Brand: Dell EMC | Category: Storage Systems
SKU: DELL-ECSEX500 | Part #: ECS-EX500 | MPN: ECS-EX500
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The Dell ECS EX500 from Dell EMC is enterprise-grade Storage Systems hardware built for data centers. Dell EMC ECS EX500 is a petabyte-scale object storage appliance engineered for AI-driven data lakes with native S3 compatibility and integrated erasure coding. Available in brand new condition. Available from Omnixon Global — contact our team to request a quote.
| Brand | Dell EMC |
| Category | Storage Systems |
| SKU | DELL-ECSEX500 |
| Part Number | ECS-EX500 |
| Condition | New |
| Product Line | Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) EX-Series |
| Model | ECS EX500 |
| Form Factor | 4U Rack-mounted Appliance |
| Raw Storage Capacity (per node) | Up to 1.92 PB raw per 4U chassis |
| Drive Type | 3.5-inch NL-SAS / SATA HDDs with optional NVMe SSD metadata acceleration tier |
| Maximum Drives per Node | 106 drives per 4U enclosure |
| Maximum Cluster Capacity | Petabyte-scale; scalable to multi-exabyte with node expansion |
| Erasure Coding Schemes | Configurable 12+4, 10+2, 4+2 EC profiles with hardware acceleration |
| Network Interfaces | Dual 25GbE (base); optional 100GbE uplinks for high-throughput AI workloads |
| Object Storage Protocols | Amazon S3 (enhanced compatibility), OpenStack Swift, HDFS-compatible API, NFS (gateway mode) |
| S3 API Features | S3 Object Lock (WORM), S3 Versioning, S3 Multipart Upload, S3 Lifecycle Policies, S3 Replication |
| Metadata Architecture | Distributed, scale-out metadata engine supporting billions of objects per namespace |
| Multi-site Replication | Active-active geo-distribution with configurable RPO across 2–N sites |
| Multi-tenancy | Namespaces with isolated access control, per-tenant QoS, and metering |
| Data Protection | Erasure coding with node-failure and drive-failure tolerance; end-to-end checksumming |
| Encryption | AES-256 encryption at rest; TLS 1.3 in-flight encryption |
| Identity & Access Management | IAM-compatible policies, LDAP/AD integration, role-based access control (RBAC) |
| Management Interface | ECS Portal GUI, REST API, CLI; integration with Dell APEX Console |
| Operating System / Software | Dell ECS Software v3.x (embedded, purpose-built) |
| Processor | Dual Intel Xeon Scalable (4th Gen) per node |
| Memory | 512 GB DDR5 RAM per node (expandable) |
| Power Supply | Redundant hot-swap PSUs; 80 PLUS Platinum rated |
| Launch | 2025 Q2 |
the Dell ECS EX500 suits enterprise data-center storage tiers — all-flash arrays, hyperconverged storage pools (vSAN, Ceph), database backends, and high-throughput backup repositories. It is supported by major server platforms.
Key specifications for the Dell ECS EX500: new condition; manufacturer Dell EMC; product line Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) EX-Series; model ECS EX500; form factor 4U Rack-mounted Appliance; raw storage capacity (per node) Up to 1.92 PB raw per 4U chassis; drive type 3.5-inch NL-SAS / SATA HDDs with optional NVMe SSD metadata acceleration tier. Manufacturer part number ECS-EX500. For the full datasheet with electrical, environmental, and compliance details, contact our pre-sales engineering team.