Entry storage purpose-built and optimized for SAN/DAS
The, simple, fast and affordable Dell PowerVault ME5 storage platforms are optimized to run a variety of mixed workload applications – physical and virtual – for small to medium size businesses.
The flexibility of PowerVault ME5 offers multiple protocols, supports a wide range of drive types and capacities, scales up to 8PB1 capacity, validated with Dell PowerEdge Servers (16G ready) and is delivered to you with all-inclusive software – so you’ll have the needed data services to store, manage, and protect your data.
Using fast Intel Xeon processors, Dell PowerVault ME5 storage implements a dual-active controller architecture, 12GB/sec read and 10GB/sec write throughput and uses a 12Gb SAS backend protocol for rapid capacity expansion.
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Contact usChassis format
All-in-one: dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking and with expansion options
Rack size
2U or 5U
Controllers
2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual-active)
Single/dual controller support for 2U models
Dual controller support only for 5U model
Processor
Intel® Xeon Processor
Internal storage
ME5012: 12 x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
ME5024: 24 x 2.5” drive bays
ME5084: 84x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
Expansion enclosures
ME412: 12 x 3.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
ME424: 24 x 2.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
ME484: 84 x 3.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
Min/Max drive count
ME5012: 2/264
ME5024: 2/276
ME5084: 28/336
NAS Support
Supported with NX Series Windows NAS appliance
Storage media
SAS and NL-SAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates, rotational speeds can be mixed in the same system
Host interface
FC, iSCSI (optical or BaseT), SAS
Array configurations
All-flash, hybrid flash, HDD only arrays
Storage format
Native block-level SAN or DAS
Auto-tiering
Up to 3 primary (media-based) tiers
RAID support
RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, or ADAPT RAID; any combination of RAID levels can exist in single array
Replication
Asynchronous replication via FC or iSCSI – ME4 to ME5; ME5 to ME4; ME5 to ME5
Target/source relationships may be one-to-many or many-to-one