Say goodbye to downtime and manual failover. The latest addition to our product portfolio, ClusterLion for Dell PowerScale, automates the switchover process, keeping your systems online and your configurations always up to date.
In today’s always-on world, even a few minutes of downtime can lead to lost revenue, compliance issues, and frustrated users. High availability is no longer optional, it’s essential. That’s why we built ClusterLion for Dell PowerScale: a fully automated switchover solution designed to keep your critical systems running, no matter what.
First unveiled at Dell Technologies World this May in Las Vegas, ClusterLion for PowerScale is now available and ready to protect your most important unstructured data, no matter how large or complex your storage setup may be.
This launch marks the next step in our long-standing partnership with Dell Technologies, bringing our proven approach to high availability to one of the most widely used scale-out NAS platforms in the world.
Why It Matters: Unstructured Data Is Growing, And So Are the Risks
From healthcare to finance to government, today’s organizations are generating more data than ever. Much of it is unstructured, often stored in file-based environments like Dell PowerScale. That’s great for flexibility, but it also creates a challenge. How do you keep that data constantly available while minimizing manual work, human error, and failover delays?
Until now, failover procedures for PowerScale environments had to be done manually—configuration by configuration, access zone by access zone. That meant long downtimes, inconsistent setups, and frustrated teams stuck managing complexity during high-stress incidents.
ClusterLion for PowerScale changes that. It automates the switchover process with just a few clicks, ensuring that your systems stay online and your data remains accessible, no matter what happens. Whether you’re planning a migration or dealing with an unexpected outage, ClusterLion keeps things running smoothly.
What ClusterLion for PowerScale Does, and Why It’s a Game Changer
ClusterLion for Dell PowerScale is designed to eliminate the pain points of traditional failover. Instead of manual switchovers (often involving complex scripts and configuration syncs), ClusterLion automates the entire process, making it faster, safer, and more reliable.
Here’s what it brings to the table:
- Automated failover of SyncIQ policies and access zones
- Automatic configuration synchronization across clusters
- Continuous switchover readiness checks every 10 minutes
- Alerts and notifications for failed checks or inconsistencies
- Out-of-the-box support for various networking setups
- Deployment in under an hour, via a single VM
You can trigger a full access zone switchover (or just individual SyncIQ policies) with a single click. Whether you’re using SmartConnect zone delegation, DFS, or custom network mapping, ClusterLion gives you the flexibility to define how failover happens in your environment.
And because ClusterLion continuously monitors your configurations and readiness state, you’re never in the dark. If something’s out of sync or a switchover would fail, you’ll know before disaster strikes, not after.
How It Fits into the ProLion Ecosystem
ClusterLion for PowerScale is part of our broader vision to simplify, secure, and strengthen enterprise data environments.
At ProLion, our portfolio is built around three core pillars: Security, Optimization, and High Availability. ClusterLion sits firmly in the high availability space, complementing the rest of our suite to give Dell customers full visibility and control across their file storage infrastructure.
Here’s how the pieces fit together:
- DataDefense delivers real-time ransomware detection and live file access auditing. It can identify and block ransomware attacks within seconds, before damage spreads
- DataGovernance provides deep insight into your data at rest, helping you identify stale or orphaned files, understand who owns what, and optimize capacity usage
- ClusterLion handles automated failover, ensuring your systems stay online and your data remains accessible, even during outages or disasters.
These tools are modular. Customers can choose just one or combine all three for end-to-end protection and transparency. Setup is simple, all of our tools can be deployed in less than an hour, and integration is seamless.
Together, these solutions bridge the gap between storage and security, helping organizations move faster without increasing risk.
A Big Moment at Dell Technologies World
The official launch of ClusterLion for PowerScale took place at Dell Technologies World 2024, held in Las Vegas from May 20–23. As a longtime Dell partner, ProLion was proud to unveil the new solution at one of the industry’s biggest stages for innovation and enterprise tech.
Throughout the event, our team connected with Dell customers, partners, and technologists from around the globe, offering live demos, answering questions, and showcasing how ClusterLion fits into the broader Dell ecosystem. From technical deep dives to one-on-one conversations, the response was clear: there’s a real need for automation in high-availability storage environments, and ProLion is delivering it.
The launch marked another step forward in our global alliance with Dell and reinforced ProLion’s role as a trusted partner for securing and strengthening enterprise storage environments.
See ClusterLion for PowerScale in Action
ClusterLion for PowerScale is available now and already helping Dell customers simplify high availability with full automation.
If you’re ready to stop relying on complex manual failover and start protecting your PowerScale environment with confidence, we’d love to show you what ClusterLion can do.
Book a personalized demo with our team to see how it works, get your questions answered, and find out how quickly you can be up and running.
