Enterprise Storage Solutions

Additional Management Protocol1

SMI-S supported in addition to the standard MSA management protocol set1

All-Inclusive Software2

ADAPT distributed RAID, thin provisioning, snapshots, asynchronous replication, auto-tiering, volume copy, data-at-rest encryption and VMware SRM support — included with no additional licensing3ADAPT distributed RAID, thin provisioning, SSD read cache, three-tier auto-tiering, snapshots, volume copy, IP and FC remote replication — included with no separate licensing1

Architecture3

Container-based scale-up and scale-out architecture; each appliance contains two active/active nodes. Multiple appliances can be clustered5Modular design built from node pairs combined with 48-slot Dynamic Media Enclosures (DMEs). Each node pair contains two PowerMax compute nodes, complete software and licensing, cache memory, redundant power and connectivity modules. Node pair module is 3U2Scale-up and scale-out multi-controller design built from PowerBrick building blocks. Each Brick contains an engine with two PowerMax directors, packaged software, cache and 24-slot NVMe Drive Array Enclosures. zBricks add FICON connectivity and CKD device formatting for mainframe2

Automated Tiering2

Policy-based tiering via SmartPools and CloudPools3Three tiers — Performance (SSD), Standard (Enterprise SAS HDD) and Archive (Midline SAS HDD) — with sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement based on data access characteristics2

Availability4

Designed for six nines (99.9999%) availability2Designed for six nines (99.9999%) availability; non-disruptive PowerMaxOS upgrades complete in under six seconds2Five-nines availability; dual-controller models connect four high-availability servers or eight non-redundant servers1No-single-point-of-failure platform with a 100% data availability guarantee1

Backend1

Dual-ported NVMe PCIe Gen3 8-lane backend I/O interface modules, 4 per engine, delivering 8GB/s of bandwidth per module2

Backend Connectivity1

12Gb SAS to expansion enclosures4

Base Capacity1

11TBu or 13TBu initial usable capacity, expandable via Flash capacity packs1

Base Drives1

Up to 24 SFF HDD and/or SSD on all 1060 array models. Note: MSA 1060 array models accept SFF drives only — LFF drives require adding an MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosure1

Base Enclosure1

2U enclosure with dual active/active nodes and twenty-five (25) 2.5" NVMe drive slots5

Cache5

12GB per controller, 24GB per system21TB or 2TB DDR4 per Brick12 x onboard M.2 2280 NVMe/SATA slots — no PCIe slot consumed1512GB, 1TB or 2TB DDR4 per Brick18GB flash-backed write cache per controller1

Cache — Per Node Pair Options2

1.792TB, 3.584TB, 7.68TB1896GB, 1.792TB, 3.584TB, 7.68TB1

Cache — System Minimum (Raw)2

1.792TB1896GB1

Certification6

ENERGY STAR certified4Energy Star compliant3Certified for use with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software1NEBS Level 3 certified, covering both B10100 and B10200 models1Veeam Ready Repository certified1

Chassis1

2U 2-node chassis with a passive backplane. Each enclosure holds two nodes, which may be storage controllers or NVMe I/O modules. The chassis does not include controller nodes or power supplies — these must be ordered separately1

Chassis Format2

All-in-one — dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking, with expansion options3All-in-one — single or dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking, with expansion options1

Class6

All-flash scale-out NAS node, entry point of the current PowerScale all-flash line1All-flash scale-out NAS node, highest capacity in the current PowerScale all-flash line1All-flash scale-out NAS node, mid-range of the current PowerScale all-flash line1Disaggregated, scale-out block and file NVMe storage platform1Entry-level flash-ready hybrid shared storage array, MSA Gen6 platform1

Cluster Expansion1

OneFS AutoBalance allows nodes to be added without downtime, manual data migration or application reconfiguration3

Cluster Scaling1

Minimum 3 nodes, maximum 252 nodes per cluster. Nodes co-exist in the same cluster with existing PowerScale and Isilon all-flash, hybrid and archive nodes3

Compatibility Note1

ME4 Series systems do not support drives previously deployed on an ME5 Series base system or on an expansion enclosure used with an ME5 Series system1

Configuration1

Dense configurations allow 6 node pairs in System Bay 1 and 2 additional node pairs in System Bay 2; balanced system bay configurations also supported1

Controller Configuration2

Single or dual controller supported on this 2U model2Dual-active controllers only — no single-controller option on this 5U model1

