Dell EMC PowerScale F200 All-Flash NAS Storage
Accelerate demanding file workloads with extreme performance and efficiency

Overview:

PowerScale helps you unlock the structure within your data and to address the challenges with unstructured data management. PowerScale is the next evolution of the OneFS – the operating system powering the industry’s leading scale-out NAS platform. The PowerScale family includes Isilon nodes, PowerScale nodes and PowerScale OneFS running across all of them. The software defined architecture of OneFS give you simplicity at scale, intelligent insights and the ability to have any data anywhere it needs to be – at the edge, core or cloud. Whether it is hosting file shares or home directories or delivering high performance data access for applications like analytics, video rendering and life sciences, PowerScale can seamlessly scale performance, capacity and efficiency to handle any unstructured data workload. The PowerScale platforms co-exist seamlessly in the same cluster with your existing Isilon nodes to drive your traditional and modern applications.

Scale-out storage that is ready for any workload

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Dell EMC PowerScale All-Flash Platforms

The PowerScale family of all-flash nodes - powered by OneFS - can drive workloads at the edge, in the datacenter or in the cloud. These nodes are available in a cost-effective all-flash form factor which deliver blazing performance and massive capacity to address the needs of the modern workloads of today and tomorrow. PowerScale is well suited to store and manage your unstructured data across all industries and vertical markets for use cases like big data analytics, HPC, safety and security, and genomics.

PowerScale OneFS is the operating system powering the industry’s leading scale-out NAS platforms that enables you to innovate with your data. The PowerScale family includes Dell EMC PowerScale platforms and the Dell EMC Isilon platforms configured with the PowerScale OneFS operating system. OneFS provides the intelligence behind the highly scalable, high–performance modular storage solution that can grow with your business. A OneFS powered cluster is composed of a flexible choice of storage platforms including all-flash, hybrid and archive nodes. These solutions provide the performance, choice, efficiency, flexibility, scalability, security and protection for you to store massive amounts of unstructured data within a cluster. The PowerScale all-flash platforms co-exist seamlessly in the same cluster with your existing Isilon nodes to drive your traditional and modern applications.

The PowerScale all-flash storage platforms - powered by the PowerScale OneFS operating system - provide a powerful yet simple scale-out storage architecture to speed up access to massive amounts of unstructured data while dramatically reducing cost and complexity. The platforms are available in several product lines:

• PowerScale F900: Provides the maximum performance of all-NVMe drives in a cost-effective configuration to address the storage needs of demanding workloads. Each node is 2U in height and hosts 24 NVMe SSDs. It allows you to scale raw storage capacity from 46 TB to 368 TB per node and up to 93 PB of raw capacity per cluster. The F900 includes in-line compression and deduplication. The minimum number of PowerScale nodes per cluster is three while the maximum cluster size is 252 nodes. The F900 is best suited for Media and Entertainment 8K, genomics, algorithmic trading, artificial intelligence, machine learning and HPC workloads
• PowerScale F600: With NVMe drives, the F600 provides larger capacity with massive performance in a cost-effective compact form factor to power demanding workloads. Each node allows you to scale raw storage capacity from 15.36 TB to 122.8 TB and up 2 | Dell EMC PowerScale All-Flash Family Spec Sheet © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. to 30.96 PB of raw storage per cluster. The F600 includes inline software data compression and deduplication. The minimum number of nodes per cluster is three while the maximum cluster size is 252 nodes. The F600 is best suited for M&E studios, hospitals and financials that need performance and capacity for demanding workloads
• PowerScale F200: Provides the performance of flash storage in a cost-effective form factor to address the needs of a wide variety of workloads. Each node allows you to scale raw storage capacity from 3.84 TB to 30.72 TB and up to 7.7 PB of raw capacity per cluster. The F200 includes in-line compression and deduplication. The minimum number of PowerScale nodes per cluster is three while the maximum cluster size is 252 nodes. The F200 is best suited for remote offices, small M&E workloads, small hospitals, retail outlets, IoT, factory floor and other similar deployment scenarios.
• Isilon F800: Provides massive performance and capacity. It delivers up to 250,000 IOPS and up to 15 GB/s aggregate throughput in a single chassis configuration and up to 15.75M IOPS and up to 945 GB/s of aggregate throughput in a 252 node cluster. Each chassis houses 60 SSDs with a capacity choice of 1.6 TB, 3.2 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB or 15.36 TB per drive. This allows you to scale raw storage capacity from 96 TB to 924 TB in a single 4U chassis and up to 58 PB raw storage in a single cluster.
• Isilon F810: Provides massive performance and capacity along with inline data compression and deduplication capabilities to deliver extreme efficiency. The F810 delivers up to 250,000 IOPS and up to 15 GB/sec aggregate throughput in a single chassis configuration and up to 15.75M IOPS and up to 945 GB/s of aggregate throughput in a 252 node cluster. Each F810 chassis houses 60 SSDs with a capacity choice of 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB or 15.36 TB per drive. This allows you to scale raw storage capacity from 230 TB to 924 TB in a 4U chassis and up to 58 PB of raw storage in a single cluster.

