DELL EQUALLOGIC

PS6000E

The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6000E is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation
with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance
and reliability, and seamless scalability. With SATA disk drives, the PS6000E delivers good cost-per-
gigabyte and up to 16 TBs† of high-capacity storage. The PS6000 line features a redesigned controller
with 2x the memory of previous generations and a fourth Gigabit Ethernet port that can deliver
improved sequential read and write performance1.
EXCEPTIONAL EASE OF USE
The PS6000E is an intelligent storage array that is designed to provide rapid installation, simple management, and seamless
expansion. 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.
A PS6000E is designed to be installed, configured, and serving storage in less than one hour.
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 in 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 data center. The PS6000E includes
fault tolerance capabilities through fully redundant and hot-swappable components — optional dual-controllers, standard dual
fan trays, dual power supplies, and disk drives with hot spares.
ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST
With built-in storage features once available only to top-tier data centers, the PS6000E enables best practice storage for every
size organization. The EqualLogic PS Series arrays include the following enterprise data services and software features with
no additional software licensing fees:
MANAGEMENT | PS Group Manager • SAN HeadQuarters Multi-Group Monitoring • Rapid Provisioning • Remote Setup Wizard • Roles-Based
Administration • Volume Management
DATA PROTECTION, AVAILABILITY AND RECOVERY | Auto-Replication, Multi-Site • Instant Volume Restore • Multi-Path I/O2 • Multi-Volume,
Writeable Snapshots • Snapshot and Auto-Replication Scheduler • Volume Cloning • Volume Consistency Sets
STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION | Array Evacuation • Automatic Load Balancing • Automatic or Manual Storage Tiering • Complete SAN
Virtualization • Online Data and Volume Movement • RAID Load Balancing • Storage Pools • Thin Provisioning
MAINTENANCE | Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System • E-mail Home • Enclosure Monitoring System • Detailed Historical Performance Monitoring
SERVER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION INTEGRATION | Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft® Edition3 • Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware™
Edition4 • Automatic MPIO Connection Management • Microsoft® VSS and VDS Providers • Smart Copy for Microsoft® Hyper-V™, Exchange®, SQL
Server®, Windows® File Systems and VMware® VMFS • VMware® Site Recovery Manager Adapter
FLEXIBILITY WITH LOW COST OF OWNERSHIP
The Dell 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 PS6000E 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 designed to meet the requirements of today’s
critical datacenter environments.
1Based on testing performed by Dell Labs in January 2009 comparing Dell EqualLogic PS6000 Series arrays to PS5000 Series arrays
2Qualified for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™
VMware®, Linux® and Sun™ Solaris™ Operating Systems
3Qualified for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™ and Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™
4Qualified for VMware® ESX 3.5, ESXi 3.5, ESX 3 and ESX 4