Controller Node Options1

8-core (B10120), 16-core (B10130) and 32-core (B10140) models. Nodes are fully hot-pluggable for online serviceability, and the dual-controller configuration withstands a complete controller node failure without impacting data availability1

Controller Refresh1

HPE free non-disruptive controller refresh programme allows controllers to be kept current without forklift upgrades, saving an average of 30% over traditional upgrade approaches1

Controllers3

2 hot-swappable controllers per chassis (dual-active), powered by Intel Xeon processors3Two hot-swappable controllers per array in a dual-active configuration, each with a next-generation RAID offload ASIC22 hot-swappable controllers per chassis (dual-active). Single or dual controller supported on 2U models; expansion enclosures are not supported with a single controller module1

Cyber Recovery1

Cyber Recovery Service for PowerMax (cyber vault) available through Dell Professional Services1

Cyber Resiliency1

Up to 65 million secure and immutable snapshots per array, ransomware anomaly detection and alerting, PowerMax cyber recovery vault, tamper-proof audit logs, Cyber Intrusion Detection for mainframe (zCID)2

Data Migration1

HPE Peer Motion for online, non-disruptive migration from HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera and HPE Alletra 9000 arrays; HPE Zerto for large virtualised environments; HPE Data Migration Services for assisted migration1

Data Protection2

Local snapshots and thin clones, asynchronous and synchronous replication, SED-based data-at-rest encryption5Storage Direct Protection with PowerProtect Data Domain — up to 46TB/hour backup and 21TB/hour restore2

Data Reduction3

Always-on inline deduplication and compression with hardware acceleration, backed by Dell's data reduction guarantee (ratio subject to current programme terms)5Global inline deduplication and compression with a Dell Future-Proof data reduction guarantee; space-efficient snapshots and thin provisioning2Hardware-based compression with global inline deduplication; 5:1 data reduction guarantee for open systems and 3:1 for mainframe under the Dell Future-Proof program2

Data Resiliency1

Dynamic Resiliency Engine (DRE), protecting against multiple simultaneous drive failures without traditional RAID group management5

Data Retention1

SmartLock policy-based retention and protection against accidental deletion3

Data Services1

SRDF replication including SRDF/Metro, SnapVX snapshots, Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE), Cloud Mobility, non-disruptive migration from VMAX arrays2

Deployment Note1

Supports a fully disconnected secure deployment option for regulated environments with data sovereignty and compliance requirements1

Dimensions5

44 x 430.5 x 295.5 mm (44 x 478 x 327.5 mm with handles)144 x 481.9 x 555.9 mm (with server ears)18.9 x 44.5 x 50.8 cm188 x 482 x 407.5 mm (with server handles)1RS2423+ 88 x 482 x 552 mm (with server ears), 11.5 kg; RS2423RP+ 88 x 482 x 578 mm, 11.9 kg1

Drive Count3

Minimum 2, maximum 264 drives with expansion1Minimum 2, maximum 276 drives with expansion1Minimum 28, maximum 336 drives with expansion1

Drive Count and Capacity1

Scales to 336 drives; up to approximately 4PB raw capacity across the ME4 series1

Drive Media6

SAS and NLSAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates and rotational speeds can be mixed in the same system. NLSAS 7.2K 3.5", SAS 10K 2.5", and SSD options including FIPS self-encrypting drives324-slot NVMe DAE using 2.5" dual-ported NVMe flash drives; NVMe storage class memory (SCM) drives using dual-port Intel Optane technology also supported2Dual-ported native NVMe flash drives with two independent I/O channels and automatic failover fault isolation. Up to two consecutive compatible drive capacities are supported per storage resource pool2Mix of dual-ported 12Gb SSD, Enterprise SAS HDD and SAS Midline (MDL) HDD within the same array or drive enclosure. HPE recommends not mixing disks where the ratio of largest to smallest exceeds two23.5" and 2.5" HDDs and 2.5" SSDs, flexibly mixed for all-flash or hybrid-flash configurations; self-encrypting and FIPS-certified drives available1

Drives3

24 NVMe SSDs per node1Up to 10 all-flash NVMe SSDs per node1Up to 4 NVMe all-flash SSDs per node, including a 15.36TB QLC option1

Efficiency1

In-line compression and deduplication; optional SmartDedupe deduplication reducing storage requirements by up to 35%; storage utilisation up to 80%; 2:1 data reduction guarantee3