It’s not just data, it’s your business

A large portion of your data is unstructured data and that dataset is growing exponentially – not just in the datacenter but at the enterprise edge and in the cloud. PowerScale OneFS powered scale-out storage solutions are designed for organizations that want to manage all their data, not their storage. Our storage systems are powerful yet simple to install, manage and scale to virtually any size. The storage includes a choice of PowerScale and Isilon all-flash, hybrid or archive nodes to meet the most demanding business needs. And, unlike traditional enterprise storage, these solutions stay simple no matter how much storage capacity is added, how much performance is required or how business needs change in the future.

In a world where unstructured data is growing rapidly and taking over the data center, organizations are looking for ways to get more out of their data. Whether it is driving innovation, getting to market faster or creating differentiation, they want the data to start creating value. Instead of thinking of destinations for your data, you think about what the data is going to be used for, who will be using it and how the data will help you solve for their business needs. When you have a data first mindset, the goal is to get any data to where it needs to be for business needs. Whether it is all-flash Edge offerings or the cloud to take advantage of the tools and access, data must be located where it needs to be for the business

With OneFS powered clusters consisting of PowerScale or Isilon nodes, you can eliminate storage silos, consolidate all your unstructured data, store petabytes of file data and analyze them in a data first world. With up to 252 nodes in a cluster, you can scale both capacity and performance in a few minutes to meet your specific business needs—all without any additional IT burden. With the performance of all-flash node that are configured with NVMe, you can drive demanding workloads like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

Essentials

• PowerScale enables you to derive value and innovate with your unstructured data
• Address challenges with your unstructured data management
• NVMe PowerScale nodes deliver high performance storage
• Simply manage data at the edge, datacenter and cloud
• Massive capacity and performance scalability
• Reduced costs with unmatched storage efficiency, deduplication and compression
• Optimize resources with tiered storage of all-flash, hybrid and archive nodes
• Operational flexibility with multiprotocol support
• High availability and resilient data protection

Features:

Drive Human Progress with PowerScale Storage Appliances

AI - Unleashed
PowerScale is the foundation for building an integrated and optimized IT infrastructure for AI initiatives, from POC to production. The integration and optimization showcased includes PowerScale, PowerEdge, PowerSwitch and Dell Precision Data Science Workstations.

Imagination - Unlimited
Ideal for companies of any size from small VFX houses to multi-national broadcasters, Dell EMC PowerScale storage provides a foundation for storytelling offering secure collaboration, modular expansion, flexible consumption models and easy cloud integration, all with management tools spanning multiple platforms.

Sequencing - Unbounded
Dell EMC Unstructured Data Solutions portfolio is a key aspect of a next-generation sequencing environment by delivering performance, being easy to manage, and accelerating whole-genome sequencing.

Enterprise Data Protection and Management Software

Massive stores of data present unique management challenges including disaster recovery, quota management and offsite replication. Isilon data protection and management software provides you with powerful tools that help you protect your data assets, control costs and optimize the storage resources and system performance of your big data environment.

Software	Feature	Description
SmartDedupe	Data management	Increase efficiency and reduce storage capacity requirements with deduplication of redundant data across multiple sources
CloudIQ	Data management	Simplify the storage management tasks of PowerScale, Isilon and other Dell hardware with predictive analytics capabilities from a single console
DataIQ	Data management	Locate, access and manage data and gain a holistic view across heterogeneous storage systems with a single pane of glass
SmartQuotas	Data management	Assign and manage quotas at the cluster, directory, user, and group levels
InsightIQ	Performance management	Performance monitoring and reporting
SnapshotIQ	Data protection	Protect data efficiently and speed the recovery of critical data with ondemand snapshot restores
SYNCIQ	Data replication	Securely replicate data sets to multiple sites for reliable disaster recovery and use push-button failover and failback
SmartLock	Data retention	Protect your critical data against accidental, premature, or malicious alteration or deletion and meet compliance and governance needs
SmartConnect	Data access	Enable client connection load balancing and the dynamic failover and failback of client connections
CloudPools	Resource management	Seamless tiering of cold or frozen data to public or private cloud providers
SmartPools	Resource management	Tiered storage strategy to optimize storage performance and efficiency

Technical Specifications:

