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EqualLogic PS Series - The Best iSCSI SAN?

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The Dell EqualLogic PS Series is the industry’s leading iSCSI based enterprise SAN solution that offers an affordable alternative to traditional fibre channel storage systems. The PS Series virtual storage architecture enables exceptional performance, simple set up, automated management, multiple tiers of storage, on-demand scalability, and seamless interoperability with virtual infrastructure solutions.

EqualLogic PS6100 Series - The Best iSCSI SAN Just Got Better!

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Dell EqualLogic PS6100 series arrays deliver exceptional flexibility across multiple configurations. Fluid Data technology seemlessly tiers data between SSD, SAS and NL SAS disk to reduce latency and maximise performance. The 24-drive chassis delivers up to 72TB from a single 4U appliance.

EqualLogic PS6500E - Best Value iSCSI SAN

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The Dell EqualLogic PS6500 is a high-density virtualized storage array that can deliver a hugely scalable iSCSI SAN. The PS6500E or 'SUMO' appliance accomodates 48 SAS / SATA drives into just 4U of rack space, up to 16 appliances can be combined into a storage pool delivering a massive 1.5PB of high performance space.

PS4100 Series Entry Level Arrays, Enterprise Class Features

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Dell EqualLogic PS4100 series arrays provide datacenter class storage to small to medium sized businesses. Based upon the best selling PS6100 series arrays, the all inclusive licensing model ensures that there are no hidden costs - everything is included 'out of the box' to create a high performance, robust storage environment with a simple route to disaster recovery.

Virtualisation with VMware and EqualLogic

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By combining VMware Infrastructure and Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays customers are provided a solution that delivers improved infrastructure scalability and management, high availability, significant cost savings and comprehensive disaster recovery. The excellent relationship between EqualLogic and VMware means that PS Series arrays are always amongst the first to support new features and standards.

Are You Ready for the Bake Off?

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We'd be lying if we told you that Dell EqualLogic was the only iSCSI SAN platform out there, but we're entirely comfortable telling you that it's the one you should choose. When you're ready for the 'bake-off' we'd love to show you why WE sell more EqualLogic arrays than all the other vendors arrays put together...

EqualLogic 10GbE - Here, Now and Faster than Fibre

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For a long time Fibre Channel storage vendors boasted about higher bandwidth connectivity into their arrays. Old school fibre channel buyers thought that Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI might compromise storage performance. We knew that wasn't the case, but if you're looking for high bandwidth it doesn't get fatter than this! Four 10GbE connections per array = blazing fast iSCSI!

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Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN Lifecycle Replacement

What happens when it's time to replace your current storage solution? The chances are that, even if you show loyalty to the same vendor, you're going to have to write off some or all of your previous hardware investment. Worst case it's time for a complete rip-and-replace upgrade with storage controllers, disk shelves and interconnects heading for the IT graveyard.

This is another area in which EqualLogic is fundamentally different. All current generations of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN are backwards compatible with previous generations. EqualLogic's pool-based approach to provision of storage means that appliances work together to present storage from a virtualised "pool" which spans all of the appliances in the storage group. As newer, faster technologies are introduced you can still obtain excellent value from your existing arrays as they can remain part of the pool.

Intelligent load balancing and distribution of data ensure that you continually obtain best value from you investment. Over time, data requiring high performance will migrate onto appliances which offer greater throughput, equally, infrequently accessed data will be relocated onto high volume, low cost disk. This functionality is fully automated with minimal administrative overhead, and is included at no additional cost.

I regularly come across IT environments with a number of different, isolated islands of storage. Successive generations of SAN sit side-by-side consuming power and space, with their administrators struggling to manage and gain continued value from each. I have even spoken with individuals who have made a purchase fully expecting to be able to integrate existing kit, who have ended up red-faced, hoping that their financial team don't notice a couple of disk shelves gathering dust in the corner.

Next time a significant investment in storage is due, think long term and evaluate the benefits of a scalable platform that has no boundaries between generations. Such a platform offers true value to the business as part of a long term IT strategy.

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