Next-gen workloads require next-gen storage

Introducing the all-new all-flash PowerScale F210 and F710 nodes. Drive AI innovations faster with Dell’s AI-ready data platform.

  • Monday, 26th February 2024 Posted 1 year ago in by Phil Alsop

Dell is introducing two new nodes to its all-flash lineup—Dell PowerScale F210 and F710.

This release brings customers Dell's latest generation of high-performance file storage systems, leveraging best-in-class PowerEdge servers to power the most compute intensive workloads. Integrated with the latest OneFS software, PowerScale is the complete AI-ready data platform, offering unmatched performance and scale, exceptional efficiency, federal-grade security and multicloud agility.

Owing to sheer data gravity brought about by next-gen workloads, customers require solutions that are both faster and more cost effective. PowerScale is building on the tried-and-tested capabilities that made it a Magic Quadrant leader for eight consecutive years and is delivering enhanced performance and efficiency with the launch of the F210 and F710. The F210 is the optimal platform for performance with small capacity requirements, whereas the F710 offers a balance of high performance and great capacity in 1RU.

PowerScale: The World’s Most Flexible1, Secure 2 and Efficient 3 File Storage…Just Keeps Getting Better

Unmatched Performance

Compared to the prior generation, coupled with software optimization over the last year, users will realize up to double the performance improvement in streaming reads, which drastically accelerates feeding GPUs for model training and fine-tuning. Similarly, users could also expect to optimize the model checkpointing phase of the AI pipeline with up to double the streaming write performance. Additionally, PowerScale will help bring about faster turnaround time and lower risk of tape-out delays with up to 2.6x improvement in high concurrency and latency sensitive workloads like high frequency trading (HFT) and electronic design automation (EDA) with software and hardware upgrades made over the last year.

Improved Efficiency

Dell has also made significant headway in optimizing our customers’ total cost of ownership. The latest platform leverages a Smart Flow chassis to streamline airflow, directing the right amount of air to where it’s needed to improve energy efficiency. It’s continuous innovation like this that allowed us to deliver up to 90% greater performance per watt, within a span of just one year.

Building on capacity and density from the previous generation nodes, the F710 accommodates up to ten drives in a 1U configuration, which translates to 25% increased node density compared to the F600. Similarly, we’re improving storage utilization in a form-fitting configuration with the F210 by introducing the 15TB QLC drive that doubles capacity compared to the F200.

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