A Dell EMC PowerScale Storage OneFS powered systems offer a compelling solution to managing unstructured data in your organisation. The sheer amount of unstructured data being generated is staggering. From emails and documents to images and videos, you are probably dealing with exponential data growth that makes traditional storage and management approaches inadequate.

Unstructured data is difficult to organise and analyse because, unlike structured data that fits neatly into predefined fields, unstructured data lacks a consistent format, complicating storage, retrieval, and analysis processes. This is where PowerScale OneFS steps in.

PowerScale OneFS tackles these challenges head-on with its scale-out architecture, letting you add new nodes in as little as 60 seconds, expanding storage capacity and processing power and memory to keep pace with your data growth.

A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) study commissioned by Dell Technologies provides valuable insights into the economic benefits of deploying PowerScale storage. We provide more colour on these findings below.

Financial benefits of PowerScale

Dell’s commissioned study has a few headline figures:

  • 317% ROI over three years
  • Less than 6-month payback period
  • $15.3 million in total benefits (PV)
  • $3.7 million in costs (PV)
  • $11.6 million net present value (NPV)

Storage efficiency improvements

There were also notable improvements in data efficiency:

  • Utilisation rates increased from 63% to up to 85%
  • Reduced overprovisioning due to granular scaling
  • Risk-adjusted PV of $12.3 million over three years
  • The administrator-to-capacity ratio improved from 500 TB/admin to 5 PB/admin

Business value

Multiple organisations reported improvements:

  • Improved scalability, performance, and availability
  • Enhanced service delivery and customer satisfaction
  • Support for business growth
  • Minimal implementation time required
  • Limited training is needed due to user-friendly administration

Data centre space savings

PowerScale reduced physical infrastructure requirements in multiple ways:

  • Over 90% reduction in data centre space needs
  • Improved storage density and cloud tiering capabilities
  • Risk-adjusted PV of $199,113 over three years

Reading between the lines

These findings show that Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS delivers significant cost savings in storage, management efficiencies, and data centre space. Couple those with added business value and flexibility, and it’s as clear as day that PowerScale offers a robust solution for managing large volumes of unstructured data.

How you will benefit from Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS

PowerScale brings automation to your unstructured data with features like SmartPools and CloudPools that automatically tier data based on access patterns. IT professionals configure a unified file system to create a single data lake, eliminating the silos that often plague unstructured data management. These file systems can use multiple protocols, including NFS, SMB, HDFS, and S3, making your data accessible across various platforms and applications.

To learn more about PowerScale OneFS and other Dell Technologies solutions to your unstructured data challenges do get in touch.