PowerVault
Storage designed for emerging businesses.
Simple, fast, and affordable storage
PowerVault ME5 storage systems are designed to meet the demands of modern businesses, supporting a wide range of applications with ease. They seamlessly integrate with leading hypervisors, operating systems, and management platforms, ensuring compatibility and flexibility. Trusted by businesses worldwide, PowerVault ME5 delivers dependable performance, cost-effective storage solutions, and streamlined operations, making it the ideal choice for small to medium-sized businesses looking to simplify storage without compromise.
Unleashing Performance and Simplicity
"Dell's new gold standard for entry storage will unleash significant performance, capacity and throughput gains for our customers without compromising simplicity, features, or outcomes." – Jason Boxall, Vice President, Vendors and Alliances, TD Synnex
PowerVault ME5 Delivers Faster Results for CTERA
"CTERA is excited to integrate PowerVault ME5 with twice the performance and quadruple the capacity of the ME4 into our solutions going forward helping our customers realize outcomes faster." – Oded Nagel, Chief Strategy Office, CTERA
Why choose Dell
PowerVault ME5
Storage
Edge-enabled solutions
Expand PowerVault ME5 storage capacity at the edge to reduce deployment risks, increase system reliability, and gain real-time insights. Enable edge applications like cloud gaming, oil and gas exploration, and safety and security.
Versatile workload support
Deliver up to 640K IOPs with more capacity, controller memory, and faster host connectivity options than previous generations. Support high-performance computing (HPC), SQL databases, virtualization, and more.
Simplified management
PowerVault Manager, an intuitive interface enables you to store, manage, and protect your data. As your infrastructure grows, easily integrate an extensive ecosystem of management systems.
Compare PowerVault
Storage Arrays ME5200 Series
| Models | Best For | Max Capacity | Front-End Connectivity | Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Small scale workloads | Up to 6.336 PB | 12 Gb SAS | Up to 9 2U or 3 5U enclosures |
| Medium scale workloads | Up to 6.232 PB | 12 Gb SAS | Up to 9 2U or 3 5U enclosures |
 | High capacity workloads | Up to 8.064 PB | 12 Gb SAS | Up to 3 5U enclosures |
Expansion Enclosure ME500
| Models | Best For | Max Capacity | Front-End Connectivity | Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN/DAS environments | n/a | 12 Gb SAS | n/a |
| SAN/DAS environments | n/a | 12 Gb SAS | n/a |
| SAN/DAS environments | n/a | 12 Gb SAS | n/a |
Expansion Enclosure ME400
| Models | Best For | Max Capacity | Front-End Connectivity | Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN/DAS environments | n/a | 12 Gb SAS | n/a |
| SAN/DAS environments | n/a | 12 Gb SAS | n/a |
| SAN/DAS environments | n/a | 12 Gb SAS | n/a |
JBOD
| Models | Best For | Max Capacity | Front-End Connectivity | Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Low-cost dense storage | Up to 1.92 PB | 24 GB SAS4 | Up to 8 2U enclosures |
| Performance-optimized storage | Up to 757.28 TB (SSD) | 24 GB SAS4 | Up to 4 2U enclosures |
 | High-density storage | Up to 2.40 PB | 24 GB SAS4 | Up to 2 4U enclosures |