Dell Technologies is a well-known leader in enterprise storage technology with a wide range of array platforms to support any type of workload. 

As Dell's first ever Titanium Black partner, we have over 25 years of partnership expertise to design, test and deliver best-in-class, integrated solutions that accelerate IT optimization and drive business forward for our customers.  

WWT's Advanced Technology Center (ATC) supports the latest in Dell Technologies storage platforms. Within the ATC, you can get hands-on access to the following technologies:

PowerMax

PowerFlex

  • PowerFlex Appliance - 4 Storage Node configuration with Dell switches
  • PowerFlex Rack - 8 Storage Nodes designed with two protection domains and two storage pools showcasing a high-performance medium granularity storage pool and a compression-enabled fine granularity pool. Bundled with 4 Dell compute nodes running VMware ESXi.
  • Lab:  Dell PowerFlex: Container Storage
  • Lab:  Dell PowerFlex: Operations Management Foundations

PowerStore

*Note that unless specified, systems are currently configured as a single appliance cluster but can be reconfigured to showcase PowerStore's clustering capabilities with multiple appliances accessible within a single cluster.

Unity XT

PowerScale

  • PowerScale F600 (3 node)
  • PowerScale F900 (3 node)

Isilon 

  • Isilon F800 (4 node)

Learn more about Primary Storage and Dell

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Primary Storage

Primary Storage Briefing

The primary storage landscape has changed drastically over the last three years. The mass adoption of flash storage, the movement of workloads to the cloud and the emergence of new fabric technologies with NVMe are all trends that are reshaping how we go about selecting primary storage in the data center.
Briefing
• 1 hr
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerMax: Unisphere Management Lab

In this self-paced lab you will be introduced to the Unisphere UI for PowerMax. Topics covered include system settings, home page, performance reporting and provisioning.
Foundations Lab
124 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerFlex: Container Storage Lab

Welcome to WWT's Container Storage Lab utilizing Dell EMC's software-defined storage platform, PowerFlex. In this lab you will work with Kubernetes, utilizing persistent storage from the PowerFlex platform to explore the CSI Driver capabilities. This lab is estimated to take under 1 hour to complete. The intended lab audience is a systems engineer with a basic understanding of PowerFlex and Kubernetes components.
Advanced Configuration Lab
44 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerFlex: Operations Management Foundations Lab

Welcome to WWT's introduction to PowerFlex Operations Foundations Lab. This lab is designed to provide an introduction to the PowerFlex software-defined storage platform with a brief history, review of the components of PowerFlex, overview of the dashboard interface, provisioning, and local data protection.
Foundations Lab
57 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerStore: PowerStore Manager Lab

Welcome to WWT's introduction to the Dell PowerStore storage platform. Designed as a foundational lab, you will learn how to gain visibility into the PowerStore storage array, provision block ,and file volumes, and configure replication. Expect to complete this lab in under 1 hour. The intended lab audience is a systems engineer wanting to know more about the PowerStore platform.
Foundations Lab
286 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerStore Ansible Lab: Managing Your Array With Ansible Playbooks

Welcome to WWT's introduction to Ansible automation for the Dell PowerStore storage platform. In this lab, you will learn the basics of how to automate fundamental Dell EMC PowerStore storage array administrative tasks utilizing Ansible. This lab is estimated to take under 1 hour to complete. The intended lab audience is a systems engineer with a basic understanding of PowerStore and Ansible components.
Advanced Configuration Lab
145 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC Unity XT: Unisphere Management Lab

In this self-paced lab you will be introduced to the Unisphere UI for Unity XT. Topics covered include Settings, Dashboard and System categories.
Foundations Lab
80 launches

What's popular

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Primary Storage

First Impressions With PowerMax 2500 and PowerMax 8500

PowerMax and its ancestors have been the bedrock of the enterprise data center for three decades. This year sees the latest version of the platform with numerous new features that make it a significant upgrade. Read on to learn about these features and gain the advantage of our first-hand experience with the system.
Article
• Jul 19, 2022
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Primary Storage

