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EqualLogic PS 6000 Series

The Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series is fundamentally changing the way enterprises think about purchasing and managing storage.

Built on breakthrough virtualized peer storage architecture, the EqualLogic PS Series simplifies the deployment and administration of consolidated storage environments.

Its all-inclusive feature set streamlines purchasing. Its intelligent software delivers rapid SAN deployment, easy storage management and comprehensive data protection. The system’s dynamic virtualization enables enterprise-class performance and reliability and seamless pay-as-you grow expansion.

EASE OF USE

  • Intelligent, automated management helps minimize tedious administrative tasks
  • From box to operating SAN in minutes

ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE

  • Exceptional performance for both sequential and transactional applications with linear scalability as arrays are added
  • Automated, real-time load balancing across drives, RAID sets, connections, cache and controllers for optimized performance and resource utilization
  • Pooling capability enables appropriate service levels for individual applications

RELIABILITY

  • Fault tolerant, fully redundant dual controller design for no single point of failure
  • Designed for 99.999% availability
  • Enterprise-class RAID protection
  • Hot swappable components

SCALABILITY

  • Modular design allows growth when needed
  • Online expansion without affecting data availability
  • Linear scalability — scale capacity and performance together

AFFORDABILITY

  • All-inclusive enterprise features and functionality with no additional software licenses to purchase
  • Easy connection via iSCSI
  • Automated features help to eliminate highly specialized administrative costs
  PS6000E PS6500E PS6000X PS6000XV PS6000S
ARRAY CAPACITY 2, 4, 8 or 16 TB 24 TB or 48 TB 6.4 TB 4.8 or 7.2 TB 400 GB or 800 GB
DISK DRIVES 8 or 16 — 7,200 RPM SATA Drives 48 — 7,200 RPM SATA Drives 16 — 10,000 RPM SAS Drives 16 — 15,000 RPM SAS Drives 16 Solid State Disk (SSD) Drives
DRIVE CAPACITY 250 GB, 500 GB
or 1 TB
500 GB or 1 TB 400 GB 300 or 450 GB 50 GB
FULL HARDWARE REDUNDANCY
Hot-swappable controllers, fans, power supplies, disks
Yes1 Yes
CHASSIS 3U 4U 3U 3U 3U
MEMORY 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY 4 Ethernet/iSCSI Ports per Controller
ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES Yes, all inclusive with no separate licenses

1Single-controller options are available for 2 or 4 TB arrays

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