Model T
Model X
Enclosures
Architecture
Anytime Upgrade
PowerStore 500
2.0
100
What is Unified?
Can handle workload for block, file, and VVols.
100
What are some good use cases for the PowerStore X?
Edge - Running analytics locally from IoT streaming devices
Core - Use in traditional architecture or HCI to house data intensive apps/VM's
Cloud - VMware validated design for VCF.
100
What is a node?
A singular controller in the PowerStore base controller.
100
Which Model can scale out and up?
PowerStore T
100
What are the 3 different types of upgrades?
Next gen, higher model, scale out credit
100
The customer is looking to scale up his new PowerStore 500. How many DAE enclosures does it support?
none. The PowerStore 500 currently can't scale up.
100
What is NVMe-oF?
NVMe-oF stands for Non-Volatile Memory express over Fabrics
In the first release of PowerStore, NVMe support was only in the drive level (Back-End)
In the V2 release, NVMe-oF is supported on both PowerStore T and PowerStore X models
200
Where does PowerStore fit in our portfolio?
Lead all flash midrange offering between PowerMax and Unity XT
200
How many and of what type of VMware licensing is required?
4 x vSphere Enterprise+
200
What is a base enclosure?
A 2U enclosure with 2 nodes and 25 drive slots.
200
Which model has ESXi installed directly on the appliance?
PowerStore X
200
What are the two tiers of the program?
Base, Select
200
Customer would like to run Apps On with his PowerStore 500. How does he enable this?
PowerStore 500 is only available in the T version. PowerStore X is not available.
200
What is Metadata tiering?
•In the V2 release, one or more NVMe SCM drives can be added to an appliance with NVMe/SAS Flash drives for metadata tiering (speed enhancement)
•SCM drives provide lower latency than NVMe/SAS Flash
•Will increase the performance for metadata cache read misses
300
What is federation?
Cluster resources are not shared.
300
What is a controller VM?
PowerStore OS runs in a virtual machine.
300
What is a expansion enclosure?
A 2U enclosure with 25 SAS drive slots.
300
What does "Container-Based Architecture" mean?
Faster innovation and upgrades due to microservices instead of one monolithic app. Better support and availability.
300
What is the minimum amount of time a customer has to wait before getting an upgrade?
180 days
300
Customer has 3 existing PowerStore 9000 in a federated cluster. He would like to add the 500 to this cluster. Can he?
Clustering PowerStore 500 w/ PowerStore 1000T-9000T fully supported
300
Customer recently upgraded to version 2.0. He has 7 free capacity slots and the existing slots have NVMe SSD. He would like to add 7 SCM drives to the DPE. Can he?
In the V2 release, one or more NVMe SCM drives can be added to an appliance with NVMe/SAS Flash drives for metadata tiering (speed enhancement)
400
What switching is required?
1 - OOB (usually a 1GbE switch)
2 - 10GbE
2 - FC (if using FC)
400
What switching is required?
2 - 10GbE
2 - FC (if using FC)
400
What is an appliance?
A base enclosure, and up to 3 expansion enclosures.
400
What helps enable the 4:1 Data Reduction Guarantee?
A dedicated compression chip
400
What is the shortest contract the customer has to purchase to opt into the program?
3 years
400
PowerStore 500 comes in 2 versions. Single socket & Dual socket. True or false
False. PowerStore 500 is a single socket array
400
Customer really liked the Apps On ability of the PowerStore X. Can he federate 4 X appliances together?
yes in 2.0 federation is now supported on both models!
500
Why would you position Unity XT over PowerStore?
Advanced file features, hybrid price, federal certifications, sync replication between arrays
500
What is the difference between PowerStore X and a 2 node VxRail cluster? Why would you position one over the other?
PowerStore X is still an array with drives
2 node cluster uses vSAN and software defines storage
Consolidate compute and need super low latency for application = PowerStore X
500
What is a master appliance?
The first appliance in a unified cluster (also the only appliance used for file in a single cluster).
500
What is Apps-On?
Being able to run VM's directly on the appliance. Designed for targeted workloads that are storage performance intense.
500
How does this compare to Pure's Evergreen program?
**Anytime upgrades can be used after 180 days
- The base offering is equivalent to Evergreen Gold. It gives you the next-generation of your current controllers
- The select offering adds the option to either upgrade to the next highest controller in the current generation, or to get credit for the controllers when you add an appliance to your PowerStore cluster.
500
How many capacity slots are there on the PowerStore 500 DPE
25 slots for capacity.
500
What is Dynamic Resiliency Engine (DRE)
Unlike traditional RAID, with DRE everything is virtualized and distributed.
Software defined RAID really. Leadership would like us to stop saying RAID.