PS 6000E
PS 6000E
The PS6000E is an enterprise-class iSCSI SAN ideal for organizations looking to consolidate storage cost-effectively without sacrificing capabilities. The EqualLogic peer storage architecture delivers a capable and affordable SAN that is extremely simple to manage and has an all-inclusive software suite which helps reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Whether you are looking for a storage solution that solves tactical problems and can easily scale to meet your strategic goals, or you know you require more than one hundred terabytes from the start, the PS6000E’s modular scalability can assure you a SAN to fit your needs.
The PS6000E line spans from 2 to 16TB in capacity in a single array, utilizing SATA drives ranging from 250GB to 1TB. It is built from fully redundant, hot-swappable enterprise hardware. For applications that don’t demand mission-critical redundancy, there are dual controller configurations of the PS6000E that make it even more cost-effective. Built-in software functionality includes SAN HQ Multi-SAN historical performance monitoring, automatic load balancing, Microsoft and VMware application integration, snapshots and replication, multi-path I/O, consistency sets, thin provisioning and much more.
Seamlessly integrated with all other PS Series storage arrays, the PS6000E expands your ability to optimize performance and capacity using storage pools and tiers matched to application demands. And with online data movement between tiers, you gain flexibility to adjust without disruption as your business evolves.
PS6000E Highlights:
Storage Controllers
Base Model
Single controller with 2GB battery-backed cache memory, only available with 250GB1 disk drive options
High-Availability Model
Dual controllers with a total of 4GB battery-backed cache memory
Battery-backed cache provides up to 72 hours of data protection
Hard Disk Drives
Eight (8) or Sixteen (16) SATA hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Drive Capacities
7,200 RPM SATA II drives available in 250GB, 500GB or 1TB1
System Capacities
Base Model
2TB1 using eight (8) 250GB1 SATA disk drives
4TB1 using sixteen (16) 250GB1 SATA disk drives
High-Availability Model
4TB1 using sixteen (8) 250GB1 SATA disk drives
8TB using sixteen (16) 500GB1 SATA disk drives
16TB using sixteen (16) 1TB1 SATA disk drives
Technical Highlights:
Volumes
Up to 1,024
Snapshots
512 per volume / up to 10,000 total
Hosts Accessing PS Series Group Up to 512 per pool / 2,048 per group
Host Protocol
Any standards compliant iSCSI initiator
Operating Systems Supported
- Windows® 2000 Server
- Windows Server® 2003
- Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™
- VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / ESXi 3.5
- Citrix® XenServer™
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise
- Linux
- SunTM Solaris™
- UNIX®
- IBM® AIX
- HP-UX®
- Mac OS® X
- Novell® Netware®
RAID Support
Automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50
GbE Network Interfaces
Four (4) copper
TCP Network Support
IPv4, IPv6 core support including JITC
Expansion Option
Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group online
Reliability
Redundant, hot-swappable controllers, power supplies / cooling fans, and disks
Individual disk drive slot power control
