Used and Refurbished Dell PowerVault ME5284

ME5 Series Storage Array | 5U Rack
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The PowerVault ME5284 is the dense 5U member of Dell's ME5200 Series, providing 84 x 3.5-inch internal drive bays with support for 2.5-inch drive carriers. Designed for environments where large storage capacity and rack density are priorities, the ME5284 uses a dual-controller configuration with 24G of memory per controller and supports FC, iSCSI, or SAS host connectivity. Like the other ME5200 platforms, it can be configured with all-flash, hybrid flash, or HDD storage and includes Dell's full ME5 data-management feature set.

The ME5284 starts with a minimum of 28 drives and scales to as many as 336 drives. Dell supports up to three ME584 84-drive expansion enclosures behind the ME5284, producing a maximum listed raw capacity of up to 7.39PB with three ME584 enclosures. Storage services include auto-tiering, ADAPT RAID, thin provisioning, snapshots, replication, volume copy, self-encrypting drive support, AES-256 full-disk encryption, and both internal and KMIP-based key management.

PowerVault ME5284 Technical Specifications

Chassis Format:
 All-in-one: dual controllers, internal drive bays, networking and with expansion options
Rack Size:
 2U or 5U
Controllers:
 2 hot-swappable per chassis (dual-active)
Single/dual controller support for 2U models
Dual controller support only for 5U model
Processor:
 Intel® Xeon Processor
Internal Storage:
 ME5212: 12 x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
ME5224: 24 x 2.5” drive bays
ME5284: 84 x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
System Memory:
 24G per controller, 48G total on a dual controller system
Expansion:
 Enclosures:
ME512: 12 x 3.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
ME524: 24 x 2.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
ME584: 84 x 3.5” drive bays (12Gb SAS)
Min/Max Drive Count:
 ME5212: 2/264
ME5224: 2/276
ME5284: 28/336
Max Raw Capacity:
 ME5212: Up to 2.64PB (total with 9 ME512)
ME5212: Up to 1.92PB (total with 9 ME524)
ME5212: Up to 5.80PB (total with 3 ME584)
ME5224: Up to 2.56PB (total with 9 ME512)
ME5224: Up to 1.83PB (total with 9 ME524)
ME5224: Up to 5.72PB (total with 3 ME584)
ME5284: Up to 7.39PB (total with 3 ME584)
ME5284: Up to 5.54PB (total with 2 ME584)
Storage Media:
 SAS and NL-SAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates, and rotational speeds can be mixed in the same system:
• NLSAS 7.2K 3.5” – 4TB, 8TB, 8TB FIPS, 12TB, 16TB, 16TB FIPS, 20TB, 24TB
• SAS 10K 2.5” – 1.2TB, 2.4TB, 2.4TB FIPS
• SSD – 1.6TB MU, 1.92TB RI, 3.84TB RI, 3.2TB FIPS MU, 7.68TB RI
Network and Expansion I/O:
 Host Interface: FC, iSCSI (optical or BaseT), SAS
Max 32Gb FC ports: 8 per array (support auto-negotiate to 16Gb)
Max 25Gb iSCSI ports: 8 SFP+ or SFP28 ports per array
Max 10Gb iSCSI ports: 8 BaseT ports per array (only support auto negotiate to 1Gb)
Max 12Gb SAS ports: 8 12Gb SAS ports
Max management ports: 2 per array (1Gb BASE-T)
Disk expansion protocol: 12Gb SAS
Disk interface expansion ports:
2 x 12Gb SAS (wide-Port) per array (1 port per controller)
Up to 9 2U expansion enclosures per 2U base array
Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 2U base array
Up to 3 5U expansion enclosures per 5U base array
Functional:
 Array configurations: All-flash, hybrid flash, HDD only arrays
Storage format: Native block-level SAN or DAS
Data Optimization:
 Auto-tiering: Up to 3 primary (media-based) tiers
RAID support: RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, or ADAPT RAID; any combination of RAID levels can exist in single array
ADAPT RAID: Distributed erasure coding that reduces rebuild times when drive failures occur
Thin provisioning: Active by default on all volumes, operates at full performance across all features
Snapshots: 1024 maximum re-direct-on-write snapshots per array
Data Mobility and Migration:
 Replication: Asynchronous replication via FC or iSCSI – replication is supported between ME50XX and ME52XX or between ME52XX and ME50XX. Target/source relationships may be one-to-many or many-to-one
Volume copy: Copy complete standalone volumes
Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Security:
 Business continuity: VMware Site Recovery Manager
Data-at-rest encryption:
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) in SSD or HDD formats
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) based on AES-256
Drives certified to FIPS 140-3 Level 2
Key manager: Internal controller key management
KMIP (Key Management Interoperability Protocol) enablement/support. IBM SKLM and Thales KeySecure are available at launch with the potential to add more after RTS.
Management:
 Management support: PowerVault Manager HTML5 GUI element manager, CLI, OpenManage Enterprise
VMware vCenter: VMware vCenter plugin to manage ME5 arrays through vCenter
Scripting: CLI API, Redfish/Swordfish REST API
Supported host OS:
Windows 2025 (including Hyper-V), Windows 2022 (including Hyper-V)
RHEL 9.5, 8.10
SLES 15 SP6, SLES 12 SP8
VMware 9.0, VMware 8.0 U3
Virtualization integration:
VMware vSphere (ESXi)
vCenter; SRM
Microsoft Hyper-V
Physical Base System:
 Rack size
ME5212: 2U
ME5224: 2U
ME5284: 5U

