FS7500 Unified Storage Solution
The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 adds Network-attached storage (NAS) capability to the EqualLogic product line to provide a high performance, scale-out, unified storage solution. The FS7500 is powered by the Dell Fluid File System, Dell’s high-performance, clustered, and network-accessible file system. Dual active-active controllers, redundant power supplies and fans, and battery-backed cache make the FS7500 an ideal solution for NAS deployments requiring high availability and high reliability.
The FS7500 extends the EqualLogic architecture to provide an integrated unified storage architecture compatible with all existing EqualLogic iSCSI arrays. All block and file data are stored on the backend EqualLogic PS Series group. File services are provided by the FS7500 through industry-standard CIFS/SMB and NFS protocols over standard Ethernet interfaces. Storage administrators may scale a single file share up to the capacity of the EqualLogic deployment and manage the unified storage infrastructure through a single interface.
The FS7500 fully supports classic EqualLogic family values, including pay as you grow scalability, ease-of-use and all-inclusive software licensing. File services performance can be seamlessly expanded on the fly by scaling out, i.e., adding an additional FS7500 NAS head into the EqualLogic group, without disrupting the storage system or applications. Management of the FS7500 is integrated directly into the EqualLogic Group Manager to improve productivity, making it easy to configure and manage iSCSI, CIFS and NFS storage.
FS7500 Highlights:
- Unified IP storage solution (iSCSI, CIFS, NFS) with scale-out NAS performance
- Single file share scalability up to the full capacity of the EqualLogic deployment, currently validated to 509TB
- Compatible with all EqualLogic arrays, including PS6000, PS6010/6510, PS6100, PS4000 series and PS4100 series
- Integrated with Group Manager, easy-to-use EqualLogic management software
- User accessible snapshots
- NDMP Back-Up
- Inclusive software delivery model
- Single namespace with load balanced IO
- Write cache is mirrored and battery backed
- RAID 5, 6, 10, 50C
- Protocol support
CIFS (SMB 1), NFSv3, NDMP, SNMP, NTP, iSCSI, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS (Network Information Service) - Storage arrays supported
New or existing EqualLogic PS arrays with version 5.1 firmware (PS6100, 6010, 6510, 6000, 5000, 4100, and 4000 recommended) - Expansion capability
Each 2-controller FS7500 system can support up to 8 EqualLogic PS series arrays with the ability to add another FS7500 system into the same namespace to improve file performance - Storage nodes
Dual controllers operate in an active-active environment mirroring the system’s cache
Each controller contains 24GB1 memory protected by the EqualLogic FS7500 backup power supply - Management
EqualLogic Manager graphical user interface, CLI interface - Front-end NAS connectivity
Four 1 Gb IP ports per node for front-end CIFS/NFS connectivity - Backend storage array connectivity
Four 1 Gb IP ports per node for back-end iSCSI connectivity - Snapshot capability
Redirect-on-write snapshots
- Wattage: 502 W (Energy Smart)
- Voltage: 90 - 264 VAC, auto-ranging, 47 - 63 Hz
- Heat dissipation: 1712.9 BTU/hr maximum (Energy Smart)
- Maximum inrush current: Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 55 A per power supply for 10 ms or less
- Temperature
Operating: 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour
Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is de-rated 1°F/550 f Storage: -40° to 65°C (-40° to 149°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20°C per hour - Relative humidity
Operating: 20% to 80% (non-condensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour
Storage: -40° to 65°C (-40° to 149°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20°C per hour - Maximum vibration
Operating: 0.26 Grms at 5 - 350 Hz for 5 minutes in operational orientations
Storage: 1.54 Grms at 10 - 250 Hz for 10 minutes in all orientations
- Height: 4.26 cm (1.68 in)
- Width: 48.24 cm (18.99 in) (includes rack latches)
- Depth: 77.2 cm (30.39 in) (includes bezel and power supply handles)
- Weight: 17.69 kg (39 lbs)
- Max system size: 509TB1
- Max file size: 4TB1
- Max files: ~64 billion
- Number of directories: ~34 billion
- Max NAS file systems: 256 per 2-controller FS7500 system, 512 per 4-controller FS7500 system
- Max snapshots per NAS File system: 512
- Max snapshots: 10,000 per 2-controller system or 4-controller solution memory size per 2-controller FS7500 system 48 GB
- Memory size per FS7500 2-node system: 48 GB/24 GB per controller
- File name length: 255 bytes
- Max NFS mounts: 1024 per 2-controller FS7500 system, 2048 per 4-controller FS7500 solution
- Max CIFS shares: 1024 per 2-controller FS7500 system, 2048 per 4-controller FS7500 solution
- Max quota rules per FS7500 system (user quotas): 100,000
- Max quota rules per volume: 512
- Max directory depth: 512