Dell EMC PowerScale F200 All-Flash Specifications
	960 GB SSD	1.92 TB SSD	3.84 TB SSD	7.68 TB SSD
Raw node capacity	3.84 TB	7.68 TB	15.36 TB	30.72 TB
SSD drives (2.5") per node	4	4	4	4
Self-Encrypting drive (SED SSD) FIPS 140-2 compliant option	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Operating system	PowerScale OneFS 9.0 or later
ECC memory (per node)	48 GB or 96 GB
Front-end networking (per node)	Dual port 25G NIC supporting 10G or 25G connections (SFP+/SFP28)
Infrastructure networking (per node)	2 InfiniBand connections with QDR links or Dual port 25G NIC supporting 10G or 25G connections (SFP+/SFP28)
Max Power Consumption @ 200~240V (per node)1	239 Watts (@25°C)
Typical thermal rating	815.5 BTU/hr
Product Attributes
Scale-Out Architecture	Distributed fully symmetric clustered architecture that combines modular storage with OneFS operating system in a single volume, single namespace and single filesystem
Modular Design	Four self-contained Isilon nodes include server, software, HDDs and SSDs in a 4U rack-mountable chassis. 1U or 2U Rack-mountable PowerScale node that integrates into existing PowerScale and Isilon clusters with backend Ethernet or InfiniBand connectivity
Operating System	PowerScale OneFS distributed file system creates a cluster with a single file system and single global namespace. It is fully journaled, fully distributed, and has a globally coherent write/read cache
High Availability	No-single-point-of-failure. Self-healing design protects against disk or node failure; includes back-end intra-cluster failover
Scalability	A cluster can scale up to 252 nodes. Minimum number of Isilon nodes per cluster is four. Minimum number of PowerScale all-flash nodes per cluster is three. Add nodes to scale performance and capacity
Data Protection	FlexProtect file-level striping with support for N+1 through N+4 and mirroring data protection schemes
2-way NDMP	Supports two ports of Fibre Channel (8G) that allows for two-way NDMP connections and two ports of standard 10GbE connectivity
Data Retention	SmartLock policy-based retention and protection against accidental deletion
Security	File system audit capability to improve security and control of your storage infrastructure and address regulatory compliance requirements
Efficiency	SmartDedupe data deduplication option, which can reduce storage requirements by up to 35 percent. Inline data reduction and compression available on F200, F600, F900, F810 and H5600
Automated Storage Tiering	Policy-based automated tiering options including SmartPools and CloudPools software to optimize storage resources and lower costs
Network Protocol Support	NFSv3, NFSv4, NFS Kerberized sessions (UDP or TCP), SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, SMB3-CA, Multichannel, HTTP, FTP, NDMP, SNMP, LDAP, HDFS, S3, ADS, NIS reads/writes
Data Replication	SyncIQ fast and flexible one-to-many file-based asynchronous replication between clusters
Environmental Specification - Power
Class	Platinum
Heat dissipation (maximum)	2902 BTU/hr
Frequency	50/60 Hz
Voltage	100-240V, 10 A – 5 A
Operating Environment	Compliant with ASHRAE A3 data center environment guidelines
Dimensions	Height: 42.8mm (1.68”) Width: 434mm (17.08") Depth: 808.5mm (31.83”) (end of the power supply latches)
Weight	48.28 lbs (21.9 kg)
Minimum Service Clearances	Front: 40” (88.9 cm), rear: 42” (106.7 cm)

	PowerScale F200	PowerScale F600	PowerScale F900	Isilon F800	Isilon F810
Use Case	Edge and small deployments	Demanding line of business and AI applications	HPC, massive Performance workloads	High performance workloads	High performance workloads
Raw node capacity	3.84 TB to 30.72 TB	15.36 TB to 122.8 TB	46 TB to 368 TB	24 TB to 230 TB	57 TB to 230 TB
ECC memory (per node)	48 GB or 96 GB	128, 192 or 384 GB	768 GB	256 GB	256 GB
Nodes per cluster	3 to 252	3 to 252	6 to 504	4 to 252	4 to 252
Raw cluster capacity	11 TB to 7.7 PB	46 TB to 30 PB	138 TB to 93 PB	96 TB to 58 PB	230 TB to 58 PB
Inline Data Reduction	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Storage Type	SSD	NVMe SSD	NVMe SSD	SSD	SSD

Safety and EMI Compliance

This Information Technology Equipment is compliant with the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and product safety regulations/standards required by the countries in which the product is sold. EMC compliance is based on FCC part 15, CISPR22/CISPR24 and EN55022/EN55024 standards, including applicable international variations. EMC compliant Class A products are marketed for use in business, industrial, and commercial environments. Product Safety compliance is based on IEC 60950-1 and EN 60951-1 standards, including applicable national deviations.

This Information Technology Equipment is in compliance with EU RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.

¹ Values at <25° C are reflective of more steady state maximum values during normal operation

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Documentation:

Dell EMC PowerScale Datasheet (.PDF)

Dell EMC PowerScale All-Flash Nodes Spec Sheet (.PDF)