needed.
• Vault implementation includes 4 NVMe self-encrypting flash drives per node pair for added security.
• 32 × 100 Gb/s Ethernet ports support iSCSI, NVMe/TCP, and SRDF connections.

The Dell EMC PowerScale 8000 gives you the space, speed, and reliability needed to turn data into a competitive advantage. Its scalable design, powerful processors, and extensive connectivity let you grow confidently, knowing your storage will keep pace with every new demand.

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