Dell EMC Unity XT 880 Hybrid Flash Storage Array

Dell EMC Unity XT 880: The highest-end hybrid flash storage array in the Unity XT family, engineered for extreme performance, massive scalability, and maximum efficiency. It delivers exceptional power for the most demanding mixed workloads, large-scale consolidations, and mission-critical enterprise applications.

Description

Specifications:
Type: Hybrid Flash Storage Array (Flash & HDD tiers)
Form Factor: 2U (Base Enclosure)
Controllers:
1. 2x Active-Active Controller Modules
2. Processors (per controller): 2x Intel CPUs (e.g., up to 12-core per controller)
3. Memory (per controller): Up to 256 GB DRAM
Max Raw Capacity: Up to 15 PB (with DPE + DAES)
Max Drives:
1. Up to 1000 SAS Drives (Flash & HDD)
2. Drive Types Supported: SAS SSD (Performance/Endurance), SAS HDD (10K/15K), NL-SAS HDD (7.2K)
Drive Form Factors: 2.5″ SFF, 3.5″ LFF
Protocols Supported:
Block: iSCSI, Fibre Channel (FC)
File: NFS, SMB/CIFS, FTP/SFTP
Virtual: VMware VVols
Front-end I/O Ports (per controller):
Base: 2x 10GbE SFP+ (iSCSI/NAS) or 2x 16Gb FC
I/O Modules: Optional 4-port 10GbE, 25GbE, or 16Gb/32Gb FC I/O Modules
Data Reduction: Inline Data Reduction (Deduplication & Compression) for flash tier
Advanced Features: Snapshots, Asynchronous/Synchronous Replication, Thin Provisioning, Data-at-Rest Encryption (D@RE), CloudIQ, Integrated Data Protection, Quality of Service (QoS)
Management: Dell EMC Unisphere (HTML5), CLI, REST API, CloudIQ
Power Supply: Redundant, hot-swappable
Ideal Use Cases: Large-scale consolidation, mission-critical applications, large databases, high-performance computing (HPC), highly virtualized environments, demanding analytics.