Dell : EqualLogic PS4000X 1GbE iSCSI SAN Storage System

The PS4000 Series addresses branch office and SMB storage needs with simplified administration, rapid deployment and an affordable price, while providing a full set of enterprise-class data protection and management features, solid performance, scalability and fault-tolerance. With 10,000 RPM SAS disk drives, the PS4000X array provides up to 9.6 TB of storage for a great balance of cost-effective performance and capacity. To grow storage capacity and performance for remote office needs, two PS4000 arrays can be combined in a SAN group. To further scale out the SAN, EqualLogic PS6000 arrays can be added seamlessly without sacrificing the initial investment in PS4000 arrays.

To help prevent both under-utilization and over-provisioning, 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. Using innovative data movement technology, all EqualLogic PS Series arrays within a SAN work together to automatically manage data, load balance across all resources, and expand to meet growing storage needs.

Offering built-in storage features previously available only to top-tier data centers, the PS4000X enables best-practice storage for remote, branch-office and departmental deployments. The EqualLogic PS Series arrays include the following enterprise data services and software features with no additional software licensing fees: SAN HeadQuarters Multi-SAN Historical Performance Monitoring, Auto-Replication, RAID Load Balancing, Complete SAN Virtualization, RAID Load Balancing, Storage Pools, Thin Provisioning and much more.

Product Configurations

• Storage Controllers

Base Model: Single controller with 2GB1 battery-backed cache memory

High-Availability Model: Dual controllers with a total of 4GB1 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 450GB and 600GB
• System Capacities
  • From 7.2TB Minimum to 9.6TB Maximum

Technical Highlights

• Volumes
  • Up to 256
• Snapshots
  • 128 per volume / up to 2,048 total
• Hosts Accessing PS Series Group
  • Up to 256 per pool / 512 per group
• Host Protocol
  • Any standards compliant iSCSI initiator
• Operating Systems Supported
  • Windows® 2000 Server
  • Windows Server® 2003
  • Windows Server® 2008 R2, including Hyper-VTM
  • Windows Vista®
  • Windows XP®
  • VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1/ ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1
  • VMware® vSphereTM 4
  • Citrix® XenServerTM
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
  • SUSE® Linux Enterprise
  • Linux
  • SunTM Solaris
  • UNIX®
  • IBM® AIX
  • HP-UX
  • AIX®
  • Mac OS® X
  • Novell® Netware®
  • Virtual Iron®
• RAID Support
  • Automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50
• Network Interfaces
  • Two (2) GbE copper for I/O, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller
• TCP Network Support
  • IPv4, IPv6 core support
• Expansion Option
  • Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group online. A maximum of two (2) PS4000 arrays can be in a group.
• Reliability
  • Optional redundant, hot-swappable controllers
• Redundant power supplies / cooling fans, and hot-swappable disks
  • Individual disk drive slot power control

Enclosure Monitoring System

• Automatic spare configuration and utilization
• SMART
• Automatic bad block replacement
• Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives

Management Interfaces

• SAN HeadQuarters (SANHQ) multi-group performance and event monitoring tool
• SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting
• Serial console
• Multi-administrator support
• Ability to configure a separate management network

Security

• CHAP authentication
• Access control for iSCSI
• Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support

Notification Methods

• SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog

Power

• AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase
• Frequency: 47-63 Hz
• Power factor: 0.98 (minimum)
• Power consumption: 450 VA, 530 PeakVA (operating maximum)
• Heat dissipation: 1,550 BTU per hour (maximum)
• Power supplies: Dual 440W DC

Environmental

• Temperature range: 5 to 35 °C / 41 to 95 °F
• Storage temperature: -20 to 60 °C / -22 to 140°F
• Altitude: -70 to 3,048 m operational / -305 to 12,192 m non-operational
• Relative humidity: 20 to 80% non-condensing operational / 5 to 95% non-condensing non-operational
• Shock: 5 g 10 ms ½ sine operational / 30 g 10 ms ½ sine non-operational
• Vibration: Random .21 grms @ 5-500Hz operational / Random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz non-operational
• Acoustics: Sound Power Operating: < 5.8 db LpA @ 20°C
• Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985

Physical

• Height: 13 cm / 5.12 in / 3 EIA units
• Width: 48.26 cm / 19.0 in / 1EC Rack Compliant
• Depth: 55.1 cm / 21.7 in
• Weight: 36 kg / 79.6 lb (maximum configuration)

Regulatory and Environmental Compliance

• Regulatory Model: E03M
• Regulatory Type: E03M003