Oracle RAC Performance Comparison with NVMe over TCP, FC, iSCSI and Dell PowerStore

What if you could improve your storage and application performance at little-to-no cost? A new protocol contender has entered the ring and promises to do just that, utilizing the same IP networks you're already using. Today, we're testing Oracle RAC databases on NVMe over TCP, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI.
Article
• Nov 9, 2022
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerMax: Unisphere Management Lab

In this self-paced lab you will be introduced to the Unisphere UI for PowerMax. Topics covered include system settings, home page, performance reporting and provisioning.
Foundations Lab
124 launches
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Dell PowerStore 3.0 First Impressions Review

Dell announced PowerStoreOS 3.0 at Dell Tech World 2022. Now, in July, it becomes generally available for customer use and will be the version shipping on all new arrays. Read on to learn about what's new and our impressions of it as we tested it alongside Dell's engineering team.
Article
• Jul 19, 2022
Primary Storage

Dell EMC Unity XT: Unisphere Management Lab

In this self-paced lab you will be introduced to the Unisphere UI for Unity XT. Topics covered include Settings, Dashboard and System categories.
Foundations Lab
80 launches

What's new

Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerMax: Unisphere Management Lab

In this self-paced lab you will be introduced to the Unisphere UI for PowerMax. Topics covered include system settings, home page, performance reporting and provisioning.
Foundations Lab
124 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC Unity XT: Unisphere Management Lab

In this self-paced lab you will be introduced to the Unisphere UI for Unity XT. Topics covered include Settings, Dashboard and System categories.
Foundations Lab
80 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerStore Ansible Lab: Managing Your Array With Ansible Playbooks

Welcome to WWT's introduction to Ansible automation for the Dell PowerStore storage platform. In this lab, you will learn the basics of how to automate fundamental Dell EMC PowerStore storage array administrative tasks utilizing Ansible. This lab is estimated to take under 1 hour to complete. The intended lab audience is a systems engineer with a basic understanding of PowerStore and Ansible components.
Advanced Configuration Lab
145 launches
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Dell VxRail Next Gen Platform Overview

Learn more about Dell's latest VxRail generation based on PowerEdge server technology.
Video
• 1:30
Feb 23, 2023
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Primary Storage

Dell PowerFlex and Dell VxRail Both Drive Transformation and Modernize Infrastructure

Which one is right for you?
Article
• Feb 22, 2023
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerFlex: Operations Management Foundations Lab

Welcome to WWT's introduction to PowerFlex Operations Foundations Lab. This lab is designed to provide an introduction to the PowerFlex software-defined storage platform with a brief history, review of the components of PowerFlex, overview of the dashboard interface, provisioning, and local data protection.
Foundations Lab
57 launches
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerFlex: Container Storage Lab

Welcome to WWT's Container Storage Lab utilizing Dell EMC's software-defined storage platform, PowerFlex. In this lab you will work with Kubernetes, utilizing persistent storage from the PowerFlex platform to explore the CSI Driver capabilities. This lab is estimated to take under 1 hour to complete. The intended lab audience is a systems engineer with a basic understanding of PowerFlex and Kubernetes components.
Advanced Configuration Lab
44 launches
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Cyber Resilience

Public Sector Tech Talk E06: Cyber Resiliency: How to Effectively Recover from a Cyber or Ransomware Attack

Cyber attacks against government agency and critical infrastructure networks are at an all-time high. Whether conducted by large-scale nation-state actors or "lone wolf" hackers, the data and information that resides in these networks is mission-critical and must be protected. With the release of the Cyber Executive Order (EO) in May and the $9.8 billion FY22 budget request for cybersecurity funding – just for federal civilian agencies – the Biden Administration is taking cybersecurity seriously. But what can agencies do when the inevitable happens? How can they most efficiently and effectively recover after a breach or attack? This episode focuses on cyber resiliency and the actions agencies can take to recover quickly.
Webinar
Jun 29, 2021 • 1pm
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Primary Storage

