Dell Technologies has announced enhanced private cloud architecture and storage capabilities, aiming to increase speed, efficiency, and security for managing both traditional and modern workloads in data center operations. The latest features focus on addressing virtualization, infrastructure management, disaggregation, and cyber resilience.
The Dell Private Cloud—delivered through the Dell Automation Platform—now supports on-premises and software-as-a-service deployment. IT teams can automate, scale, and monitor private cloud implementations using preferred cloud operating system stacks and Dell’s disaggregated storage solutions, including PowerStore, PowerFlex, and PowerMax. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled automation is available for management and monitoring tasks. Further, Dell NativeEdge integration into the platform provides a full stack solution for secure and simplified management across distributed data center and edge environments.
The latest PowerStore storage updates include a QLC (quad-level cell) model and upcoming integration with the Nutanix Cloud Platform, offering high-capacity performance, workload-optimized scaling up to 25 PB per cluster, and support for containerized environments. PowerStore also introduces software enhancements, such as anomaly detection, single sign-on, biometric authentication, fibre channel replication, and AI-driven self-healing to reduce issue resolution times by up to 90 percent, according to Dell.
PowerFlex receives the Scalable Availability Engine (SAE), a native block, erasure-coded architecture designed to boost storage efficiency and resiliency for software-defined data centers. Dell says PowerFlex can now achieve up to 80 percent storage efficiency and up to 10 nine’s (99.99999999 percent) data availability, tolerating up to two simultaneous node failures in large-scale deployments. PowerMax updates provide performance improvements up to 25 percent, automation including one-click software updates, QLC drive support scaling from 122 TB to 8.8 PB per array, and expanded security with enhanced authentication and compliance features.
Dell PowerProtect introduces the DD3410 entry-level Data Domain appliance for remote or smaller data center sites, offering scale from 8 to 32 TB usable storage, integrated security, and compatibility with Dell PowerStore and PowerMax. The PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance delivers software-defined centralized cyber resilience, incorporating anomaly detection, data immutability, and integrity safeguards for backup and recovery operations.
According to Dell, the Dell Private Cloud is now available with PowerStore, PowerFlex, and PowerMax support. NativeEdge integrated automation, PowerStore 5200Q, and related updates are scheduled through October 2025, with early access to Nutanix integration expected in spring 2026. PowerFlex and PowerMax updates are set for October 2025, while the new PowerProtect appliances will begin availability from Q4 2025 into 2026.
Source: Dell Technologies
