Dell PowerVault

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PowerVault is a line of data storage and backup products from Dell. After Dell acquired EqualLogic for its iSCSI products in 2008, and Compellent Technologies in 2011, the PowerVault line was positioned as less expensive than the other product lines.[1]

Direct Attached Storage

MD1000

3U, up to 15 drives, 3 Gbit/s SAS or SATA. Uses the PERC 5/e and 6/e as its RAID controller.[2] This unit is no longer available directly from Dell.

MD1120

2U, up to 24 drives, 3 Gbit/s SAS. Uses the PERC 6/e as its RAID controller.[3]

MD1200

2U, up to 12 drives, 6 Gbit/s SAS. Uses the PERC H810 as its RAID controller.[4]

MD1220

2U up to 24 drives, 6 Gbit/s SAS.[5]

MD1280

5U, up to 84 drives, 6 Gbit/s SAS. It can hold 672 TB raw when fully populated with 8 TB hard drives.[6]

MD1400 and MD1420

The MD1400 and MD1420 are identical units except that the 1400 holds 12 drives while the 1420 holds 24.[7]

2U, 12 Gbit/s Mini-SAS. Uses PERC9 series controllers (e.g. H330, H730, H830).[8]

The MD1400 supports up to 12 drives in a single chassis, while the 1420 supports 20 drives. The 1400 can be either 3.5" or 2.5" drives while the 1420 can only take 2.5". Up to eight of these enclosures can be connected to a single PowerEdge server.[7]

MD3000

This unit is no longer sold directly by Dell. It supports being connected up to four PowerEdge servers simultaneously via dedicated iSCSI gigabit ethernet ports, as well as running as network attached storage via two other gigabit ethernet ports which allows it to support up to 16 Linux or Windows servers. The dual redundant on-board hardware RAID controllers have 512 megabytes of cache RAM. It would accept up to 15 3.5" SAS drives, and had dual power supplies. It also could serve as a controller for up to two MD1000 units, resulting in a total drive count of 45. 3 Gbit/s SAS or SATA.[9][10]

MD3060e

4U, up to 60 drives, 6 Gbit/s SAS.[11]

MD3200

Has 4x 6Gbit/s SAS ports and is 2U with 12 3.5" drives.[12]

  • Released in 2010

MD3220

Has 4x 6Gbit/s SAS ports, is 2U, with 24 2.5" drives.[12]

MD3400

2U, 12 Gbit/s, 12 drives.

MD3420

2U, 12 Gbit/s, 24 drives.

MD3460

Holds up to 60 drives. Optional features include snapshots, snapshots plus virtual disk copy, firmware upgrade to increase array performance, remote replication, and SSD cache.[13]

Older Equipment

  • 210S - Used SCSI
  • 220S - Used SCSI

Storage Area Network

Includes the PowerVault MD 3200i, 3400, 3420, 3460 for 1 Gb iSCSI, MD 3800I, 3820I, and 3860I for 10 Gb iSCSI, and the MD 3800f, 3820f, and 3860f for fibre channel.[14]

Older Equipment

Network Attached Storage

  • 705N
  • 715N[16]
  • 725N
  • 745N
  • 770N
  • 775N

Tape Storage

  • 100T DDS4
  • 110T DLT1
  • 110T DLT7000
  • 110T LTO-1
  • 110T LTO-2
  • 112T LTO-2
  • 114T/114X[17]
  • 120T DDS4
  • 122T LTO
  • 124T[18]
  • 128T LTO
  • 130T
  • 132T
  • 136T LTO-2
  • ML6000
  • TL2000[19] - Uses the same chassis build as the IBM TS3100. Components, including drives in many cases, can be interchanged between the two models, including the TL4000.
  • TL4000[20] - Uses the same chassis build as the IBM TS3200. Components, including drives in many cases, can be interchanged between the two models, including the TL2000.

References

  1. Chris Mellor (July 25, 2013). "Dell: New storage dish? Nah - we'll just mash up EqualLogic and Compellent: We have all the ingredients... trust us, it'll taste great". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/25/dells_deliberate_adaptiveness/. Retrieved September 30, 2013. 
  2. "Used Dell PowerVault MD1000". http://www.stikc.com/Catalog/PowerVault-MD1000. 
  3. "PowerVault MD1120 Direct Attached Storage | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/powervault-md1120/pd. 
  4. "PowerVault MD1200 Direct Attached Storage | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md1200/pd. 
  5. "PowerVault MD1220 Direct Attached Storage | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md1220/pd. 
  6. "Dell Storage MD1280 | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/storage-md1280/pd?oc=pv_md1280_1084. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Direct-Attached Storage | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/storage-md1420/pd. 
  8. us, Dell. "Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)". http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/04/campaigns/dell-raid-controllers. 
  9. "PowerVault MD3000 Direct Attached Storage | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md3000/pd. 
  10. Dell PowerVault MD3000i RAID Enclosure Hardware Owner's Manual (Rev A00 ed.). Dell. 2007. pp. 9–10. 
  11. "PowerVault MD3060e | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md3060e-pe/pd?oc=brct62. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Technical Guide Book for PowerVault MD3200/MD3220 Series of Storage Arrays". Dell. http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/powervault-md3200-md3220-technical-guidebook-en.pdf. 
  13. "PowerVault MD3 Serial Attached SCSI Storage Series | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md32x0-series/pd. 
  14. "PowerVault MD Series | Dell". http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md-series. 
  15. Corporation, -2-Dell Computer. "PowerVault 650F". https://www.suse.com/yes/70006.htm. 
  16. US, Dell. "PowerVault 715N Storage Server: Scalability and Performance | Dell". http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/power/en/ps3q02_courtney?c=us&l=en&cs=04. 
  17. "Dell PowerVault 114T/114X Tape Backup Rack Enclosure - Storage - Wiki - Storage - Dell Community". http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/3194.dell-powervault-114t114x-tape-backup-rack-enclosure. 
  18. "Dell PowerVault 124T - Storage - Wiki - Storage - Dell Community". http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/2706.dell-powervault-124t. 
  19. "Dell PowerVault TL2000 & TL4000 - Storage Knowledge Base". https://www.dell.com/support/article/mk/en/mkbsdt1/sln310576/dell-powervault-tl2000-tl4000?lang=en. 
  20. "Dell PowerVault TL2000 & TL4000 - Storage Knowledge Base". https://www.dell.com/support/article/mk/en/mkbsdt1/sln310576/dell-powervault-tl2000-tl4000?lang=en. 

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