Dell EMC PowerStore 1200T
Dell EMC PowerStore 1200T-high efficiency unleashed for storage.
This whitepaper gives an overview of Dell EMC PowerStore 1200T, a next-generation storage product that solves real-world data center challenges. It demonstrates key features, performance optimization, scalability, data protection, automation, and integrations with popular platforms. This whitepaper also provides an overview of the ease of management and administration that enables the business to optimize their storage infrastructure and unlock new levels of efficiency with the PowerStore 1200T.
Overview of Dell EMC PowerStore 1200T:
Dell EMC PowerStore 1200T is a high-performance, all-flash storage array designed to handle today's data-driven organization storage challenges. It offers unparalleled performance combined with scalability and efficiency. Hence, the array is highly suitable for a wide range of workloads ranging from databases and virtual machines to cloud-native applications.
Powered by modern architecture, with performance-optimized use of NVMe technology and a high-performance storage controller, PowerStore 1200T is optimized for extreme performance and low latency.
Key Features/Capabilities:
High-performance, all-flash storage
Advanced data reduction technologies to efficiently use storage capacity
Scalable architecture that meets expanding data demands
Comprehensive data protection features including replication and snapshots
Intelligent automation to simplify the management and reduce operational overhead
Seamless integration with VMware and OpenStack environments
Easy-to-use interface simplifies the management and administration.
These features make PowerStore 1200T appropriate for organizations of all sizes by being versatile, powerful storage.
Optimization of Performance
PowerStore 1000T is powered by advanced technologies that achieve unparalleled performance and ultra-low latency. An NVMe-based architecture can facilitate lightning-fast data access, while the intelligent caching algorithms ensure that access to data can be optimized for even faster response times. Advanced data reduction within the array further reduces the amount of data stored and processed, which enhances performance.
PowerStore 1200T also includes flexible I/O configurations that can be set up to tailor the performance of the array for specific application needs. Ensuring applications receive optimal levels of performance regardless of resource demands.
Scalability and Flexibility:
PowerStore 1200T has very scalable architecture, in which you will be able to scale up your storage capacity with ease as your data needs increase. Because of the modular design, adding further storage nodes, controllers, and so on becomes pretty easy. This flexibility ensures that your storage infrastructure can keep pace with the business growth without needing an overall refresh of the system.
PowerStore 1200T also supports various storage protocols, including Fiber Channel, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF, thus finding broad applications for a wide range of servers and applications. The extensive support for protocols improves interoperability and makes life a lot easier for IT to integrate with their existing infrastructures.
Data Protection and Availability:
In today's information world, data security is always a key issue. PowerStore 1200T supports comprehensive data protection features: replication, snapshot, and disaster recovery capabilities. It guarantees your data is safe from being lost for reasons such as hardware failure, software bugs, and natural disasters.
PowerStore 1200T lets you create a copy of your data on another storage array or at a different location. Snapshots provide you with point-in-time images of your data, which become an easy way to restore data from a previous point in time in case something goes wrong. Its disaster recovery feature makes sure your business is back in operation with minimal delay from a major outage.
Intelligent Automation:
PowerStore 1200T applies intelligent automation to simplify the management and lower operational overhead. Its automated provisioning features make setting up additional storage resources a lot easier, while intelligent tiering automatically moves data to the best storage level in a bid to achieve optimal performance at the lowest cost. The self-healing capabilities of the array automatically detect and resolve minor issues, ensuring consistent performance and minimal downtime.
PowerStore 1200T provides for proactive monitoring and warning alerts in their early stages of any problem so you may take the corrective measures before they result in big outage situations.
Integration with VMware and OpenStack:
PowerStore 1200T guarantees easy integration with the most sought-after virtualization platforms, including VMware and OpenStack. Native integration with VMware vSphere enables effective provisioning, management, and protection of your virtual machines. The seamless integration simplifies storage management and ensures optimal performance for your virtualized workloads.
OpenStack Support for PowerStore 1200T: Leverage open-source cloud technologies with open-source software support to bring your cloud-native applications to the forefront in a flexible and scalable way.
VMware vSphere Integration
PowerStore 1200T seamlessly integrates with VMware vSphere, providing the most efficient way to provision and manage virtual machines. The integration will provide a simplified management experience for the storage and optimal performance in virtualized workloads when integrated with VMware vSphere.
OpenStack Integration
It features OpenStack support for flexibly scaling cloud-native workloads in a modular fashion. PowerStore brings you open-sourced cloud technologies to your doorsteps.
Ease of Management and Administration
PowerStore 1200T is designed for ease of management and administration. Through an intuitive interface, it provides a single, centralized console for managing all aspects of the storage system. This interface helps in hassle-free provisioning, non-stop monitoring, and easy troubleshooting that don't require very high expertise. PowerStore 1200T also hosts an array of complete management suites comprising a web-based interface, command-line interface, and RESTful API. These provide flexible options for managing the array-choosing what is best for you and your skillset. Intelligent automation within the array further simplifies management by automating routine tasks, lowering manual effort and freeing your IT staff to work on higher-value projects.
Success Stories/Use Cases:
In production, PowerStore 1200T is able to achieve great strides in storage efficiency, performance, and data protection for organizations in all types of verticals. A leading financial services company has implemented PowerStore 1200T to consolidate its storage infrastructure and improve the performance of key applications. This resulted in significant cost reductions in storage with improved responsiveness for critical applications.
Another example is a healthcare provider that applied PowerStore 1200T to improve disaster recovery. Because of the replication and snapshot capabilities of the array, recoveries in a disaster would be very fast for critical data for this healthcare provider, with no hindrance to continued patient care.
