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$10,600.00
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Sold by Hebei XG Technology Co., Ltd.
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Dell ME5012 (3.5 - inch / 12 - bay) barebone, dual - control, 580W redundant, rails, ISCSI
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Condition A: No scratches and a 3 - year guarantee.
- 1. ME5012 storage enclosure with 12 x 3.5-inch drive bays
- 2. Dual-controller configuration for enhanced reliability
- 3. Equipped with 580W redundant power supply for redundancy
- 4. Includes rack mounting rails for easy installation
- 5. Supports iSCSI host interface connectivity
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1. ME5012 storage enclosure with 12 x 3.5 -inch drive bays
2. Dual-controller configuration for enhanced reliability
3. Equipped with 580W redundant power supply for redundancy
4. Includes rack mounting rails for easy installation
5. Supports iSCSI host interface connectivity
2. Dual-controller configuration for enhanced reliability
3. Equipped with 580W redundant power supply for redundancy
4. Includes rack mounting rails for easy installation
5. Supports iSCSI host interface connectivity
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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
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The Dell PowerEdge ME5012 is a 12-bay 3.5-inch storage array barebone with dual controllers, redundant 580W power supplies, rails, and iSCSI connectivity, making it well suited for businesses building shared block storage for virtualization, backup, and general data center workloads.
Recommended For
- IT teams building shared block storage for small-to-mid-size VMware or Hyper-V clusters, especially when they want dual-controller availability over iSCSI rather than local disks in each server.
- SMBs and branch/edge deployments that need a rack SAN for core apps, file-serving back ends, or mixed VM workloads, with simpler Dell-led deployment and room to expand beyond the base 12-bay chassis.
- Admins who need backup-target or secondary storage on iSCSI, including Veeam-style environments where shared block storage, snapshots, replication, and predictable Dell support matter more than all-flash latency.
- Organizations standardizing on 3.5-inch capacity drives for cost-efficient bulk storage, such as archive-heavy virtual environments, surveillance back ends, or general-purpose application storage where capacity per bay matters.
Spec Summary
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Best For | Rack-mounted 12-bay 3.5-inch storage enclosure suited for iSCSI SAN and shared-storage deployments that benefit from dual-controller resiliency and redundant power |
| Model Identifiers | Dell PowerEdge ME5012 (Model: ME5012) |
| Drive Bays And Form Factor | Barebone rack chassis with 12 × 3.5-inch drive bays and included rack-mount rails for installation |
| Controllers And Redundancy | Dual-controller configuration with a 580W redundant power supply to provide controller and PSU redundancy |
| Connectivity And Protocols | Supports iSCSI host interface for SAN connectivity |
| CPU And Compute | No CPU and no CPU socket (storage device without onboard processor) |