PowerStore Storage

PowerStore has quickly become Dell’s fastest growing storage offering since the company launched it two years ago. Now Dell is planning its third major software release for PowerStore.

Dell claims the latest version of its PowerStore software will boost performance by 50% and support up to 66% more capacity. The software is also easier to deploy, and offer improved security with file-level retention, native file replication and support for third-party file monitoring and ransomware protection tools. Dell also said the PowerStore software update will offer expanded VMware integration including improved vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) latency and performance, according to Dell. The company also said it has simplified plus simplified disaster recovery with vVols replication, VM-level snapshots and fast clones. Complete support for NVMe will enable faster network speed, which will be most evident with new hardware, the company said.