Aung_Oo provides an in-depth overview of the newly launched, fully managed Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure, highlighting its features, deployment models, and integration with Azure’s ecosystem.

Public Preview: Azure Native Dell PowerScale Now Available

Author: Aung_Oo

Overview

Dell and Microsoft have extended their partnership by launching Dell PowerScale as a fully managed, Azure Native ISV service, now available in public preview. Built on the OneFS platform, this service delivers enterprise-grade storage capabilities natively within Azure, offering a seamless experience for managing unstructured data at scale.

Key Features

Deployment Options:
- Customer Managed: Deploy and manage OneFS clusters within your own Azure tenant, handling all compute, networking, and storage resources.
- Dell Managed: Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure is fully managed by Dell, simplifying deployment and operational overhead. Customers consume it just like any other Azure Native service without managing underlying infrastructure.
Enterprise Benefits:
- Up to 8.4PB in a single namespace
- Multi-protocol support
- Performance, efficiency, and resiliency for AI, HPC, analytics, and enterprise workloads
- Data replication between on-premises and Azure deployments
- Data reduction via compression, deduplication, and tiering with Cloud Pools to Azure Blob Storage
- Integration with Azure’s ecosystem (AI/Analytics, DR, application bursting)
Azure Native Integrations:
- Deployed and managed through Azure Portal
- Payment facilitated via Azure Marketplace using customer’s existing Azure commitments/contracts
- Management tools: Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell

Supported Regions

US East
US South Central
US West 2
West Europe
North Europe
UK South
Germany West Central
Australia East
Southeast Asia

Use Cases

AI and ML workloads
High-performance computing (HPC)
Analytics and big data storage
Hybrid cloud and multi-region data replication
Cloud-based disaster recovery
Application bursting scenarios

How to Get Started

Azure Marketplace Listing
Request a Dell Reference Number for Public Preview
Dell Documentation
Explore detailed Deployment Guide

Summary

This public preview of Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure provides customers with flexibility and simplicity for managing petabyte-scale, unstructured data in the cloud. By leveraging a fully managed ISV service native to Azure, organizations can optimize hybrid, cloud, and data-intensive workloads with enterprise storage features at cloud scale.

Author: Aung_Oo. For more insights, visit the Azure Storage Blog.

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