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Equinix Offers Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal For Storage as-a-Service

by Harold Fritts

Equinix, Inc. has introduced the Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal, a sophisticated Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) solution tailored for enterprise needs. This offering supports a wide range of high-performance multicloud workloads benefitting from flexible configurations and low latency connectivity facilitated by the proximity to major public clouds.

Equinix, Inc. has introduced the Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal, a sophisticated Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) solution tailored for enterprise needs. This offering supports a wide range of high-performance multicloud workloads benefitting from flexible configurations and low latency connectivity facilitated by the proximity to major public clouds.

The Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal provides scalable and adaptable storage solutions, allowing enterprises to increase capacity by 25% above their committed levels. This flexibility helps reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and optimizes resource use. It simplifies infrastructure management by enabling customers to seamlessly view, manage, and deploy storage, compute, and networking. Additionally, enterprises with cloud-adjacent environments benefit from Equinix’s extensive network of private cloud on-ramps, offering rapid, secure, and scalable access to public cloud services.

Key features of Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal include:

  • Integrated and Cloud Adjacent: This solution leverages a cloud-adjacent approach, enabling a combination of Dell Technologies deployment options. It positions storage and compute resources near public cloud services for enhanced performance.
  • Financial Flexibility: Delivered as a service, this solution offers the capability to exceed committed levels, providing financial and operational adaptability.
  • Global Availability: It is available in over 30 Equinix Metal markets and has a storage entry point of 25 tebibytes, ensuring widespread accessibility.
  • Simplified Deployments: Facilitates easy global deployments in numerous locations with jointly operated hardware and software by Dell and Equinix.
  • Security and Compliance: Ensures high data protection through single-tenant appliances and always-on, enterprise-grade, multi-layer data encryption.
  • Persistent Data: This feature guarantees data persistence across Metal server restarts, supporting various use cases, from mission-critical transactions to disaster recovery.
  • Performance and Control: Delivers sub-millisecond latency with co-located compute from Equinix Metal and storage from Dell PowerStore, providing superior performance while maintaining comprehensive control over data.

The solution should meet market demands with improved performance, optimized resources, and robust security.

For more information on PowerStore on Equinix Metal, click the link below.

Equinix Dell Technologies website

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