Description

Dell PowerMax 8000 is an enterprise data storage array designed for data centers. It enables users to leverage the performance of high-density flash drives, optimize read and write I/O cache and access to back-end flash drives, write Coalescing merges subsequent small random writes, add and rebalance additional storage into the system through drive management in storage tier, control fault modes for increased levels of protection against faults, address and write status information in the extra bytes in the application tag and reference tag portion of the block CRC (cyclic redundancy code), as well as leverage detailed failure mode effects analysis (FMEA). Features include three RAID groups of SCM, 25 GbE front end modules, mean time between failure (MTBF) capability, embedded NAS (eNAS) support, remote replication capability, and Unisphere integration.