Dell PowerVault

PowerVault is a line of data storage and backup products formerly from Dell, and currently for Dell EMC.

Dell EMC PowerVault

Developer	Dell EMC (2016 - current) Dell (1998-2016)
Type	Storage server
Release date	1998; 27 years ago (1998) (as Dell PowerVault) 2016; 9 years ago (2016) (as Dell EMC PowerVault)
CPU	x86
Related	Dell EMC Unity
Website	PowerVault

After Dell acquired EqualLogic for its iSCSI products in 2008, and Compellent Technologies in 2011, the PowerVault line was positioned as less expensive than the other product lines.^[1]

Direct Attached Storage

Released	Model	Rack units	Number of drives	Drive size	Transfer	Type	Controller
2009	MD1000[2]	3U	15	3.5"	3 Gbit/s	SAS or SATA	PERC 5/e or 6/e
2009	MD1120[3]	2U	24	2.5"	3 Gbit/s	SAS	PERC 6/e
2010	MD1200[4]	2U	12	3.5"	6 Gbit/s	SAS	PERC H800
2010	MD1220[5]	2U	24	2.5"	6 Gbit/s	SAS	PERC H800
2015	MD1280[6]	5U	84	3.5"	6 Gbit/s	SAS
2014	MD1400[7]	2U	12	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS	PERC9
2014	MD1420[8]	2U	24	2.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS	PERC9
2009	MD3000[9]	3U	15	3.5"	3 Gbit/s	SAS or SATA	PERC 5/e
2012	MD3060e[10]	4U	60	3.5"	6 Gbit/s	SAS
2010	MD3200[11]	2U	12	3.5"	6Gbit/s	SAS
2010	MD3220[12]	2U	24	2.5"	6Gbit/s	SAS
2010	MD3260	4U	60	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2014	MD3400[13]	2U	12	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2014	MD3420[14]	2U	24	2.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2014	MD3460[15]	4U	60	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2019	ME4012[16]	2U	12	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2019	ME4024[16]	2U	24	2.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2019	ME4084[16]	5U	84	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2022	ME5012[17]	2U	12	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2022	ME5024[17]	2U	24	2.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS
2022	ME5084[17]	5U	84	3.5"	12 Gbit/s	SAS

Older Equipment

• 200S^[18] - 1998
• 210S - Used SCSI
• 220S - Used SCSI

Storage Area Network

Includes the PowerVault MD 3200i, 3220i, 3400, 3420, 3460 for 1 Gbit/s iSCSI, MD 3800I, 3820I, and 3860I for 10 Gbit/s iSCSI, and the MD 3800f, 3820f, and 3860f for Fibre Channel.^[19]

Older Equipment

• 630F
• 650F^[20][18] - 1998
• 660F

Network Attached Storage

• 701N^[21] - 2001
• 705N
• 715N^[22]
• 725N^[23] - 2002
• 735N^[21] - 2001
• 745N^[24] - 2004
• 770N^[23] - 2002
• 775N^[23] - 2002

With Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 or 2016 operating system:

• NX400 / NX430 / NX440
• NX3200 / NX3230 / NX3240
• NX3300 / NX3330 / NX3340

Tape Storage

DDS4

• 100T DDS4
• 120T DDS4

DLT

• 110T DLT1
• 110T DLT7000

LTO

• 110T LTO-1
• 110T LTO-2
• 112T LTO-2
• 114T/114X^[25]
• 122T LTO
• 124T^[26]
• 128T LTO
• 130T
• 132T
• 136T LTO-2
• ML6000
• TL2000^[27] - Uses the same chassis build as the IBM TS3100. Components, including drives in many cases, can be interchanged between the two models, including the TL4000.
• TL4000^[28] - Uses the same chassis build as the IBM TS3200. Components, including drives in many cases, can be interchanged between the two models, including the TL2000.