Oracle RAC Performance Comparison with NVMe over TCP, FC, iSCSI and Dell PowerStore

What if you could improve your storage and application performance at little-to-no cost? A new protocol contender has entered the ring and promises to do just that, utilizing the same IP networks you're already using. Today, we're testing Oracle RAC databases on NVMe over TCP, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI.
Article
• Nov 9, 2022
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Primary Storage

Modern Data Centers Need a New Approach to Storage

Three ways software-defined infrastructure simplifies your IT environments (and actually saves you money).
Article
• Nov 7, 2022
Primary Storage

Dell EMC PowerStore: PowerStore Manager Lab

Welcome to WWT's introduction to the Dell PowerStore storage platform. Designed as a foundational lab, you will learn how to gain visibility into the PowerStore storage array, provision block ,and file volumes, and configure replication. Expect to complete this lab in under 1 hour. The intended lab audience is a systems engineer wanting to know more about the PowerStore platform.
Foundations Lab
286 launches
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Cyber Resilience

Cyber Vault: A Component of a Cyber Resilience Strategy

Cyber attacks threaten every market, and the impact of being unable to recover critical data and resume business operations after an attack can be devastating. Threats are causing trillions of dollars worth of damage. Protecting your business starts with protecting your data. In this discussion, we highlight our approach to Cyber Resilience and its ability to recover the most advanced workloads from ransomware attacks.
Webinar
May 11, 2021 • 12pm
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Primary Storage

First Impressions With PowerMax 2500 and PowerMax 8500

PowerMax and its ancestors have been the bedrock of the enterprise data center for three decades. This year sees the latest version of the platform with numerous new features that make it a significant upgrade. Read on to learn about these features and gain the advantage of our first-hand experience with the system.
Article
• Jul 19, 2022
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Primary Storage

Dell PowerStore 3.0 First Impressions Review

Dell announced PowerStoreOS 3.0 at Dell Tech World 2022. Now, in July, it becomes generally available for customer use and will be the version shipping on all new arrays. Read on to learn about what's new and our impressions of it as we tested it alongside Dell's engineering team.
Article
• Jul 19, 2022
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Dell PowerStore 3.0 MetroVolume Demo

PowerStore 3.0 introduces native active/active metro replication for VMware to the PowerStore platform. This provides users with the ability to protect critical workloads from array or site failure. This video demonstrates the simple setup of MetroVolume and failure testing with workload running against the system.
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• 8:31
Jul 19, 2022
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Primary Storage

Dell Technologies World Recap: Storage Edition

In this article, WWT engineering resources will recap our findings from Dell Technologies World 2022. We will unpack the updates that are related to Primary Storage and Cloud Data Management.
Article
• May 17, 2022
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Primary Storage

Ransomware Protection With PowerMax

Ransomware is a threat to customers of all sizes, from coffee shops' point-of-sale systems to large multinationals. The best solution is multifaceted, but is it possible to get started today with what you have? Read on to find out how PowerMax can protect your data with tools included in the basic array software suite.
Article
• Mar 1, 2022
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PowerStore Intra-Cluster Migration

A powerful feature of Dell Technologies' PowerStore array is the ability to non-disruptively move data from one appliance to another within a cluster. The primary volumes as well as any snapshots will move as part of the migration. This video demonstrates the intra-cluster migration functionality and a snapshot restore once on the target system.
Video
• 6:58
Feb 15, 2022
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Primary Storage

Powering the Modern Software-Defined Data Center with the Dell Technologies PowerFlex

Learn more about the Dell Technologies PowerFlex platform and how it brings unparalleled agility and flexibility to the modern data center.
Article
• Feb 1, 2022
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Primary Storage

Specialty Retailer Puts Flash Arrays Through Paces to Control Costs and Boost Productivity

Proof of concept in the Advanced Technology Center provides unbiased testing at scale for VDI project
Case Study
• Jan 20, 2020