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Dell EqualLogic

Is it for me?

Dell’s EqualLogic storage solutions deliver the benefits of consolidated networked storage in a self-managing, iSCSI storage area network that is affordable and easy to use, regardless of the scale it’s used for.

What does it do?

Features of Dell EqualLogic Basic:

Unlike traditional SANs, the EqualLogic PS Series come with software and applications you’d expect from an enterprise-level SAN, at no additional charge – there’s no additional software to install or service costs to incur to initiate the data management and protection features.

Data Management

  • Roles-based administration 
  • Rapid provisioning 
  • Remote setup wizard 
  • PS group manager 
  • Volume management

Data Protection & Availability

  • Multipath I/O 
  • RAID 5, 10, 50 
  • Automatic RAID placement 
  • Volume consistency sets 

Data Maintenance

  • Email home 
  • Enclosure monitoring system 
  • Performance monitoring 
  • Auto-stat disk monitoring system

Features of Dell EqualLogic Advanced:

The PS Series has built-in storage features you’d expect to see in top-tier data centers, enabling best-practice storage for virtually any size organisation. The EqualLogic PS Series include enterprise software features designed to simplify storage deployment, management and offer end-to-end data protection.

Storage Virtualisation

  • Array evacuation 
  • Automatic load balancing 
  • Automatic or manual storage tiering 
  • Complete SAN virtualisation 
  • Online data and volume management 
  • RAID load balancing 
  • Storage pools 
  • Thin provisioning 

Server Management & Protection Integration

  • Auto-snapshot manager (Microsoft edition) 
  • Auto-snapshot manager (VMware edition) 
  • Automatic MPIO connection management 
  • Microsoft VSS and VDS providers 
  • Smart copy for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Windows File Systems and VMware
  • VMware site recovery manager adapter 

Data Protection & Recovery

  • Multi-volume, writable snapshots 
  • Instant volume restore 
  • Volume cloning 
  • Auto-replication, multi-way 
  • Snapshot and auto-replication scheduler 

How will it help my business?

The architecture of the product enables the array to perform numerous functions quickly and easily, including: 

  • Continuous resource monitoring and automatic management of configuration, load-balancing, capacity expansion, storage pools and tiers, volume snapshots, and replication. 
  • Online, on-demand capacity expansion without disruption, including dynamic allocation of disk space, connectivity, security, and performance for every application. 
  • Comprehensive system monitoring, proactive disk drive scanning, group event notifications, multi-pathing, instant recovery, and disaster protection. 
  • A comprehensive toolkit to facilitate the deployment, ongoing management, and protection of PS Series SANs in Microsoft Windows OS environments.

With the modular design of the EqualLogic PS Series, you can buy only the amount of storage needed today and seamlessly add additional arrays in the future without disrupting business operations. 

Dell’s EqualLogic storage solutions leverage both the cost advantages and management simplicity of ethernet technology. It uses industry-standard protocols, disk drives, and network interfaces to provide low connection costs and high performance access to data. What’s more, EqualLogic storage solutions support all leading operating systems and host applications, eliminating application incompatibility problems.

Why Codestone?

We’ve been a Dell Enterprise Partner for over 10 years, and have provided many clients with EqualLogic solutions, saving them money and transforming their data storage management.

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