Dell EqualLogic PS5000

Dell EqualLogic PS5000 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 PS5000 delivers excellent cost-per-gigabyte and up to 16 TBs of high-capacity storage. 

EXCEPTIONAL EASE OF USE

The PS5000 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 topology, automatically build RAID sets, and conduct system health checks to help ensure that all components are fully functional. A PS5000 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 — preventing 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 PS5000 Series is designed to meet and exceed the rugged requirements of the data center. The PS5000 includes fault tolerance capabilities through fully redundant and hot-swappable .

ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST

The PS5000 has built-in storage features once relegated to top-tier data centers, enabling best practice storage for every size organization. EqualLogic PS Series arrays include the following enterprise data services and software features with no additional software licensing fees:

Management

Data Protection, Availability and Recovery

Storage Virtualization

Maintenance

Server Management and Protection Integration

FLEXIBILITY WITH LOW COST OF OWNERSHIP

EqualLogic PS5000 Series arrays represent a breakthrough in storage economics, from purchase and setup to operation and upgrades. Unlike traditional SANs, the PS Series comes complete with all available software and applications expected from an enterprise-level SAN. The PS5000 Series scales on-demand - and on-line - allowing storage growth without disrupting applications. As a result, EqualLogic PS5000 arrays provide exceptional flexibility at a low total cost of ownership.

Whether consolidating a direct-attached storage (DAS) infrastructure, migrating data from and existing SAN, streamlining data protection processes or simply adding storage capacity, the EqualLogic PS Series offers a family of proven, high-performance, self-managing storage arrays designed to meet the requirements of any SAN environment.