Dell PowerVault ME4012

The affordable, simple, and fast Dell EMC PowerVault ME4012 SAN/DAS Storage Array is optimized to run a variety of mixed workload applications – physical and virtual – for small businesses.

 
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General Array Details:


HDD: 2.5" Hot Swap SAS and Near Line SAS
HDD Capacity: 12
Controller: 2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual active), Single/dual controller support for 2U
IO: FC, iSCSI, SAS (supports simultaneous multiprotocol FC/iSCSI)
Power: Redundant 580W

 
 

TECH SPECS


FEATURES



Technology That Delivers All-Around Simplicity, High-Performance and High-Capacity Entry Storage.
Consolidate your storage with the new PowerVault ME4 Series storage for entry-level SAN and DAS workloads. The ME4 Series is ideal for accelerated performance for HPC, Exchange, backup, VDI and many more applications. Designed for versatility, the ME4 Series supports a variety of drive types, multi-protocols, all-inclusive software features and a choice of two 2U or a high density 5U base systems with expansion enclosure options.


All-Around Simplicity
PowerVault ME4 Series provides features that simplify tasks such as system installation, configuration, and serviceability enabling IT generalists to manage resources more efficiently and focus on the bigger picture.

Intuitive web-based (HTML5) management
Simple to order with all-inclusive software
Customer installable/configurable in 15 minutes
Easily expandable without disruption


All-inclusive Software Innovation
PowerVault ME4 storage arrays deliver all the software you’ll need to store, manage and protect your data:


Optimized for SAN and DAS


PowerVault ME4 Series is purpose-built and optimized for SAN and DAS virtualized workloads. Connecting the PowerVault ME4 Series to a Dell PowerEdge Server to address the challenges of server capacity expansion or to a SAN for flexibility and scalability ensures that business applications will always get high-speed and reliable access to their data – without compromise.


  • Direct-attach to Dell PowerEdge Servers over SAS, FC, or iSCSI
  • Consolidate SAN storage through a single port over FC or iSCSI

Protect Your Data


Keep your valuable information safe with these PowerVault ME4 Series features:


  • Remote Replication:Replicate data to any global location that includes mirroring thin provisioned pools
  • Snapshots: Easily recover files after accidental deletion or alteration with point-in-time copies of data
  • Virtual Disk Copy (VDC): Enable quick and seamless virtual disk relocation and disk-based backup and recovery with a full, replicated copy of source data
  • Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs): Render data useless to unauthorized users with drive-level encryption, even if the drive has been removed from the enclosure

Improved Hardware & Performance


PowerVault ME Series storage is simple, fast, and affordable. With dual core Intel Broadwell processors, active-active controllers, more drives and a faster back end, ME Series storage delivers:


  • Up to 320K IOPs performance
  • Up to 5500 MB/sec bandwidth
  • Up to 4PB capacity (Use HDDs to 4PB in three 5U 84 drive dense enclosures)
  • Up to 4PB capacity (Use HDDs to 4PB in three 5U 84 drive dense enclosures)

The ME4 Series base models include dual hot-swappable Intel controllers, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and SAS protocols, support for 2U and 5U expansion enclosure options. Implement the PowerVault ME Series as shared SAN storage or direct attach them to Dell PowerEdge Servers.


Simplified Data Management
The ME4 Series base models include dual hot-swappable Intel controllers, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and SAS protocols, support for 2U and 5U expansion enclosure options. Implement the PowerVault ME Series as shared SAN storage or direct attach them to Dell PowerEdge Servers.


PowerVault Manager
This web-based management GUI simplifies ME4 configuration tasks, alerts you to problems and provides a recovery guru to automatically help troubleshoot and resolve issues.

VMware vCenter Plug-In 6.7
Monitor, manage, provision and optimize storage for performance and availability across your virtual infrastructure. You can also implement Storage Replication Adapters (SRA) to simplify management of disaster recovery with centralized recovery plans.


Speed Recovery with ADAPT Software
PowerVault ME4 Series ADAPT software protects data by dynamically distributing it across pools of drives. In the event of a drive failure, ADAPT will identify the critical data and dynamically rebalance the data so the array can return to an optimal state faster than it would in the typical RAID environment.

Saves time and money
Faster drive rebuilds
Add just the capacity you need
Supports up to 1PB capacity or up to 128 drives