PS 6000X
PS 6000X
Databases, email and virtual servers require large capacity and demand high performance storage. Dell’s EqualLogic PS6000X offers 10,000 RPM Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives to meet this need.
With a 16 drive chassis full of 400GB SAS drives, the PS6000X array delivers a 6.4TB iSCSI storage array built on fully-redundant, hot-swappable enterprise hardware. Scale out capacity and performance by adding additional arrays for a virtualized iSCSI SAN. 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, and much more.
Seamlessly integrated with all other EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays, the PS6000X 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. The PS6000X offers Reduce TCO with the PS Series’ all-inclusive, SAN management software & ease of management. The Dell EqualLogic family of proven, high-performance, self-managing storage arrays is designed to meet the requirements of any SAN environment.
PS6000X Highlights:
Storage Controllers
Single controller with 4GB battery-backed cache memory
Battery-backed cache provides up to 72 hours of data protection
Hard Disk Drives
Sixteen (16) SAS hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Drive Capacities
10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 400GB1
System Capacities
7.2TB1 using sixteen (16) 450GB1 SAS disk drives and 9.6TB1 using sixteen (16) 600GB1 SAS 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® XenSource™
- 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
