Businesses in Ireland can now leverage Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure, a scalable, high-performance enterprise-class file storage solution, integrated with Azure to support modern AI workloads.
Co-developed with Microsoft as an Azure Native Integration, Dell PowerScale provides a fully managed cloud-native deployment of PowerScale software on Azure infrastructure. The solution aims to accelerate AI initiatives, manage media production, and ensure business continuity, empowering organisations to achieve their next breakthrough.
“In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, enterprises need more than just storage; they need a platform that drives innovation, scales effortlessly, and adapts to their most demanding workloads. Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure is purpose-built to meet these needs,” said David Noy, Vice President of Product Management at Dell Technologies.
“Co-developed with Microsoft, this enterprise-class file storage solution delivers high performance, robust security, and seamless integration, empowering organisations to achieve their next breakthrough. From accelerating AI and managing media production to ensuring business continuity, PowerScale for Azure is the foundation for success in the data-driven era.”
Built on a proven foundation, Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure is an Azure Native integration co-developed with Microsoft and built on a legacy of storage leadership. This is enterprise-class file storage, purpose-built for today’s most demanding workloads and managed by the experts at Dell. With NVRAM-enabled custom compute SKUs engineered exclusively for Dell, PowerScale for Azure delivers blazing-fast performance up to four times greater than the closest competitor.
The solution has been designed to offer ultra-low latency and optimised to handle even the most data-intensive applications with ease. PowerScale for Azure allows organisations to scale out rapidly and efficiently, supporting up to 8.4PB of storage in a single namespace. It also supports NFS, SMB, and S3 protocols running simultaneously, so teams can support a broad range of applications and avoid the limits of single-purpose solutions or vendor lock-in.
The familiar, unified PowerScale interface ensures operational simplicity and a consistent user experience, whether data is on-premises or in Azure. Fully managed by Dell experts, PowerScale handles deployment, upgrades, monitoring, and support, delivering robust, proactive management every step of the way. With zero-trust architecture, always-on encryption, continuous backup, and built-in ransomware recovery, organisations can face threats with a hardened defence posture.
PowerScale supports production workloads across every industry vertical. Media & Entertainment companies can handle massive video files, real-time editing, and tight production timelines with high-speed hybrid data environments. Production teams can scale up for big releases, scale down when projects close, and focus on creativity, while robust security protects critical media assets. Electronic design automation produces massive datasets and demands fast, collaborative workflows.
PowerScale accelerates simulation, modelling, and design workflows, enabling global design teams to work together, handle simulation spikes, and move products to market faster. Life Sciences organisations can analyse large datasets, run simulations, and drive discoveries with high-performance access and secure, compliant storage. PowerScale allows scaling as clinical projects advance without service disruption.
Downtime and data loss aren’t options. PowerScale for Azure streamlines disaster recovery by enabling asynchronous replication into Azure with SyncIQ, extending data protection across environments to ensure compliance and rapid recovery in the event of disaster.
