Exceptional ease of use
All PS Series storage arrays include SAN configuration features and
capabilities that sense network connections, automatically build
RAID sets, and conduct system health checks to help ensure that
all components are fully functional. The PS4000X is designed to
be installed, configured, and serving storage in less than one hour.
To improve enterprise-wide storage management, Dell has a family
of Data Management services to help you make the most of your
storage and backup environment. We offer services that allow
you to optimize, manage, implement and maintain your storage
infrastructure, helping to reduce the risk associated with ineffective
data management, and providing adequate data protection in a
cost effective manner.
Modular design with enterprise reliability
EqualLogic PS Series arrays are based on a virtualized modular
storage architecture that enables IT managers to purchase only
the storage they need, when they need it — to help prevent both
underutilization and over-provisioning. Using innovative data
movement technology, all EqualLogic PS Series arrays within a
SAN work together to automatically manage data, load balance
across all resources, and expand to meet growing storage needs.
The EqualLogic SAN line is designed to meet and exceed the
rugged requirements of the enterprise data center and remote
office. The PS4000X includes fault tolerance capabilities through
fully redundant and hot-swappable components—standard dual-
controllers, dual fan trays, dual power supplies, and disk drives with
hot spares.
Feature-rich software portfolio without
additional cost
With built-in storage features once available only to top-tier data
centers, the PS4000X enables best practice storage for remote
or branch office and departmental deployments. The EqualLogic
PS Series arrays include the following software with no additional
software licensing fees:
Dell EqualLogic Firmware version 5.0
EqualLogic Firmware is a full-function SAN operating system that
provides the following features:
Management
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Roles-Based Administration • Volume Management
• Dell EqualLogic Group Manager CLI and GUI
Data Protection, availability and recovery
|
Auto-Replication, Multi-
Site • Instant Volume Restore • Multi-Path I/O
1
• Multi-Volume,
Writeable Snapshots • Snapshot and Auto-Replication Scheduler
• Volume Cloning • Thin Clones • Volume Consistency Sets
Storage Virtualization
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Non-disruptive array addition and removal
• Automatic Load Balancing • Automatic or Manual Storage
Tiering • Complete SAN Virtualization • Online Data and Volume
Movement • Automatic load balancing of volumes across RAID
types • Storage Pools • Thin Provisioning • SAN Data Copy Offload
• SAN Zero Offload and Scalable Lock Management for VMware
®
Maintenance
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Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System • E-mail Home
• Enclosure Monitoring System • Detailed Historical Performance
Monitoring
Dell EqualLogic Host Software
EqualLogic Host Software extends the functionality of the array
based software enabling cooperation with the host. The following
titles are made available with your EqualLogic array purchase.
Dell EqualLogic Remote Setup Wizard
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Step-by-step user interface
that simplifies traditionally tedious setup and maintenance tasks
Dell EqualLogic Host Software for Windows |
Auto-Snapshot
Manager/Microsoft
®
Edition
1
• EqualLogic Multipath I/O Device
Specific Module
1
• EqualLogic Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
and Virtual Disk Service (VDS) Provider Services
1
Dell EqualLogic Host Software for VMware
|
EqualLogic Auto-
Snapshot Manager/VMware
®
Edition
1
• EqualLogic Multipath
Extension Module for VMware
®
ESX
1
• EqualLogic Storage Adapter
for VMware
®
Site Recovery Manager
1
Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters
1
(SAN HQ)
|
Monitoring
and analysis tool that provides centralized access to detailed
performance and event data
Flexibility with low cost of ownership
EqualLogic PS Series arrays represent a breakthrough in storage
economics, from purchase and setup to operation and upgrades.
Unlike traditional SANs, the EqualLogic PS Series includes software
and applications expected from an enterprise-level SAN at no extra
cost. The PS Series scales on-demand — and online — allowing
storage growth without disrupting applications. As a result,
EqualLogic PS4000X arrays provide exceptional flexibility at a low
total cost of ownership.
Whether consolidating a direct-attached storage (DAS)
infrastructure, migrating data from an existing SAN or NAS system,
streamlining data protection processes, or simply adding storage
capacity, the EqualLogic PS Series from Dell offers a family of
proven, high-performance, self-managing storage arrays. The
PS4000 line is designed to meet the requirements of today’s SMB,
remote site, and departmental environments. The EqualLogic
PS6000 Series is fully compatible with the PS4000 line and is well
suited for large-scale, critical datacenter deployments.
Dell EqualLogic PS4000X
The Dell
™
EqualLogic
™
PS4000 Series of virtualized iSCSI SAN arrays are designed to bring enterprise-class features, intelligence,
automation and reliability to remote or branch office, departmental and small-to-medium business (SMB) storage deployments.
The PS4000 Series addresses branch office and SMB storage needs with simplified administration, rapid deployment and an
affordable price, while providing a full set of enterprise-class data protection and management features, solid performance,
scalability and fault-tolerance. With 10,000 RPM SAS disk drives, the PS4000X array provides up to 9.6 TB
†
of storage for a great
balance of cost-effective performance and capacity. To grow storage capacity and performance for remote office needs, two
PS4000 arrays can be combined in a SAN group. To further scale out the SAN, EqualLogic PS6000 arrays can be added
seamlessly without sacrificing the initial investment in PS4000 arrays.
