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Dell PowerStore

The Intelligent Midrange Storage Platform

Founded 1984Round Rock, TX120,000+ employeesDELL
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Dell PowerStore is Dell Technologies midrange storage platform, featuring end-to-end NVMe, container-native storage (AppsON — run VMs and containers directly on the array), and AI-driven performance optimization. Part of the broader Dell APEX as-a-service portfolio for consumption-based procurement.

Analyst Findings

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AppsON enables running VMs directly on the PowerStore controller

Confirmed. PowerStore controllers run VMware ESXi natively, allowing VMs to run directly on the storage array without separate compute infrastructure. Tested with up to 16 VMs running production-like workloads with no measurable storage performance degradation. Meaningful for edge deployments or small remote offices.

Marcus Williams
Reviewed 2026-01-20
Caveat

Dell APEX provides true as-a-service economics comparable to public cloud

APEX consumption model is legitimate but minimum commitments and contract terms differ significantly from public cloud e...

Feature Specifications

GAGenerally AvailableBetaPublic BetaRoadmapOn Roadmap

Storage Protocol

NVMe-oF (end-to-end)
GA
iSCSI
GA
Fibre Channel
GA
NFS / SMB
GA

Performance

AppsON (run VMs/containers on array)

VMware ESXi runs directly on PowerStore controller

GA
Machine Learning performance optimization

Autonomous workload balancing

GA
Active-Active Metro Clustering

Zero RPO synchronous replication

GA
Inline Dedup & Compression
GA

Management

PowerStore Manager (REST API)
GA
Dell APEX (as-a-service)

Consumption-based model

GA
CloudIQ (AIOps)

Predictive analytics and health scoring

GA
Terraform / Ansible Provider
GA

Cloud

Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS
GA
Dell APEX File Storage for AWS/Azure
GA

Security

PowerStore Cyber Recovery Vault
GA
Secure Snapshots (immutable)
GA
Data-at-rest Encryption (FIPS 140-2)
GA
Multi-factor Authentication
GA

Product Models & SKUs

6 current · 2 legacy · 0 EOL
Model / SKUTierYearMax CapacityMax IOPSThroughputSoftwareStatus
Current (6)
PowerStore 9200T
PS-9200T
Ultra202335 PB effective30M250 GB/s
PowerStore OS
v3.6.0
Current
PowerStore 7200T
PS-7200T
High-end202319 PB effective20M200 GB/s
PowerStore OS
v3.6.0
Current
PowerStore 5200T
PS-5200T
Midrange-High202312 PB effective15M120 GB/s
PowerStore OS
v3.6.0
Current
PowerStore 3200T
PS-3200T
Midrange20238 PB effective10M80 GB/s
PowerStore OS
v3.6.0
Current
PowerStore 1200T
PS-1200T
Entry-Mid20234 PB effective5M40 GB/s
PowerStore OS
v3.6.0
Current
PowerStore 500T
PS-500T
Entry20232 PB effective2.7M22 GB/s
PowerStore OS
v3.6.0
Current
Legacy (2)
PowerStore 1000T (Gen1)
PS-1000T
Entry-Mid20203 PB effective4M35 GB/s
PowerStore OS
≤ 2.0.0
Legacy
PowerStore 500 (Gen1)
PS-500
Entry20201.6 PB effective2.4M20 GB/s
PowerStore OS
≤ 2.0.0
Legacy
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Deployment Options

On-premises Appliance
Dell APEX (as-a-service, on your premises)

Consumption-based, Dell-owned hardware

APEX Block Storage for AWS
APEX File Storage for AWS / Azure
Colocation
Air-gapped
FedRAMP

Dell APEX does not currently have FedRAMP authorization

Compliance & Certifications

SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA

BAA available

PCI-DSS
GDPR
FedRAMP
FIPS 140-2

Encryption validated

Integrations

Hypervisor

VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-V

Cloud

AWS (APEX)Microsoft Azure (APEX)

Backup

VeeamCommvault

Kubernetes

Kubernetes (CSI)

Automation

TerraformAnsible

SIEM

Splunk