Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance DM5500

The Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance DM5500 is a purpose-built, converged backup and recovery platform that tightly integrates Dell PowerProtect Data Manager software with optimized hardware in a single, pre-configured appliance. Designed specifically for midsize enterprise organizations, the DM5500 eliminates the complexity of assembling disparate backup infrastructure by delivering compute, storage, and data management capabilities in a unified system. The appliance leverages inline variable-length deduplication and compression to dramatically reduce storage footprint, while its hardware-accelerated architecture ensures that backup and restore operations perform at the throughput levels demanding production environments require. The DM5500 supports a broad ecosystem of workloads including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA, NAS, and Kubernetes containerized environments, making it a versatile anchor for enterprise data protection strategies. Native integration with Dell APEX and cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud enables seamless long-term retention, disaster recovery orchestration, and cloud-tiering directly from the management interface. The appliance ships pre-installed and pre-configured, substantially reducing deployment time compared to software-only solutions, and provides a single pane of glass through the PowerProtect Data Manager UI for policy-based protection, compliance reporting, and recovery orchestration. Its scale-out architecture allows organizations to expand capacity and performance non-disruptively as data volumes grow, protecting the initial investment and adapting to evolving business requirements without a forklift upgrade.

Ideal for

• Centralized backup and recovery for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualized infrastructures across multiple hosts and clusters
• Database protection for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and SAP HANA with application-consistent snapshots and granular item-level recovery
• Kubernetes and container workload data protection including persistent volume backup for OpenShift and Tanzu environments
• Long-term data retention with automated cloud-tiering to AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud Storage for compliance and cost-optimized archiving
• Disaster recovery orchestration leveraging integrated replication to a secondary DM5500 appliance or Dell PowerProtect DD series target with automated failover testing
• Ransomware resilience through immutable backup copies, CyberSense AI-powered anomaly detection integration, and rapid clean-copy recovery for business continuity

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.