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Worksighted has partnered with Dell to offer the Dell EqualLogic Storage Area Network Solution. Built on a patented peer storage architecture, the EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of a single pool of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection.

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Overview

Storage management is at the center of an increasingly complex IT problem. Applications continually demand more from their storage systems—as performance, capacity, availability, backup, and disaster recovery needs intensify, so do expectations of the servers and storage that support them. As a result, IT professionals need a storage solution that integrates a full complement of high-end management capabilities, includes data protection, and operates intelligently. They need a reliable storage system that expands transparently and provides consistent data availability regardless of the server configuration, OS, or application.

Peer Storage Architecture

The EqualLogic PS Series is based on the unique peer storage architecture. In this context, peer describes the collaboration and equal partnership of a single, simple architecture; components and arrays function as peers, working together to share resources, evenly distribute loads, and collaborate to help optimize application performance and provide comprehensive data protection.

The result is an intelligent storage array that can deliver rapid installation, simple management, and seamless expansion. Using patented page-based data mover technology, members in a storage area network (SAN) work together to automatically manage data, load balance across resources, and expand to meet growing storage needs. Because they share this architecture, enterprises can use PS Series arrays as modular building blocks for simple SAN expansion. This architecture provides the basis for numerous features and capabilities, including peer deployment, control, provisioning, protection, and integration

Why EqualLogic

EASE OF USE

• Intelligent, automated management eliminates 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% reliability
• Enterprise-class RAID protection (RAID 5/10/50)
• All components are hot swappable

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

ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES

• Auto-Replication
• Automatic Load Balancing
• Auto-Snapshot Manager1
• Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System
• E-mail Home
• Enclosure Monitoring System
• Multi-Path I/O2
• Pooled and Tiered Storage
• PS Group Manager
• Remote Setup Wizard
• RAID Load Balancing
• Roles-based Administration
• Smart Copy for Microsoft
• SQL Server and Windows File Systems
• Snapshot and Auto-Replication
Scheduler
• Storage Virtualization
• Thin Provisioning
• Volume Consistency Sets
• Volume Management
• Volume Snapshot
• Volume Cloning