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Dell PowerScale

byDell Technologies
in
4.7
Market Presence: File and Object Storage Platforms, Enterprise Storage Platforms

Overview

Product Information on Dell PowerScale

Updated 14th February 2023

What is Dell PowerScale?

Dell PowerScale, a flexible and secure scale-out NAS solution, is designed to be reliable at any scale. Regardless of the kind of data, where it lives, or how big it gets, your data lake always stays simple to manage, simple to grow, simple to protect, and simple enough to handle the most demanding workloads of today and tomorrow.

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Overall experience with Dell PowerScale

Graduate Engineer Traniee
500M - 1B USD, Construction
FAVORABLE

“Linear Scaling And Sub-Millisecond Latency Highlighted With Large PowerScale Cluster”

5.0
Feb 3, 2026
PowerScale runs smooth on our 15PB file cluster-99.999% uptime, scales linearly by adding nodes, delivers 8M IOPS mixed NFS with sub-1ms latency. Perfect for heavy file serving. Overall performance was good and you should also prefer and try this with yours systems too
IT Manager
10B - 30B USD, Consumer Goods
CRITICAL

“Challenges Faced in PowerScale's Peripheral Product Support”

3.0
Nov 15, 2024
Sales and Sales tech are very responsive and helpful. Some of the product support (DataIQ, etc.) has been lacking. PowerScale itself works well.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 13th October 2023

Dell Technologies helps organizations build their digital futures and individuals transform how they work, live, and play. It provides customers with a broad solutions portfolio for the data era, including traditional infrastructure and extending to multicloud environments. Dell's integrated solutions help customers modernize their IT infrastructure, manage and operate in a multicloud world, address workforce transformation, and provide critical solutions that keep people and organizations connected. It helps customers accelerate their digital transformations to improve and strengthen business and workforce productivity. With an extensive portfolio and a commitment to innovation, Dell offers secure, integrated solutions that extend from the edge to the core to the cloud, and offers software-defined and cloud native infrastructure solutions.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1984
Head office location
Round Rock, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://www.dell.com/

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Dell PowerScale Reviews and Ratings

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4.7

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  • Graduate Engineer Traniee
    50M-1B USD
    Construction
    Review Source

    Linear Scaling And Sub-Millisecond Latency Highlighted With Large PowerScale Cluster

    5.0
    Feb 3, 2026
    PowerScale runs smooth on our 15PB file cluster-99.999% uptime, scales linearly by adding nodes, delivers 8M IOPS mixed NFS with sub-1ms latency. Perfect for heavy file serving. Overall performance was good and you should also prefer and try this with yours systems too
  • Application Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Construction
    Review Source

    Seamless Integration and Scalability Noted, With Challenges in Cost and Usability

    4.0
    Feb 15, 2026
    Our overall experience with the vendor has been very good. The product has performed consistenly in real operational conditions and integrates well with our exitsting processes. Technical support understands the product in depth and provides practical solutions rather than generic responses. While a few process- related delays were observed, the vendor remains reliable and responsive, making them a dependable long term partner
  • IT SERVICES ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    After initial difficulties, the system impresses with its scalability and performance.

    5.0
    Nov 25, 2025
    Despite some initial difficulties, our overall experience has been consistently positive. Once the system is set up, it impresses with its performance and ease of expansion.
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  • IT SERVICES ASSOCIATE
    1B-10B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Dell PowerScale: performance and reliability, but noticeably complex configuration

    4.0
    Nov 24, 2025
    Dell PowerScale offers a solution for managing unstructured data. Its scale-out architecture is high-performing and simplifies scaling. However, some advanced features require complex configuration, and pricing can be high.
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  • Deputy Manager
    1B-10B USD
    Construction
    Review Source

    Flexible Scale-Out Architecture Enhances Performance for Analytics and Content Workloads

    5.0
    Feb 2, 2026
    PowerScale fits naturally in environments where unstructured data is growing fast and performance matters, its an easy solution to align with customers facing scale challenges
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Dell PowerScale Likes & Dislikes

Like

OneFS OS gives true scale-out to 100PB, SmartPools auto-tier hot SSD/Cold HDD data at 3.8:1 dedupe ratio across zones Multirpotocal lock ensures atomicity for AI training datasets up to 16TB/file. InsightIQ analystics SynclQ async replication hits RPO< 15 min across DR sites

Like

Sales & Sales Tech very helpful - planning, quotes, etc. PowserScale works well We've had problems w/satellite products like ECS and accompanying software and support for such

Like

Scales easily so petabytes with simple node addition and minimal discruptiion Strong performance and reliability with oneFS OS and low latency for big workloads Supports multiple protocols NFS/SMB/HDFS and good data protection features

Dislike

Node licensing costs 28% more per TB beyond 20 PB threshold vs block comptitors. Small file performance needs All-Flash tuning vs QLC archive nodes. CloudPools hybrid tiering shows 45-60s latency spikes during s# gateway sync bursts

Dislike

Slow performance for us (HPC)

Dislike

High Cost - upfront pricing expensive for small steps Complex deployment - setup can be difficult for teams without deep storage expertise Basic analytic/UI - reporting and dashboards feel limited or less intuitive