Environment Support4

Mixed open systems, mainframe, IBM i, block and file1Open systems only1Open systems, mainframe, file and virtualised storage consolidation1Open systems, mainframe, file and virtualised storage consolidation; supports IBM mainframe environments with 32Gb FICON1

Expansion1

Up to 16 JBOF expansion shelves per solution, scaling capacity from 15.36TB to approximately 5.8PB without disruption. Cost savings are available in 2-drive and one-controller-node increments1

Expansion Enclosures5

2U enclosures with twenty-four (24) 2.5" NVMe drive slots, up to three per appliance, providing full end-to-end NVMe for data drives5ME512 (12x 3.5", 2U) and ME524 (24x 2.5", 2U) can be used only with ME5212 or ME5224 base arrays; ME584 (84x 3.5", 5U) is supported behind any ME5 base array2MSA 2060 SFF Drive Enclosure (2U, 24x 2.5" bays) and MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosure (2U, 12x 3.5" bays), each with two I/O modules; SFF and LFF enclosures can be mixed. Each ships with two 0.5m mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD cables2ME584 dense expansion enclosure (84x 3.5", 5U), supported behind any ME5 base array. ME512 and ME524 2U enclosures are not supported behind the ME52841Up to nine 2U ME412 or ME424 enclosures, or up to three 5U ME484 dense enclosures. A combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 is not supported1

Footprint2

Two Bricks fit within half of a standard 19-inch rack; third-party rack support available1Up to four Bricks in a single cabinet and up to eight Bricks across two floor tiles1

Front Panel1

Bezel protecting the 24 NVMe SSD drives1

Front-End Ports2

Up to 256 per system across open systems and mainframe1Up to 64 per system1

Guarantees1

HPE guarantees covering data availability, storage efficiency, cyber resiliency, zero downtime and energy efficiency1

Health Monitoring1

Supported by the HPE MSA Health Check tool, which also covers prior MSA generations2

High Availability1

Synology High Availability supported1

Host Bus Adapters1

Up to two HBAs per controller node. Options are 32/64Gb Fibre Channel (supporting SCSI and NVMe/FC) and 10/25Gb Ethernet (supporting iSCSI and NVMe/TCP). Replication links can be added to either HBA type. 10GBASE-T host connectivity also supported1

Host Connectivity5

Up to 25Gb iSCSI, 10Gb iSCSI, 12Gb SAS, and Fibre Channel3Fibre Channel, FC-NVMe (NVMe over Fabrics) at 32Gb, iSCSI; embedded NAS available for file storage2Fibre Channel, FC-NVMe, NVMe/TCP, iSCSI; 32Gb FICON for mainframe workloads216Gb Fibre Channel, 10GBASE-T iSCSI (copper), or 12Gb SAS depending on model. FC models negotiate 8/16/32Gb via switch or HBA but are native 16Gb devices116Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, 10GBASE-T iSCSI, or 12Gb SAS depending on model, with auto-negotiation down to 8Gb or 4Gb FC speeds1

Host Connectivity (Converged Network Controller modules)1

4x 16Gb Fibre Channel or 10Gb iSCSI; 4x 10Gbase-T iSCSI; 4x 12Gb mini-SAS. Backwards compatible with auto-negotiation for iSCSI and FC1

Host Ports2

4 host ports total — 2 ports per controller18 host ports total — 4 ports per controller1

Host Protocols2

Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, and file/NAS5Fibre Channel, NVMe-oF/FC, NVMe-oF/TCP and iSCSI1

Hypervisor Support1

VMware vSphere (ESXi) and vCenter with SRM, Microsoft Hyper-V3

I/O Modules (2 per node)1

32/16/8/4Gb Fibre Channel; 100GbE optical/QSFP and copper active/passive; 25/10GbE optical/SFP+ and Twinax; 10GbE BASE-T5

Included in Base1

Single SFF array chassis, two MSA 1060 controllers, two AC power supplies, two 1.5m PDU cords (IEC C13/C14), one rack-mount kit. SFPs are not included with the 16Gb Fibre Channel model and must be purchased separately1

Integration2

VMware VSI, SRM, VAAI and VASA, vRO plugin; Container Storage Interface (CSI) plugin, Ansible module, Terraform provider, Dell Container Storage Modules2VMware VSI, SRM, VAAI and VASA; Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver; Ansible and Kubernetes integrations2

Interconnect1

Dynamic Fabric architecture with NVMe/RDMA over 100Gb/s InfiniBand — 100 Gbps per port2

