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Dell PowerVault MD2460 supply
The Dell PowerVault MD2460 is the dense storage anchor of our catalogue, published in the shop range for SAN and DAS use.
CONFIGURATION AS SUPPLIED
| Type | Dense storage system |
|---|---|
| Attachment as published | SAN / DAS use |
| Line | PowerVault storage range |
About this model
The Dell PowerVault MD2460 is the dense storage anchor of our catalogue, published in the shop range for SAN and DAS use. It is the capacity step of the storage range: a high-density system for estates whose data growth has outrun what host-internal drives can hold.
Configuration choices
Dense storage is bought on three numbers: usable capacity today, the expansion path, and the cost of the tier it replaces. The MD2460's SAN/DAS duality keeps the layout decision open — attach it to the hosts it serves now, and the same class of system fronts a fabric when the estate grows into one. The SAN vs DAS comparison page works that decision through.
Drive population is the configuration: the drive pages carry the capacity anchors (4 TB SATA enterprise, 12 TB SAS), and the mix between capacity and performance tiers is written into the quote.
Where it fits
Buyers put this model to work in three recurring patterns:
- Capacity expansion for Dell-standardised estates.
- Direct-attached bulk tiers behind defined host groups.
- The first step from host-internal storage to a storage system.
In service
Dense storage is operated as a capacity utility. The MD2460's working life is measured in pool utilisation curves and expansion events: shelves added before the curve bends upward, drive populations kept to one model per tier so health monitoring stays meaningful, and a spares holding of the fitted drive models so a failure is a swap, not a shipment. The expansion path agreed at purchase is the document those events follow.
Attachment discipline matters as much as capacity. Whether the system serves its hosts directly or through a fabric, the cabling and zoning decisions made at installation become the estate's facts for years; record them with the configuration. Estates that keep that record find storage incidents short. Estates that do not, find them archaeological.
The specification, in one place
The published figures for the MD2460 are the ones carried on this page: type: Dense storage system; attachment as published: SAN / DAS use; line: PowerVault storage range. Those figures are the anchor of the supply offer — they are what the configuration starts from, and every line beyond them (processor alternatives, memory populations, drive models and counts, power and rail options) is settled in writing on the quote rather than assumed from the badge.
Buyers comparing this model should hold the comparison to the same standard: configuration against configuration, line by line. In the storage range this system is quoted alongside the arrays and storage servers in the same format, so layout alternatives are priced on one brief. Ask for serial numbers before shipment, and keep the final written configuration with the asset record — it is the document the machine's whole service life will be checked against.
Questions buyers ask
MD2460 as DAS or as SAN?
Both are published uses. Start from the host count and the growth plan — the comparison page frames it, the quote prices it.
Which drives populate the MD2460?
Drive model and count are configuration lines; the 4 TB and 12 TB anchors cover the usual capacity tiers.
Price a configuration like this
Send the model name, your target configuration and the delivery destination. We reply with a configuration-matched quote and the checks to run before shipment.