Base system height
ME5212: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME5224: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME5284: 22.23 cm (8.75 inches)

Base system width
ME5212: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME5224: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME5284: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)

Base system depth
ME5212: 24.36 inches
ME5224: 21.56 inches
ME5284: 38.62 inches

Weight (max configuration)
ME5212: 32.00 kg (71.00 lbs)
ME5224: 30.00 kg (66.00 lbs)
ME5284: 135.00 kg (298.00 lbs)

Weight (empty)
ME5212: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME5224: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME5284: 64.00 kg (141.00 lbs) without drives
Physical Expansion Enclosure:
 Rack size
ME512: 2U
ME524: 2U
ME584: 5U

Expansion height
ME512: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME524: 8.79 cm (3.46 inches)
ME584: 22.23 cm (8.75 inches)

Expansion width
ME512: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME524: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)
ME584: 48.30 cm (19.01 inches)

Expansion depth
ME512: 60.29 cm (23.74 inches)
ME524: 60.29 cm (23.74 inches)
ME584: 97.47 cm (38.31 inches)

Weight (max configuration)
ME512: 28.00 kg (62.00 lbs)
ME524: 25.00 kg (55.00 lbs)
ME584: 130.00 kg (287.00 lbs)

Weight (empty)
ME512: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME524: 4.80 kg (10.56 lbs) without drives
ME584: 64.00 kg (141.00 lbs) without drives
Base System Power:
 Power/wattage
ME5212: 580W, 764W DC
ME5224: 580W, 764W DC
ME5284: 2200W

Heat dissipation
ME5212: 1980 BTU
ME5224: 1980 BTU
ME5284: 7507 BTU
Expansion Power:
 Power/wattage
ME512: 580W
ME524: 580W
ME584: 2200W

Heat dissipation
ME512: 1980 BTU
ME524: 1980 BTU
ME584: 7507 BTU

Voltage
ME512: 100-240 VAC
ME524: 100-240 VAC
ME584: 200-240 VAC

Frequency: 50/60 Hz

Amperage
ME512: 7.6-3.0A (x2)
ME524: 7.6-3.0A (x2)
ME584: 11.07-9.23A (x2)
Environmental Operating Conditions:
 Operating temperature: 5°C - 35°C (41°F - 95°F, derated by 1°C per 300mm above 900m)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F); maximum temperature change in an hour: 20°C
Operating humidity ranges (non-condensing): -12°C dew point minimum, 8% to 85% maximum, non-condensing
Non-operating humidity (non-condensing): 21°C dew point maximum, 5% to 100% maximum, non-condensing
Service & Warranty:
 Services: Dell ProSupport Enterprise Suite and Dell ProDeploy Enterprise Suite. Optional ProSupport Plus is available offering proactive and preventative services to improve performance and stability.
System sizing: Dell Power Sizer