Dell EMC expands its No. 1 market-leading midrange storage portfolio with new SC All-Flash appliances offering premium performance and data services to help accelerate data center modernization<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free software upgrades for Dell EMC Unity customers; include inline data deduplication, synchronous file replication, and ability to perform online \u201cdata-in-place\u201d storage controller upgrades
New Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program offers midrange storage customers investment protection and multiple cost-saving benefits<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dell EMC is expanding its industry-leading midrange storage portfolio with two new SC All-Flash data storage arrays, along with key software updates to Dell EMC Unity designed to boost efficiency and cost savings for mixed block and file workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, Dell EMC is introducing its Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program. The new program offers the industry\u2019s strongest three-year satisfaction guarantee along with customer benefits such as all-inclusive software, hardware investment protection, storage efficiency guarantees, worry-free data migrations, and free Virtustream Storage Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SC All-Flash delivers premium performance and enterprise-ready features
Optimized for All-Flash, the new Dell EMC SC All-Flash storage arrays offer premium performance and enterprise-ready features. SC All-Flash arrays are designed to help customers modernize their data centers to gain more speed, efficiency, and cost savings from existing applications. It is also designed to help customers open up possibilities for the business to support new flash-enabled use cases and workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dell EMC SC5020F and Dell EMC SC7020F are offered as 3U appliances featuring dual active\/active controllers with 8-core Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae processors and up to 256GB memory and multiprotocol support for 10GB iSCSI and 16\/32GB FC network connections. The products also feature:
All-Flash performance \u2013 Up to 399,000 IOPS per array and 3.9 million aggregate IOPS per multi-array federated cluster<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federated data mobility, scale, and protection \u2013 Ships ready to link into federated multi-array clusters for easy, non-disruptive workload migration and load balancing; includes an auto-failover feature for built-in business continuity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Self-optimizing efficiency \u2013 Intelligent data deduplication and compression, RAID tiering and pervasive thin provisioning help make cost savings automatic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All-inclusive software \u2013 Every advanced SC Series feature is included with no extra software licenses to purchase or maintain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dell EMC Unity gets efficiency boost to help lower storage costs
Designed for simplicity, All-Flash performance, and unified SAN-NAS environments, Dell EMC Unity helps organizations speed deployment, streamline management, and seamlessly tier storage to the cloud. The new Unity v4.3 OS provides several key updates including deduplication to help lower costs, along with new technologies to facilitate non-disruptive system upgrades and enable file synchronization. The new Dell EMC Unity v4.3 OS offers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enhanced All-Flash efficiency with the addition of inline deduplication
Synchronous file replication helps ensure zero data loss business continuity
New capability enables online data-in-place storage controller upgrades
Redefined investment protection with the Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new Dell EMC Future-Proof Storage Loyalty program offers customers guarantees and value through the lifetime of their arrays. Unlike other vendor programs that offer fewer benefits and short-term promises, the Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program provides robust guarantees, money-saving benefits, and investment protection for new Dell EMC Unity and SC Series product purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program for Dell EMC Unity and SC Series includes:
Three-year satisfaction guarantee \u2013 Dell EMC products will perform as advertised for customers, satisfaction guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4:1 All-Flash Storage Efficiency Guarantee \u2013 Offered without complex pre-assessments and restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never-worry Data Migrations \u2013 Customers can seamlessly upgrade to new Dell EMC storage with built-in data migrations that are always online and non-disruptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hardware Investment Protection \u2013 Customers get flexible credit towards storage controller upgrades or trade-in credit towards the purchase of any new product across the Dell EMC portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All-inclusive Software \u2013 Dell EMC midrange storage products ship with everything needed to store, manage and protect data with no extra licenses to purchase or maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Built-in Virtustream Storage Cloud (for Dell EMC Unity only) \u2013 Customers can automatically tier files and storage snapshots to the cloud with no capacity costs for one year, up to the program allotment.
Customers purchasing new Dell EMC Unity or SC Series products, whether direct or through channel partners, and have a valid maintenance contract are eligible for the program at no additional cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo help our customers with data center modernization, we\u2019re delivering innovative features and performance in the new SC All-Flash and also boosting the efficiency and utility of Dell EMC Unity in the latest Unity OS software update,\u201d said Jeff Boudreau, president, Storage Platforms, Dell EMC. \u201cWe\u2019re also redefining what it means to buy from Dell EMC and our partners with the new Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program, offering many benefits such as all-inclusive software, hardware investment protection, and a three-year satisfaction guarantee that is the longest and strongest amongst our competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flexible financing options and support services
Dell Financial Services (DFS) offers a variety of flexible consumption payment solutions that enable customers to acquire IT and plan for growth and future storage demands. Additionally, Dell EMC Services provides customers with a complete portfolio of technology implementation and support services available, addressing diverse IT needs with choice, flexibility, and scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Availability
SC All-Flash will be available in December. The new Unity OS v4.3 will be made available in January 2018 to Dell EMC Unity customers with a valid support contract. The Dell EMC Future-Proof Storage Loyalty program is available now with the purchase of any new SC Series or Dell EMC Unity data storage array directly through Dell EMC or any of its certified channel partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dell EMC executive quote:
John Byrne, president, Global Channels, Dell EMC
\u201cThe storage opportunity for Dell EMC partners is immense, and the Future-Proof Storage Loyalty program delivers even more benefit to those partners who want to truly go big and win big with us. The combination of Dell EMC\u2019s market-leading, transformation-enabling storage portfolio and the ability for partners to put more competitive deals on the table is absolutely a game-changer: for customers, for partners, and for Dell EMC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional resources
Direct2DellEMC blog: \u201cNew Products and Programs Will \u201cFuture-Proof\u201d Your Dell EMC Midrange Storage Investments\u201dDirect2DellEMC Blog: \u201cGo Big or Go Home: Giving Midrange Storage Customers \u201cFuture-Proof\u201d Peace of Mind and Valuable Benefits\u201dDirect2DellEMC Blog: \u201cMidrange Storage \u2013 Products, Programs and a Brand New Campaign\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learn more about Dell EMC Midrange All-Flash StorageLearn more about the Dell EMC Future-Proof Storage Loyalty ProgramConnect with Dell EMC via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and DECNFollow the latest news on Twitter from @DellEMCNewsAbout Dell EMC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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