Dell Enhances Storage Portfolio with Software-Driven Innovations

Dell Technologies has strengthened its storage portfolio with the launch of software-driven modern storage solutions. The company has upgraded its Dell PowerMax, Dell PowerStore, and Dell PowerFlex range of storage solutions with new levels of automation, security, and multi-cloud flexibility. Dell PowerMax is targeted at enterprises with mission-critical applications and the PowerStore is targeted at mid-sized organizations.

“With dynamic changes like remote working, higher volume of data transactions, use of newer applications and increased IT workloads across industries, businesses in India must heed to the urgent need of upgrading their mission-critical infrastructure to succeed in the competitive landscape. Our storage advancements are aimed at helping businesses prepare for today and tomorrow’s business challenges”, said Manish Gupta, Vice President & General Manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies India.

The introduction of these new storage innovations comes at a time when Dell continues to lead the storage market. According to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker Q1 2022, Dell Technologies is the No.1 external storage solutions provider for enterprises in the country with 26.2 percent market share (in terms of vendor revenue).

Dell PowerStore, the fastest ramping new architecture in company history, is aimed at keeping businesses future-ready at all times. The upgrade will allow low-latency end-to-end NVMe connectivity using existing infrastructure. The advanced Dell PowerStore will deliver up to a 50 percent mixed workload performance boost and up to 66 percent greater capacity ensuring higher continuity in businesses. The latest launch will enable businesses to derive insights from data residing in any cloud environment making breakthroughs possible for organizational growth.

The company claims that Dell PowerMax continues to be the world’s most secure mission-critical storage solution for businesses in a Zero-Trust environment. The new upgrades will introduce cyber resiliency advancements including cyber vaults for traditional and mainframe deployments. Dell PowerMax becomes the industry’s first end-to-end automated NVMe/TCP deployment solution for businesses. Additionally, CloudIQ ransomware capabilities help detect cyber attacks early to minimize exposure and speed recovery. PowerMax offers up to 65 million secure snapshots to improve cyber recovery and increases efficiency with a new 4:1 data reduction guarantee while being a pioneer solution for data compression for mainframe storage. With these advancements, the Dell PowerMax becomes an intelligent and innovative storage infrastructure that gives fully automated AI/ML performance optimization.

Further, Dell PowerFlex software-defined infrastructure consolidates traditional and modern workloads with new file services that allow for unified block and file capabilities on a single platform. PowerFlex simplifies multi-cloud and DevOps with the broadest file and block[i] support for all major Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware.

According to IDC, the Hybrid Flash Array (HFA) market in India is projected to grow at 4.8 percent CAGR through 2026 due to economics, flexibility, and management familiarity as key reasons for customers to continue buying HFAs. The availability of Dell Unity XT 5.2 is well positioned to take advantage of this growth and presents a clear choice for global customers and channel partners in search of an all-inclusive hybrid flash array solution. Unity XT customers also benefit from Dell Technologies Services to help overcome obstacles and navigate their digital transformations.