Dell PowerScale H7000
The Dell PowerScale H7000 is a dense 4U 4-node hybrid scale-out NAS enclosure engineered to balance multi-petabyte capacity with SSD-accelerated performance. Housing 80 high-capacity 3.5-inch drives and dedicated cache SSDs across four independent modular nodes in a single chassis, the H7000 provides economical enterprise file consolidation for media archives, backup repositories, and enterprise home directories.
Also written as: PowerScale H7000, Dell PowerScale H7000, High-Density Hybrid OneFS
Specifications
| Brand | Dell |
|---|---|
| Family | PowerScale |
| Form factor | 4U 4-node chassis |
| Released | Jun 2021 |
| Cpu platform | 4x Intel Xeon Silver 4210R (10 cores per node, 40 cores per 4U chassis) |
| Memory max (GB) | 768 |
| Drive bays | 80x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs (up to 1.6PB raw per chassis) + 4x to 8x cache SSDs |
| Raw capacity | 320TB to 1.6PB raw capacity per 4U chassis |
| Network onboard | Front-end: Dual 25GbE / 100GbE per node; Back-end: Dual 25GbE / 100GbE per node |
| Power supply | Quad redundant hot-plug 1450W power supplies |
Generations
- Previous generation: Dell Isilon H5600
Compatible parts
HBAs
540-BCMT Dell QLogic 2772 Dual Port 32Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Adapter
540-BCMU Dell Emulex LPe35002 Dual Port 32Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Adapter
Transceivers
407-BCBI Dell 32Gb Short Wave SFP28 Fibre Channel Optical Transceiver
407-BCBF Dell 25GbE SFP28 SR Optical Transceiver (850nm, 100m MMF)
Rail kits
770-BCKW Dell ReadyRails II Sliding Rails for 2U PowerEdge Servers (B6)
Drive caddies
DXD9H Dell 2.5-inch Gen14/Gen15/Gen16 Hot-Plug Drive Caddy Tray (SFF)
SSDs
400-AZPZ Dell 1.92TB SAS Read Intensive 12Gb/s 2.5-inch Hot-Plug SSD
400-BDSD Dell 3.84TB SAS Read Intensive 12Gb/s 2.5-inch Hot-Plug SSD
Works together
How the Dell PowerScale H7000 connects to servers, storage and the network: 1 way, with the parts and products on each path.
File storage (NFS and SMB)
Front-end ports face the clients; back-end ports (on scale-out systems) connect the nodes to each other and need their own switch pair.
Servers
Dell PowerEdge R250 1U rack
Dell PowerEdge R350 1U rack
Dell PowerEdge R450 1U rack
Dell PowerEdge R550 2U rack
Dell PowerEdge R650 1U rack
Dell PowerEdge R650xs 1U rack
Adapters for the server
540-BBGY Dell Broadcom 57414 Dual Port 10/25GbE SFP28 PCIe Low Profile Network Adapter
540-BBHB Dell Broadcom 57414 Dual Port 10/25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0 Mezzanine Network Adapter
540-BBJL Dell Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25GbE SFP28 Network Daughter Card (rNDC)
540-BCND Dell Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx Dual Port 25GbE SFP28 PCIe Adapter
Switches
Dell PowerSwitch N3248TE-ON 1U switch
Dell Connectrix ED-DCX7-4B 9U director chassis
Dell PowerSwitch N3248PXE-ON 1U switch
Dell PowerSwitch S5448F-ON 1U switch
Optics
407-BBOY Dell 100GbE QSFP28 SR4 Optical Transceiver (850nm, 100m MPO-12)- 407-BCBF Dell 25GbE SFP28 SR Optical Transceiver (850nm, 100m MMF)
QSFP-100G-CWDM4-AR Arista 100GBASE-CWDM4 QSFP28 Optical Transceiver Module
Plan and size it
- Draw this setup in the topology planner mrplanb.com
- Add up rack power and space rack-density.com
- NFS explained mrplanb.com
- Block vs object storage mrplanb.com
- Object storage Ledger mrplanb.com
- Dell E-Lab Navigator (Dell interoperability) dell.com
Check compatibility with Dell
Before you buy, confirm the exact configuration against the vendor's own lists: firmware levels, operating systems, adapters and optics that Dell has tested with the Dell PowerScale H7000.
- Compatibility Dell E-Lab Navigator (storage and SAN interoperability) (free vendor sign-in)
- Support Dell Support: drivers, manuals and service tag lookup
Equivalent models from other brands
Buying a used PowerScale H7000: what to check
Confirm all four compute sleds boot properly and join the OneFS cluster, inspect drive bays for backplane connector pin damage, check 80 drive carriers, and test quad 1450W power supplies.
FAQ
Can individual node sleds be serviced while the rest of the H7000 chassis remains online?
Yes, node sleds can be extracted from the rear while the remaining three nodes continue servicing I/O.
What SSD cache capacity is configured in the H7000?
Up to two SAS SSDs per node sled (eight per chassis) provide automated metadata and read caching.
Buying or selling PowerScale H7000?
New, refurbished or used. Tell us the quantity and condition and we connect you with a vetted reseller in your region, usually within one working day.
Sources
- Dell PowerScale H7000 Spec Sheet, checked 2026-10-27