Dell Technology Camp 2012 - The Evolution of Consumerization. Dell hosted the 4th Annual Dell Technology Camp at the Saatchi Gallery in Central London for our key industry analysts, technology and consumer media and influencers from across EMEA. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

Round Rock, Texas, USA - August 16, 2012

Dell Bulks Up its SMB Storage Portfolio with its Densest Storage Array, Zero-Percent Leasing and Updated Backup and Recovery Appliance

• New PowerVault MD3 dense arrays can scale up to 180 hard drives and store up to 540 terabytes in 12U of rack space

• New features added to DR4000 disk backup and disaster recovery appliance with DR Rapid Data Access offers tight integration with Symantec backup applications and helps ease remote office backup through many to one replication

Dell today announced its densest storage array yet with the new PowerVault MD3, storing up to 180 terabytes of data in a 60-drive, 4U rack enclosure.

Jennifer Meyer, Storage Solutions Expert, Dell. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

Paired with zero-percent fair market value (FMV) financing from Dell Financial Services (DFS) the new PowerVault MD3 provides small- and medium-sized organizations with easy access to flexible enterprise solutions for all stages of growth.

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Additionally, Dell added new features to the DR4000 disk-based backup and recovery appliance designed to include tighter integration with Symantec OST (OpenStorage) and to support the ability to replicate from multiple appliances to one.

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The MD3 dense arrays are ideal for entry-level, medium-sized, or enterprise organizations that seek high-performance computing from a small form factor to save space, power and administrative costs.

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As a 12U configuration, with one MD3 dense array combined with two MD3 dense expansion enclosures, the storage solution can scale up to 180 hard drives, store up to 540 terabytes of data, and supports Fibre Channel, SAS and iSCSI protocols.

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The new MD3 dense arrays include Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) that help maintain affordable, high-bandwidth computing by recovering failed drives faster than traditional RAID environments.

DDP when combined with the high performance tiering on Dell’s MD3 dense storage array can deliver continuous data protection with improved productivity and lower total cost of ownership.

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"Dell continues to invest in its SMB and mid-market storage solutions to help customers looking for the right balance of performance and value,” said Brett Roscoe, general manager, Dell Data Management Solutions.
“The dense array design of the new MD3 combined with enhanced software capabilities across our MD and DR products provide the power to do more with a growing set of features and capabilities that provide new levels of efficiency and performance."

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The MD3 dense array meets a range of needs from customers setting up their first storage installations to those preparing for the dramatic growth of Big Data.

Application management spans from general purpose computing to high-bandwidth, high-performance computing environments.

The MD3 dense array is available globally this month with the same software, firmware and management features as the PowerVault MD3 series, offering customers the same benefits of the PowerVault MD platform but in a smaller design.

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As a truly modular platform, customers can non-disruptively grow storage with their business and quickly respond to changing conditions with a flexible infrastructure designed to support high-performance computing applications.


Dell PowerVault Zero-Percent Leasing

The zero-percent FMV lease offer helps small to medium-sized organizations manage their expanding data storage needs while preserving their valuable capital for more tactical day-to-day business needs.

Dell PowerVault Storage Systems. PowerVault NX3500 Courtesy of Dell Inc.

The special 36-month FMV lease is available to qualified customers who lease $5,000 or more on combined enterprise solutions that include PowerVault storage, PowerEdge servers and PowerConnect switches.

Streamline backup and recovery operations. Optimize your data management while reducing reliance on tape backups with the Dell DR4000 disk-based data protection and recovery solution. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

“To keep up with larger competitors, small and medium-sized organizations need flexible systems equipped to address changing market dynamics and the demands they put on IT,” said Antonio Julio, executive director, Commercial Enterprise Solutions, Dell.
“From financing to storage, Dell equips our customers with the flexible and agile solutions they need to drive innovation on a much larger scale.”


DR4000 Backup and Recovery Updates

Dell is announcing new updates to the DR4000, an advanced disk-based backup and recovery solution that features innovative deduplication and compression capabilities from Dell’s Ocarina Networks acquisition.

Optimize your data management while reducing reliance on tape backups with the Dell DR4000 disk-based data protection and recovery solution. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

Since it was first announced in January at Dell Storage Forum London, the DR4000 has been popular with SMB customers who want to augment or replace traditional backup and recovery environments with disk- based solutions for their speed, access and reliability.

Streamlined, cost-effective backup DR4000 uses Rapid Data Access - a fast, disk-based backup, data protection and recovery solution that securely stores critical data while reducing storage footprint. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

The updated DR4000 supports the ability to replicate from multiple appliances to one, enabling customers with remote offices or locations to replicate to a centralized location.

Advanced data protection The DR4000 has built-in data-protection safeguards in both hardware and software to verify backup integrity. It is designed to ensure data protection in case of power loss and proactively detect corruption due to faulty hardware. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

New updates to the DR4000 also include support for Symantec OST (OpenStorage), an API that enables third-party intelligent storage devices to tightly integrate with Symantec backup software applications.

Disaster recovery with replication and deduplication. The DR4000 offers improved disaster-recovery capability through deduplicated replication. Many-to-one replication capability consolidates multiple remote office backup workloads into a single, easy-to-manage solution, while reducing or eliminating the need for tape backups. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

When a DR4000 is used with OST, the backup application becomes aware of the properties and capabilities of the appliance, and can better control back up images.

Simple management The DR4000 data reduction and backup appliance is a turnkey solution designed to drop into any backup workflow environment. Simple to install and manage, the software-agnostic DR4000 supports industry-leading backup software applications, making deployment a breeze. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

The DR4000 with DR Rapid Data Access can significantly increase performance and can now backup up to 4 terabytes of data per hour when using Symantec OST.

Advanced data protection The DR4000 has built-in data-protection safeguards in both hardware and software to verify backup integrity. It is designed to ensure data protection in case of power loss and proactively detect corruption due to faulty hardware. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

The new DR4000 features are available this month globally.

Graphical interface The DR4000 has a graphical interface that provides an overview of the system, including status, hardware and software alerts storage capacity and savings, as well as critical information such as system and software versions. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

Pricing and Availability

The zero-percent PowerVault offer is a 36-month zero-percent FMV lease on all PowerVault storage components with a minimum purchase of $5,000 or more and runs from Aug. 4, to Nov. 2, 2012 in the U.S.

Jennifer Meyer, Storage Solutions Expert, Dell. Courtesy of Dell Inc.

This FMV lease offers customers low monthly payments and end-of-lease options designed to give customers choice and flexibility.


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Michael S. Dell

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Dell

Michael S. Dell Courtesy of Dell Inc.

Michael Dell is the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Dell, the company he founded with $1000 in 1984 at the age of 19.

Notably quoted as saying that “technology is about enabling human potential,” Michael’s vision of how technology should be designed, manufactured and sold forever changed the IT industry.

In 1992, Michael became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500.

Today, Dell Inc. is composed of more than 100,000 team members who serve the IT needs of global corporations, small and medium businesses, governments, healthcare providers, educational institutions and home computing users.

From PCs to the infrastructure and services that power the world’s most complex data centers and cloud computing environments, Dell’s broad range of IT services and solutions has helped millions of customers around the world achieve the outcomes that are most important to them.

In 1998, Michael formed MSD Capital, and in 1999, he and his wife established the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to provide philanthropic support to a variety of global causes.

Michael serves on the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the executive committee of the International Business Council, is a member of the U.S. Business Council and the Business Roundtable, and serves as chairman of the Technology CEO Council.

He also serves on the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India, and is a board member of Catalyst.


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