Dell EMC PowerScale A300

Overview

The Dell EMC PowerScale A300 is a high-performance, scalable archive storage solution designed to meet the demands of modern data environments. It offers a modular 4U chassis housing four nodes, each equipped with 96 GB of ECC memory, and supports up to 60 HDDs per chassis. With capacities ranging from 120 TB to 1.4 PB per chassis and the ability to scale up to 75 PB in a single cluster, the A300 is ideal for organizations requiring efficient and resilient active archive storage or long-term data retention.

Features

• High Capacity: Provides between 120 TB to 1.4 PB per chassis.
• Scalability: Supports up to 75 PB in a single cluster.
• Modular Design: 4U chassis with 4 nodes per chassis.
• Advanced Data Management: Includes inline compression and deduplication capabilities.
• Data Protection: Built-in availability, redundancy, security, data protection, and replication with OneFS.
• Cyber Resilience: Integrated ransomware defense and smart AirGap.
• High Availability: Designed for 6x9s availability.
• Unified Management: Manage your storage infrastructure with a single UI using CloudIQ.
• Multi-Protocol Support: Run multiple data protocols with simultaneous access to avoid storage silos.
• Flexible Deployment: Deploy as a NAS appliance, in APEX, or in the Cloud.

Specifications

• Chassis Capacity: 120 TB up to 1.4 PB.
• Nodes per Chassis: 4.
• Raw Cluster Capacity: 120 TB - 75 PB.
• Memory: 96 GB per node.
• Storage Type: SATA and SAS.
• HDD Drives per Node: 15.
• Front-End Connectivity: Dual 100/25 GbE.
• Back-End Connectivity: Supports InfiniBand or additional 100/25 GbE.
• Operating System: OneFS 9.2.1 or later.
• Compliance: FIPS 140-2 compliant option for self-encrypting drives (SED HDD).