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Dell PowerVault ME5012

Pre Rack IT offers Certified Dell ME5012 SAN/DAS configured to order with significant cost savings compared to your rep or var. This can be especially attractive for businesses that are looking to stay within a tight budget or need to allocate funds to other critical areas of IT operations.

Compatible Expansion Shelves: ME412, ME424, ME484

Sample Configuration:

Dell PowerVault ME5012

  • 12 x 3.5” Chassis 1 x 10Gb iSCSI BASE
  • T 8 Port Dual Controller
  • 6 x 403-BCPF 8TB 7.2K SAS HDD 12Gbps
  • 3.5″ 2 x 580W Hot Plug Power Supply
  • 3YR Dell Pro Support and NBD Onsite
  • Purchase Price: $17,200

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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. Whether you need to consolidate your block storage, support applications without the need for low latency
flash and NVMe, take advantage of intelligent data management or scale capacity to keep pace with data growth, then PowerVault ME5 is ready to meet your growing business needs. 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.

Dell PowerVault ME5 base system and expansion models

The two non-dense ME5 base arrays start at 2U and the dense ME5 array starts at 5U. The base models all support dual-active controllers with each controller including 16GB of memory.

PowerVault ME5 SeriesME5012ME5024ME5084
Chassis Overview
Chassis formatAll-in-one (single/dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking) with expansion options
Rack size2U2U5U
Controllers2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual active)
Single/dual controller support for 2U
2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual active)
Single/dual controller support for 2U
2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual active)
Dual controller only support for 5U
ProcessorsIntel Xeon ProcessorIntel Xeon ProcessorIntel Xeon Processor
Internal storage12 x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)24 x 2.5” drive bays84x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
System memory8GB for controller and 16GB for cache (24GB total)8GB for controller and 16GB for cache (24GB total))8GB for controller and 16GB for cache (24GB total)
Expansion Capacity
Min/Max drive count2/2642/27628/336
Max raw capacity per baseME5012: Up to 288TBME5024: Up to 184TBME5084: Up to 2.01PB
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:

  • NLSAS 7.2K 3.5” – 4TB, 8TB, 12TB, 16TB, 16TB FIPS, 20TB, 22TB, 24TB
  • SAS 10K 2.5” – 1.2TB, 2.4TB, 2.4TB FIPS
  • SSD – 1.6TB MU, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 3.84TB FIPS, 7.68TB RI
Network and Expansion I/O
Host interfaceFC, iSCSI (optical or BaseT), SAS
Max 32Gb FC ports8 per array (support auto-negotiate to 16Gb)
Max 25Gb iSCSI ports8 SFP+ or SFP28 ports per array
Max 10Gb iSCSI ports8 BaseT ports per array (only support auto negotiate to 1Gb)
Max 12Gb SAS ports8 12Gb SAS ports
Max management ports 2 per array (1Gb BASE-T)
Disk expansion protocol 12Gb SAS
Disk interface expansion ports2 12Gb SAS (wide-Port) per array (1 port per controller)
Up to 9 2U expansion enclosures per 2U base array
Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 2U base array
Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 5U base array
 ME4012ME4024ME4084
Functional
Array configurations All-flash, hybrid flash, HDD only arrays
Storage format Native block-level SAN or DAS
Data Optimization
Auto-tieringUp to 3 primary (media-based) tiers
RAID supportRAID 1, 5, 6, 10, or ADAPT RAID; any combination of RAID levels can exist in single array
AdaptDistributed erasure coding that reduces rebuild times when drive failures occur
Thin provisioningActive by default on all volumes, operates at full performance across all features
Snapshots1024 maximum snapshots per array
Data Mobility and Migration
ReplicationAsynchronous 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
Volume copyCopy complete standalone volumes
Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Security
Business continuityVMware Site Recovery Manager
Data-at-rest encryptionSelf-encrypting drives (SEDs) in SSD or HDD formats
Full Disk Encryption (FCE) based on AES-256
Drives certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 2
Key managerInternal controller key management
Management
ManagementPowerVault Manager HTML5 GUI element manager, CLI, OpenManage Enterprise 3.9
VMware vCenterVMware vCenter plugin to manage ME5 arrays through vCenter.
ScriptingCLI API
Redfish/Swordfish REST API
Host OS supportWindows 2022, 2019 and 2016
RHEL 8.2 and 7.8
SLES 15.2 and 12.5
VMware 7.0 and 6.7
Citrix XenServer 8.x and 7.x
Virtualization integrationVMware vSphere (ESXi)
vCenter; SRM
Microsoft Hyper-V
 ME5012ME5024ME5084
Physical
Rack size2U2U5U
Height8.79 cm (3.46 inches)8.79 cm (3.46 inches)22.23 cm (8.75 inches)
Width48.30 cm (19.01 inches)48.30 cm (19.01 inches)48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
Depth61.87mm (24.36 inches)54.78mm (21.56 inches)981mm (38.62 inches)
Weight at max configuration 32.00 kg (71.00 lbs)30.00 kg (66.00 lbs)135.00 kg (298.00 lbs)
Weight empty4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives64.00 kg (141.00 lbs) without drives
Power
Power/wattage580W580W2200W
Heat dissipation 1980 BTU1980 BTU7507 BTU
Voltage100-240 VAC100-240 VAC200-240 VAC
Frequency50/60 Hz50/60 Hz50/60 Hz
Amperage7.6-3.0A (x2)7.6-3.0A (x2)11.07-9.23A (x2)
Environmental Operating Conditions
Operating temperature5°C - 35°C (41°F - 95°F, derated by 1°C per 300mm above 900m)
Non-operating temperature-40°C to 70°C (-40 to 158°F) Maximum temperature changes in an hour: 20°C
Operating humidity ranges (non-condensing)-12C dew point minimum, 8% to 85% maximum, non-condensing
Non-operating humidity (noncondensing) 21°C dew point maximum, 5% to 100% maximum, non-condensing
Services, Warranties
ServicesAll Certified equipment comes with a minimum of 5 Year 8x5xNBD Dell warranty and can be uplifted to 3, 5 & 7 Year NBD or Mission Critical service levels.
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