Launch Software1

Introduced with PowerScale OneFS 9.72

Licensing Note1

The Advanced Data Services (ADS) Suite includes Performance Tiering, 512 Snapshot and Remote Snap LTUs. Configurations mixing SSDs and HDDs for performance tiering require the ADS Suite LTU; all-SSD configurations and SSD Read Cache configurations do not2

Management7

PowerStore Manager and CloudIQ; REST API, CLI, Ansible and Terraform automation5PowerVault Manager HTML5 GUI element manager, CLI, VMware vCenter plugin, Redfish/Swordfish REST API, CLI API scripting3PowerMax Unisphere Manager GUI, CLI, REST API, Dell AIOps, Proactive Assist, Quality of Service via Host I/O Limits, syslog support, iPDU power consumption dashboard2Storage Management Utility (SMU) v4 web interface and CLI, out-of-band. Interfaces: USB, 100/1000 Ethernet. Protocols: SNMP, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet2Unisphere for PowerMax, CLI and REST API; real-time machine learning for automated data placement across SCM and NVMe flash2

Max Block Snapshots5

Max Block Volumes/Clones (FC/iSCSI/NVMe)5

Max File System Size1

256TB5

Max Initiators1

2,0005

Max NAS Servers2

2503502

Max User File Systems2

2,00041,5001

Max Volume Size1

256TB5

Max Volumes per Volume Group1

128; max volume groups: 1255

Max single volume2

up to 1 PB (with 64 GB RAM)2up to 200 TB1

Max vVol Storage Containers5

Maximum Capacity5

737.28TB with SFF expansion, 904.32TB with LFF expansion; up to 2.95PB using HPE MSA self-encrypting SAS Read Intensive SSD options1Beyond 7PB (up to 7.37PB) total array storage capacity with HPE MSA self-encrypting SAS Read Intensive SSD options — an increase of up to 2.6x over previous Gen6 media1Up to 4PBe per system of PCIe Gen3 NVMe storage across two racks; up to 4.5PBe usable with global inline compression and deduplication enabled1Up to approximately 1PBe per system; up to 1.2PBe usable with global inline compression and deduplication enabled1Up to approximately 5.8-5.9PB of all-NVMe capacity in a single system. A fully loaded configuration is 16x JBOFs totalling 384x 15.36TB NVMe SSDs1

Maximum Effective Capacity2

Up to 18PBe1Up to 8PBe1

Maximum Expansion2

0 to 9 drive enclosures via 12Gb SAS1Up to 3 MSA 2060 drive enclosures (4 chassis including the array), SFF and LFF mixable — approximately 96 SFF or 36 LFF drives1

Maximum Raw Capacity3

Up to 2.56PB total with 9x ME512 expansion enclosures; up to 1.83PB with 9x ME524; up to 5.72PB with 3x ME5841Up to 2.64PB total with 9x ME512 expansion enclosures; up to 1.92PB with 9x ME524; up to 5.80PB with 3x ME5841Up to 7.39PB and beyond depending on expansion configuration; the ME5 platform scales to approximately 8PB1

Maximum Storage Drives per Appliance2

934971

Minimum Start Configuration1

28 drives required in the base enclosure1

Model Class4

Entry-point mission-critical enterprise NVMe block storage, current generation1Entry-point mission-critical enterprise NVMe block storage, prior generation1High-end mission-critical enterprise NVMe block storage, current generation1High-end mission-critical enterprise NVMe block storage, prior generation1

Model SKUs2

R0Q73B/R0Q74B (16Gb FC LFF/SFF), R0Q75B/R0Q76B (10GbE iSCSI LFF/SFF), R0Q77B/R0Q78B (12Gb SAS LFF/SFF), R7J72B/R7J73B (10GBASE-T iSCSI LFF/SFF)1R0Q85B (16Gb Fibre Channel SFF), R0Q86B (10GBASE-T iSCSI SFF), R0Q87B (12Gb SAS SFF)1

NVRAM Cache Drives3

2 NVMe NVRAM drives dedicated to write caching24 NVMe NVRAM drives dedicated to write caching2None — write caching uses internal DRAM, freeing four additional data drive slots1

Naming Note1

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 was previously branded HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP1

Network Protocols1

NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSoRDMA, NFS Kerberized sessions (UDP or TCP), SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, SMB3-CA, Multichannel, HTTP, FTP, NDMP, SNMP, LDAP, HDFS, S3, ADS, NIS3

Networking Note1

Ports 2 and 3 on the 4-port card are reserved for the NVMe expansion enclosure on the 500T1

