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Dell EMC ECS Enterprise Object Storage
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Exabyte-scale. Extreme performance. Enterprise-grade.
ECS, the leading object storage platform from Dell EMC, boasts unmatched scalability, performance, resilience, and economics. Deployable as a turnkey appliance or in a software-defined model, ECS delivers rich S3-compatibility on a globally distributed architecture, empowering organizations to support enterprise workloads such as cloud-native, archive, IoT, AI, and big data analytics applications at scale.
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Explore ECS hardware
OVERVIEW
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Dell EMC ECS EX300
Starting at 60TB, the EX300 can grow to petabyte-scale and lower adoption barriers
- Scale-out nodes
- Front-accessible and hot-pluggable drives
- Identical performance characteristics with every node
- Optional SSD for metadata cache
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Dell EMC ECS EX500
The perfect blend of economy and density, the EX500 delivers versatile capacity options
- Scale-out nodes
- Improved performance via dual, 10 core processors
- Identical performance characteristics with every node
- Optional SSD for metadata cache
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Dell EMC ECS EX3000
Packing an unprecedented 11.5PB per rack, the EX3000 is the ideal high density, low TCO, multi-purpose appliance
- Single and dual node configurations
- Drawer accessible and hot-pluggable drives
- 12TB or 16TB disk drives per node
- Optional SSD for metadata cache
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Dell EMC ECS EXF900
The new all-flash ECS appliance, the EXF900, delivers extreme performance at scale
- Scale-out nodes
- High performance NVMe SSDs with dual 24-core processors
- Identical performance characteristics with every node
- Powers AI, machine learning, IoT and real-time analytics apps
COMPARE TAB
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Products Description Use Cases Architecture Upgrade Options ECS EX300 - Flexible object storage platform that lowers the starting costs of a cluster and can scale up to exabytes as needed
- Ideal for modernizing Centera or Atmos environments and storing data generated by modern applications
- Intel x86 servers
- Integrated storage
- 12 disk drives per node
- Optional SSD for metadata cache
- Scale out by additional nodes only
- 12 drive capacity upgrade kit
ECS EX500 - Versatile option for midsized enterprises with rack capacity ranging from 480TB to 6.1PB
- Ideal for supporting modern application, deep archive, or multi-purpose use cases
- Intel x86 servers
- Integrated storage
- 12 or 24 disk drives per node
- Optional SSD for metadata cache
- Scale out by additional nodes only
- 12 drive capacity upgrade kit
ECS EX3000 - Ultra-dense object storage platform that packs up to 11.5PB per rack and can grow to exabyte scale
- Optimized for cloud-native workloads and organizations with large, long-term archival requirements
- Intel x86 servers
- Integrated storage
- EX3000S: Up to 90 disk drives per node
- EX3000D: Up to 45 disk drives per node
- Optional SSD for metadata cache
- 15 drive capacity upgrade kit
EXF900 - All-flash object storage appliance built with SFF NVMe SSDs for extreme performance
- Optimized for cloud-native, AI, machine learning, IoT and real-time analytics applications
- Intel x86 servers
- Integrated storage
- 12 or 24 disk drives per node
- Scale out by additional nodes only
- 12 drive capacity upgrade kit
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Do more with data
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ECS has been purpose-built to store unstructured data at public cloud scale with the reliability and control of a private cloud. Capable of scaling to exabytes and beyond, ECS empowers organizations to manage a globally distributed storage infrastructure under a single global namespace with anywhere access to content.
ECS features rich S3 compatibility and multiprotocol interoperability, making it the ideal modern data lake. When combined with the extreme performance of the new EXF900 appliances, your organization can fuel the next wave of data-hungry AI, machine learning, IoT, analytics and cloud-native applications.
Best of all, ECS is a system you can trust. With enterprise-class data protection and compliance capabilities, coupled with an ecosystem of services from Dell Technologies, ECS helps you do more with data at a lower TCO.
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Cost-effective at scale: Build an object storage cloud with up to 59.5% lower TCO1
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Fast S3: Support modern workloads with high performance, S3-compatible storage
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Enterprise proven: Deploy with confidence using best-in-class technology and services
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Awards & Reviews
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2020 Market Leader: Dell Technologies
All-Flash Scale-Out File & Object Storage Systems
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2020 Market Leader: Dell EMC
Scale Out File & Object Storage
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Servers for Software Defined Storage
IT Brand Pulse 2019 Market Leader: Dell EMC
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CRN's 2018 Products Of The Year: Winner
"Designed to bring more workloads to the platform."
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ECS object storage resources
Customer Stories
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CUSTOMER STORY: PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Accelerating time-to-care
ECS object storage helps Phoenix Children’s Hospital extract terabytes of data in less than an hour.
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Customer Story: CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY
Lowering total-cost-of-ownership
ECS helps boost efficiency 75%, cut risk, and reduce capital costs 30% by replacing storage and backup silos with a seamless Dell EMC platform.
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Customer Story: VERIZON LABS
Focusing on the application
ECS enables Verizon Labs engineers to focus on application development without worrying about data management.
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Lightstorm Entertainment Uses Dell EMC Solutions to Accelerate Production Workflows
With hits like "Avatar", Lightstorm Entertainment is pushing the threshold of cinematic innovation and generating vast amounts of data. Find out how high speed, scalable unstructured data storage & servers from Dell EMC are helping accelerate production.
Analyst Validation
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Economic Analysis: On-premises Object Storage
See how ESG analysts evaluate the economic benefits of on-premises object storage versus the public cloud.
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Gartner Magic Quadrant
Five years a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.
Essential Reading
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ECS Solution Overview
This solution overview articulates the value of ECS and describes its main use cases.
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ECS: Overview and Architecture
This whitepaper provides an in-depth architecture overview of ECS, the Dell EMC software-defined cloud-scale object storage platform.
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ECS: Best Practices
This whitepaper provides general best practices for the deployment, configuration, and use of ECS.
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ECS: High Availability Design
This whitepaper describes the architectural details about how the ECS platform provides enterprise availability.
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ECS with Splunk SmartStore
This document describes how to configure Splunk SmartStore with ECS.
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ECS with Dell EMC Cloud Tier
This document describes how Dell EMC Cloud Tier technology integrates with ECS to provide a massively scalable architecture.
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Dell Technologies on Demand
More choice, flexibility and assurance in how you consume IT infrastructure
Dell Technologies On Demand offers a consumption-driven, as-a-service optimized business model ideally suited for the way on-premises infrastructure and expertise is consumed in the on-demand economy.
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Services & Support
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ProDeploy Enterprise Suite
Integrate new technology into existing environments with confidence through extensive planning and validation by expert certified engineers.
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ProSupport Enterprise Suite
Highly trained experts around the clock and around the globe address your IT needs, minimize disruptions and maintain a high-level of productivity.
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Dell Financial Services
Acquire technology on your terms with a variety of flexible payment solutions from Dell Financial Services.**
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