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 32TB in capacity in a single array, utilizing SATA drives ranging from 250GB to 2TB. 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.

Product Configurations

• Storage Controllers
  • 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 250GB¹, 500GB¹, 1TB¹ or 2TB^{1, 2} 
• System Capacities
  
  • 4TB¹ using sixteen (8) 250GB¹ SATA disk drives
    8TB¹ using sixteen (16) 500GB¹ SATA disk drives
    16TB¹ using sixteen (16) 1TB¹ SATA disk drives
    32TB¹ using sixteen (16) 2TB¹ 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^™
  • Windows Server® 2008 R2, including Hyper-V™
  • VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1
  • 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

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: E01J
• Regulatory Type: E01J001
• Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
• Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
• Dell and the Environment

Dell ProSupport

Is a configurable suite of support services that enables you to build a support solution based on who you are, how you use technology, and where you want to allocate your IT resources. We know downtime equals lost productivity and revenue and that storage is the heart of the data center. That’s why Dell ProSupport goes beyond the hardware protection included in the Dell EqualLogic basic hardware service. Choose ProSupport for End-Users if you need full service support or ProSupport for IT if you have an IT staff.

Dell ProSupport for End-Users or Dell ProSupport for IT With NBD or 4hr Onsite Response Options Provides:

• How-to Application & Configuration Assistance
• 24x7 phone and online support
• Collaborative hardware and software support
• Single point of contact for escalation management with customer-defined severity levels
• Global Command Centers to help manage critical situations, monitor all onsite dispatches, and provide proactive crisis management during events like natural disasters

Additional Dell ProSupport Service Options:

You also have additional Dell ProSupport options to further customize your support experience based on the critical factors that define your IT environment such as: Speed of Response, Data Protection, Proactive Support, or a combination of all three.

Speed of Response Options
Dell ProSupport Mission Critical
Servers and storage are the backbone of your infrastructure. Every minute of unplanned downtime is lost productivity and quite often, lost revenue. Reducing recovery time from days to hours is a must. It’s for these scenarios that Dell offers the Mission Critical Option, Dell’s most rapid response option. With this option, you can choose from 2-, 4-, or 8-hour onsite response service for rapid resolution and reply on Dell’s demonstrated Critical Situation (CritSit) Process to get you back up and running fast.

Data Protection Options
Keep your Hard Drive
Enables you to maintain control over your sensitive data by retaining your hard drive while it is covered by your limited hardware warranty.

Proactive Options
Dell ProSupport for IT with Enterprise-Wide Contract
Dell believes that support should be more than break-fix—it’s about preventing problems before they happen. Offered with Dell ProSupport for IT, the Enterprise-Wide Contract option provides a deep support relationship and is ideally suited for more complex IT environments. Includes a designated Service Delivery Manager, performance benchmarking reporting, proactive planning, and custom reporting to help you maximize uptime and performance— and, ultimately, reduce costs.

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