Node Pool Compatibility2

Compatible with the PowerScale F200 node pool1Compatible with the PowerScale F900 node pool1

Note3

drives are sold separately and are not included with the enclosure.10drives and FX2421 expansion units sold separately2drives sold separately2

Note on Upgrades1

The PowerMax 2000 and 8000 are the prior generation, superseded by the PowerMax 2500 and 8500. A PowerMax 2000 cannot be upgraded data-in-place to a PowerMax 80002

Operating Environment1

10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment3

Operating System3

Synology DSM with snapshots, replication, Btrfs data integrity and Synology Drive/Active Backup for Business10Synology DSM with snapshots, replication and Btrfs data integrity4PowerScale OneFS — a fully journaled, fully distributed file system creating a single global namespace across the cluster with a globally coherent write/read cache. Requires OneFS 9.2.1 or later; upgrades are non-disruptive3

Performance14

Up to 15 million IOPS, up to 350GB/s bandwidth, read response times under 100 microseconds; approximately 7.5 million IOPS per rack and 187,000 IOPS per rack unit1Up to 2x faster performance and 50% lower response times compared with the previous generation1Up to 395,000 IOPS — approximately 80% faster than the prior MSA generation. Performance figures depend on array configuration, workload, drive types and disk group parameters1over 1,523 MB/s sequential read1over 195,000 iSCSI 4K random write IOPS1

Physical3

Height 3.46" (8.79cm), width 19.01" (48.30cm), depth 21.56" (54.78cm)1Height 3.46" (8.79cm), width 19.01" (48.30cm), depth 23.74" (60.29cm)1Height 3.46" (8.79cm), width 19.01" (48.30cm), depth 24.36" (61.87cm)1

Platform Note1

RS3631xs+ is built on the RS3621xs+ platform1

Power8

AC 580W, 1980 BTU; DC 764W, 2607 BTU2Intelligent PDUs supplied by default from the PowerMax 10.1 release, providing real-time telemetry and monitoring of power, voltage, current, external temperature and humidity2100-240 VAC ±10%, single phase, 47-63Hz; 7A max at 100V at 26°C typical operating temperature1200-240 VAC ±10%, single phase, 47-63Hz; 4.7A max at 200V at 26°C typical operating temperature1200-240 VAC ±10%, single phase, 47-63Hz; 5.8A max at 200V at 26°C typical operating temperature1

Power Supplies2

Two redundant power supplies per base enclosure and per expansion enclosure5PSUs split across both ends of the node for cooling optimisation; front-panel fault LEDs at each end, with a failed drive indicated by an amber LED2

Processors11

Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids, delivering approximately 19% lower cycles-per-instruction than the previous generation2Intel Xeon Scalable processors22 Intel Xeon CPUs, 24 cores total, 2.2GHz12x 12-core 2.5GHz Intel processors per Brick, yielding 48 cores per Brick12x 18-core 2.8GHz Intel processors per Brick, yielding 72 cores per Brick1

RAID3

SHR, Basic, JBOD, 0/1/5/6/1010F1, Basic, JBOD, 0/1/5/6/104Flexible RAID supporting RAID 1, 5 and 6, with capacity growth in increments of a single drive; high-efficiency RAID up to 92% efficient2

RAID Levels1

RAID 0 (read cache only), 1, 5, 6, 10, and MSA-DP+ distributed RAID2

Rail Kit2

RKS-02, sold separately1RKS1317, sold separately1

Raw Capacity per Node3

8TB to 61TB1From 38TB, scaling upward with larger qualified drive options1From 92TB, scaling upward with larger qualified drive options1

Redundant Power8

No2Yes — dual redundant PSUs2No — see RS3621RPxs or RS3631xs+ for dual PSU models1RS1221RP+ only — the RS1221+ has a single power supply1RS2423RP+ only — the RS2423+ has a single power supply1

Replication3

Asynchronous replication over FC or iSCSI — ME4 to ME5 Next Gen, ME5 to ME4, and ME5 Next Gen to ME5. Target/source relationships can be one-to-many or many-to-one3SyncIQ and SmartSync asynchronous replication3Snapshot-based Remote Snap replication between MSA 1060, MSA 2060 and MSA 2062 arrays using the virtual storage architecture, with the ability to reverse replication direction for failback. One Advanced Data Services Suite licence per array is required for replication2

Scalability4

1 to 2 PowerBricks per system11 to 2 node pairs per system11 to 8 Bricks or zBricks per system11 to 8 node pairs per system (up to 16 compute nodes)1

