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2.4 Data protection
ME4 Series storage keeps your valuable information safe with the following features:
• Remote replication: Replicate data to any global location that includes mirroring thin provisioned
pools.
• Snapshots: Easily recover files after accidental deletion or alteration with point-in-time copies of data.
• Virtual disk copy (VDC): Enable quick and seamless virtual disk relocation and disk-based backup
and recovery with a full, replicated copy of source data.
• Self-encrypting drives (SEDs): Render data useless to unauthorized users with drive-level encryption,
even if the drive has been removed from the enclosure.
2.5 Improved hardware and performance
Designed as the next-generation successor to the popular PowerVault MD3 Series array, PowerVault ME4
Series storage is simpler, faster, and just as affordable. With the dual-core Intel
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Xeon
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processor D-1500,
active-active controllers, more drives, and a faster back end, ME Series storage delivers the following:
• Up to 320,000 IOPS performance
• Up to 5,500 MB/sec bandwidth
• Up to 4 PB capacity
• Performance at scale with a 12 Gb SAS backend
The ME4 Series base models include dual hot-swappable Intel controllers, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and SAS
protocols, and support for 2U and 5U expansion enclosure options. ME4 Series arrays can be implemented
as shared SAN storage or direct attach them to PowerEdge servers.
2.6 Simplified data management
The low-cost PowerVault ME4 Series storage brings radical simplicity and exceptional affordability to the
entry market. It is simple to install and configure, comes with all-inclusive software, and includes an intuitive
web-based HTML5 GUI for anywhere management. ME4 Series storage flexibly configures as DAS or SAN,
all flash or hybrid, and supports a mix of HDD and SSD drives. It also includes built-in compatibility with
Microsoft and VMware hypervisors to simplifying physical and virtual resource management.
Also included is ME Storage Manager, a web-based management GUI that simplifies ME4 Series storage
configuration tasks, alerts you to problems, and provides a recovery guru to automatically help troubleshoot
and resolve issues.
2.7 Fast recovery with ADAPT
PowerVault ME4 Series ADAPT software protects data by dynamically distributing it across pools of drives. In
the event of a drive failure, ADAPT identifies the critical data and dynamically rebalances the data so the
array can return to an optimal state faster than it would in the typical RAID environment. ADAPT offers the
following benefits:
• Saves time and money
• Supports taster drive rebuilds
• Enables adding only the capacity needed
• Supports up to 1 PB capacity or up to 128 drives.