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"Immediately after we deployed EqualLogic's PS Series arrays we began working on two large cases that required massive document management, and we wouldn't have been successful without the central storage provided by EqualLogic. Moving forward, with the ability to expand the capacity of our SAN, I know we will be able to continue accommodating large document productions to meet the needs of our clients."

– Stephen Taylor, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP IS Manager

The growth of file-based data is driving an increasing need for network attached storage (NAS). But the high acquisition cost, ongoing management costs, and vendor lock-in of NAS appliances are causing companies to rethink their file serving architectures. Many organizations are seeking more effective solutions for sharing file system assets simply and cost effectively using industry standard servers and host operating systems, and leveraging pre-existing in-house backup and recovery processes.

With Dell EqualLogic FS Series scale-out NAS solutions you can:

Protect investment with simple, open systems, standards-based environments
Scale without compromise as storage needs grow
Optimize price/performance costs
Tier storage automatically for maximum performance
Experience high availability
Take advantage of integrated features

High availability
The NAS storage pool is presented to clients as a single file system with a single IP address. All logical units (LUNs) are aggregated into one entity using virtualization, and all nodes can access all LUNs. As a result, the organization experiences no interruption in storage access if a single controller failure occurs. Active/active controllers, redundant and backup power supplies, and load balancing also support this capability.

Outstanding performance
By using cache efficiently, EqualLogic FS7500 scale-out NAS is designed to provide fast, highly reliable reads and writes, with caching technology that automatically tunes itself to the current workload. In addition, multithreading allows for highly efficient I/O processing with fast response times.

Streamlined migration
The scale-out architecture of EqualLogic FS7500 systems enables IT departments to bring new hardware online quickly and streamline the migration process.

Enhanced consolidation and utilization
The EqualLogic FS7500 scale-out NAS architecture separates end users’ data and access from the underlying hardware configuration—helping to ensure maximum utilization of servers, processors, cache memory, and disk drives.

Optimal management efficiency
Both block and file storage can be managed from a single Dell EqualLogic interface, streamlining NAS and SAN administration. Automated load balancing across array disks, RAID sets, connections, cache, and controllers also helps reduce administrative demands. As a result, growth is less labor-intensive and time-consuming for IT than in traditional scale-up storage environments because modules can be added incrementally, avoiding the need for significant upgrades.

Microsoft (Windows Storage Server)

Together, Dell and Microsoft provide customers with a powerful, yet flexible and easy-to-use NAS solution that automatically scales as storage capacity requirements increase over time.

EqualLogic PS6000E