Security2

Hardware root of trust, multi-factor authentication, data-at-rest encryption, ransomware protection, STIG-hardened to US Federal Government requirements5US Department of Defense Approved Products List, STIG hardening, Common Criteria, FIPS 140-3 for data-at-rest encryption on TLC drives (optional), KMIP-compliant external key manager, IPv6 USGv6-R1 certification, immutable hardware root of trust, Secure Boot chain of trust, digitally signed firmware, multi-factor authentication via RSA SecurID and YubiKey, SSO via Entra ID/Okta/PingFederate, TLS 1.32

Security and Resilience1

Smart air-gap technology with event triggers and Zero Trust API, AI-powered detection and rapid recovery, snapshots and thin provisioning3

Self-Encrypting Drives1

SED SAS Read Intensive SSD options at 1.92TB (SFF and LFF), 3.84TB (SFF), 15.36TB (SFF) and 30.72TB (SFF); 14.4TB SFF 10K HDD and 72TB LFF 7.2K HDD self-encrypting (FIPS) 6-pack media options2

Server Compatibility1

Supports most HPE ProLiant DL and ML servers, HPE c-Class Blade Servers and Integrity servers2

Serviceability1

Hot-plug expansion and replacement of controllers, drives, fans, power supplies and I/O modules; hot-add expansion of drive enclosures; non-disruptive online controller code upgrade (requires multi-pathing software)2

Slot Configuration3

21x 2.5" drives, 2x NVRAM modules, four I/O modules221x 2.5" drives, 4x NVRAM modules, four I/O modules225x 2.5" drives, four I/O modules1

Smart Choice Bundles1

Array models available with factory-integrated hard drives and transceivers, including bundles with up to 240TB of raw storage included1

Software2

All software required to store data and manage the system is included with each PowerMax purchase2All-inclusive software subscription providing access to all operating system features and enhancements, including AI-driven cloud operations on HPE GreenLake, at no additional cost1

Software Packages1

Available with the Essentials package or the application-rich Pro package; all software required to store data and manage the system is included2

Storage Pools2

Disk Groups in a chosen redundancy mode aggregate into Storage Pools for use with Virtual Storage features; a Virtual Storage Disk Group can span multiple enclosures2Two pools of up to 1PB each1

Support Options1

Dell ProSupport Enterprise Suite and Dell ProDeploy Enterprise Suite; optional ProSupport Plus offering proactive and preventative services3

Supported Drive Types1

NVMe SSD and NVMe SCM. Note: NVMe SCM SSDs are supported only in the base enclosure5

Supported Operating Systems1

Windows Server 2022/2019/2016, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server1

Switched Configuration1

Supports 2, 3 or 4 controller nodes with a choice of 16-core or 32-core configurations, delivering up to 2x the performance of switchless models. SSDs are not permitted in the same chassis as the controller nodes — all NVMe capacity is added via JBOF expansion shelves. One or two chassis SKUs are required per switched array1

Switchless Configuration1

Chassis hosts two controller nodes plus up to 24 small form factor NVMe SSD drives in the same enclosure. Limited to 2 controller nodes. One Alletra Storage MP 10000 chassis SKU is required per switchless array1

System Bay Dispersion1

Individual or contiguous groups of system bays can be separated by up to 82 feet (25 metres) from System Bay 1 — applicable to the PowerMax 8000 only1

System Limits1

512 volumes and up to 512 snapshots per system1

System Memory1

8GB per controller plus 16GB for cache — 24GB total3

TAA Compliance1

TAA-compliant array models available, bundled with a 6-pack of SED/TAA HDDs1

Target Workloads17

Branch office backup, file sharing, synchronisation1Compute-intensive services with mission-critical data protection1Consolidated file, backup and virtualisation services for SMB and enterprise1Databases, virtualisation, OLTP1Entry and edge unstructured data, distributed sites, and smaller clusters that need a growth path into larger PowerScale nodes1

Virtualisation1

VMware vVols support, VAAI and VASA integration, Container Storage Interface (CSI) for containerised workloads5

Weight5

Maximum configuration 66.00lb (30.00kg); empty without drives 10.56lb (4.80kg)1approx. 38 lbs (17.3 kg) bare chassis1approx. 4.38 kg1approx. 8.3 kg1approx. 8.4 kg1

Weight (maximum configuration)2

66.00lb (30.00kg)171.00lb (32.00kg)1

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