PowerVault ME5024

PowerVault ME5 Specifications

Chassis format

All-in-one: dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking and with expansion options

Rack size

2U or 5U

Controllers

2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual-active)
Single/dual controller support for 2U models
Dual controller support only for 5U model

Processor

Intel® Xeon Processor

Internal storage

ME5012: 12 x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
ME5024: 24 x 2.5” drive bays
ME5084: 84x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)

System memory (per
controller)

8GB for controller and 16GB for cache (24GB total)

Expansion Capacity

Expansion enclosures

ME412: 12 x 3.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
ME424: 24 x 2.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
ME484: 84 x 3.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)

Min/Max drive count

ME5012: 2/264
ME5024: 2/276
ME5084: 28/336

Max raw capacity1

ME5012: Up to 2.64PB (total with 9 ME412)
ME5012: Up to 1.92PB (total with 9 ME424)
ME5012: Up to 5.80PB (total with 3 ME484)
ME5024: Up to 2.56PB (total with 9 ME412)
ME5024: Up to 1.83PB (total with 9 ME424)
ME5024: Up to 5.72PB (total with 3 ME484)
ME5084: Up to 7.39PB (total with 3 ME484)
ME5084: Up to 5.54PB (total with 2 ME484)

NAS Support

Supported with NX Series Windows NAS appliance

Storage media

SAS and NL-SAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates, rotational speeds can be mixed in the same system:
• NLSAS 7.2K 3.5” – 4TB, 8TB, 12TB, 16TB, 16TB FIPS, 20TB, 22TB
• SAS 10K 2.5” – 1.2TB, 2.4TB, 2.4TB FIPS
• SSD – 1.6TB MU, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 3.84TB FIPS, 7.68TB RI

Host interface

FC, iSCSI (optical or BaseT), SAS

Max 32Gb FC ports

8 per array (support auto-negotiate to 16Gb)

Max 25Gb iSCSI
ports

8 SFP+ or SFP28 ports per array

Max 10Gb iSCSI
ports

8 BaseT ports per array (only support auto negotiate to 1Gb)

Max 12Gb SAS ports

8 12Gb SAS ports

Max management
ports

2 per array (1Gb BASE-T)

Disk expansion
protocol

12Gb SAS

Disk interface
expansion ports

2 x 12Gb SAS (wide-Port) per array (1 port per controller)
Up to 9 2U expansion enclosures per 2U base array
Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 2U base array
Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 5U base array

Functional

Array configurations

All-flash, hybrid flash, HDD only arrays

Storage format

Native block-level SAN or DAS

Auto-tiering

Up to 3 primary (media-based) tiers

RAID support

RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, or ADAPT RAID; any combination of RAID levels can exist in single array

ADAPT RAID

Distributed erasure coding that reduces rebuild times when drive failures occur

Thin provisioning

Active by default on all volumes, operates at full performance across all features

Snapshots

1024 maximum re-direct-on-write snapshots per array

Replication

Asynchronous replication via FC or iSCSI – ME4 to ME5; ME5 to ME4; ME5 to ME5
Target/source relationships may be one-to-many or many-to-one

Volume copy

Copy complete standalone volumes

Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Security

Business continuity

VMware Site Recovery Manager

Data-at-rest encryption

Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) in SSD or HDD formats
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) based on AES-256
Drives certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 2

Key manager

Internal controller key management

Management support

PowerVault Manager HTML5 GUI element manager, CLI, OpenManage Enterprise 3.9

VMware vCenter

VMware vCenter plugin to manage ME5 arrays through vCenter.

Scripting

CLI API
Redfish/Swordfish REST API

Supported host OS

Windows 2022, 2019 and 2016
RHEL 8.2 and 7.8
SLES 15.2 and 12.5
VMware 7.0 and 6.7
Citrix XenServer 8.x and 7.x

Virtualization
integration

VMware vSphere (ESXi)
vCenter; SRM
Microsoft Hyper-V

Rack size

ME5012 (2U), ME5024 (2U), ME5084 (5U)

Base system height

ME5012: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME5024: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME5084: 22.23 cm (8.75 inches)

Base system width

ME5012: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME5024: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME5084: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)

Base system depth

ME5012: 61.87mm (24.36 inches)
ME5024: 54.78mm (21.56 inches)
ME5084: 981mm (38.62 inches)

Weight (max configuration)

ME5012: 32.00 kg (71.00 lbs)
ME5024: 30.00 kg (66.00 lbs)
ME5084: 135.00 kg (298.00 lbs)

Weight (empty)

ME5012: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME5024: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME5084: 64.00 kg (141.00 lbs) without drives

Rack size

ME412 (2U), ME424 (2U), ME484 (5U)

Expansion height

ME412: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME424: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME484: 22.23 cm (8.75 inches)

Expansion width

ME412: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME424: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME484: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)

Expansion depth

ME412: 60.29 cm (23.74 inches)
ME424: 60.29 cm (23.74 inches)
ME484: 97.47 cm (38.31 inches)

Weight (max configuration)

ME412: 28.00 kg (62.00 lbs)
ME424: 25.00 kg (55.00 lbs)
ME484: 130.00 kg (287.00 lbs)

Weight (empty)

ME412: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME424: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME484: 64.00 kg (141.00 lbs) without drives

Power/wattage

ME5012: 580W
ME5024: 580W
ME5084: 2200W

Heat dissipation

ME5012: 1980 BTU
ME5024: 1980 BTU
ME5084: 7507 BT