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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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Detailed Specifications for PS5000 Series PDF Print E-mail
Product Configurations
Storage Controllers
Base Model: Single controller with 1GB battery-backed cache memory
High Availability Model: Dual controllers with a total of 2 GB battery-backed cache memory
Battery-backed cache provides up to 72 hours of data protection
 
Hard Disk Drives
Eight (8) or sixteen (16) SATA hot-pluggable hard disk drives
 
Drive Capacities
7,200 RPM SATA II drives available in 250GB, 500GB, 750GB, or 1TB
10K SAS drives available in 400GB
15K SAS drives available in 146GB, 300GB, 450GB
 
Technical Highlights
Volumes
Up to 1,024
 
Snapshots
512 per volume / up to 10,000 total
 
Hosts Accessing PS Series Group
Up to 512
 
Host Protocol
Any standards compliant iSCSI initiator
 
Operating Systems Supported
Windows®  2000 Server
Windows Server®  2003
Red Hat®  Enterprise Linux® 
SUSE®  Linux Enterprise
Linux
SunTM  Solaris
UNIX® 
IBM®  AIX
HP-UX® 
Mac OS®  X
VMware®  ESX Server
Novell®  Netware® 

RAID Support
Automatic RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. RAID 6 (RAID DP) currently in Beta Firmware
 
GbE Network Interfaces
Three (3) copper active
Three (3) copper standby in dual-controller configurations
Four Active/Standby from PS6000 Series onwards
10GbE Network Interfaces
Roadmap feature - 2009
 
Expansion Option
Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series online without interruption to service
 
Reliability
Redundant, hot-swappable controllers, power supplies / cooling fans, and disks
Individual disk drive slot power control
 
Enclosure Monitoring System
Automatic spare configuration and utilization
SMART
Automatic bad block replacement
Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives
 
Management Interfaces
SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting
Serial console
Multi-administrator support
 
Security
CHAP authentication
Access control for iSCSI
Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support
 
Notification Methods
SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog
 
Power
AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase
Frequency: 47-63 Hz
Power factor: 0.98 (minimum)
Power consumption: 450 VA, 530 PeakVA (operating maximum)
Heat dissipation: 1,550 BTU per hour (maximum)
Power supplies: Dual 440W DC
 
Environmental
Temperature range: 5 to 35 °C / 41 to 95 °F
Storage temperature: -20 to 60 °C / -22 to 140°F
Altitude: -70 to 3,048 m operational / -305 to 12,192 m non-operational
Relative humidity: 20 to 80% non-condensing operational / 5 to 95% non-condensing non-operational
Shock: 5 g 10 ms ½ sine operational / 30 g 10 ms ½ sine non-operational
Vibration: Random .21 grms @ 5-500Hz operational / Random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz non-operational
Acoustics: Sound Power Operating: > 5.8 db LpA @ 20°C
 
Physical
Height: 13 cm / 5.12 in / 3 EIA units
Width: 48.26 cm / 19.0 in / 1EC Rack Compliant
Depth: 55.1 cm / 21.7 in
Weight: 35 kg / 77.6 lb (maximum configuration)
 

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