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introDuction 3 PS SEriES architEcturE FunDamEntaLS 3 PS Series Array 3 PS Series Group 4 Volumes 4 PS SEriES grouPS FaciLitatE StoragE managEmEnt 4 DiStributED PagE-baSED VoLumE managEmEnt 4 FaSt, SimPLE ProViSioning anD ScaLing 5 incrEaSED aVaiLabiLity 6 automatED managEmEnt 6 aDVancED FEaturES 6 L...

Page 3 - DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE; introDuction

january 2008 3 DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE 3 introDuction Consolidated storage promises many benefits: virtualization, reliability, high availability and centralized management. although these promises have yielded interesting technologies, they do not meet the need today for affordable, easy-to-use...

Page 4 - PS Series Group

january 2008 4 DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE 4 battery-backed caches and other advanced features. The disks in an array are automatically protected with RAID (RAID 10, RAID 5, or RAID 50) and hot spares. PS Series Group a PS Series group is comprised of a single PS Series array or multiple arrays work...

Page 5 - FaSt, SimPLE ProViSioning anD ScaLing; Table 1: Storage Expansion Comparison; ExPaNSiON aCTiviTy

january 2008 5 DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE 5 a look-up and transfer mechanism is used to efficiently track and process pages located on the group members. When a PS Series group receives a client server request, it identifies the location of the data and transfers the request to the member that cont...

Page 6 - incrEaSED aVaiLabiLity; • Hot swappable hardware components help reduce downtime.; automatED managEmEnt

january 2008 6 DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE 6 incrEaSED aVaiLabiLity Consolidated storage increases the need for availability in the storage infrastructure. The availability model used by the PS Series architecture essentially eliminates single points of failure and enables an array to survive multip...

Page 7 - LEVEragES inDuStry StanDarDS

january 2008 7 DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE 7 In addition, the PS Series architecture’s snapshot capability exceeds the snapshot features available on the market today. The real-time synchronization of snapshots across multiple volumes occurs without interrupting applications. Snapshots allow adminis...

Page 8 - TraDiTiONaL STOragE; aLL incLuSiVE buSinESS moDEL

january 2008 8 DELL PS SEriES arChiTECTurE 8 DirECT-aTTaChED STOragE (DaS) TraDiTiONaL STOragE arEa NETwOrkS (SaN) EquaLLOgiC PS SEriES SOLuTiON Budget • Must plan for both initial and future growth • Low acquisition and management cost (for a single server) • Scaling results in repeated purchases a...

Page 9 - about EquaLLogic PS SEriES arrayS by DELL; DELL ENTErPriSE TEChNOLOgy CENTEr

about EquaLLogic PS SEriES arrayS by DELL The PS Series architecture is a breakthrough in the process of buying, managing, and growing Sans. PS Series arrays provide affordable, self-managing storage solutions that use iSCSI and Serial aTa technologies with patented PS Series intelligent automation ...