Open Storage Solutions

Why iSCSI? / Why EqualLogic?

iSCSI SANs have caused a fundamental shift in how customers think about their storage environment. iSCSI has been universally embraced as a trusted storage solution for today's organizations enabling all the benefits of Fibre Channel, such as consolidation, reliable backup and restore and disaster recovery capabilities, at a fraction of the cost.

Based on a vision of "simplifying networked storage," EqualLogic's peer storage architecture combines advanced software features with fully-redundant, hot-swappable hardware, integrated in a modular chassis design. This architecture delivers an affordable, enterprise-class storage system that is easy to manage and always available.

Open Storage Solutions is a Premier Dell Partner. "Enterprise Architecture" partners bring extensive storage expertise to your SAN implementation. As a member of the Dell Channel we have successfully installed over one thousand EqualLogic SANs. Call us to find out why buying your next SAN from OSS makes perfect sense.

Benefits of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN Storage Solutions:

• Simpler management and reduced administrative overhead
• Scalability with better performance
• Integration with leading software vendors such as Microsoft (Windows Server 2008 & VMware)
• Efficient Backup and Recovery operations
• Affordable disaster recovery solutions
• Cross Generation compatibility

PS6000 Storage Arrays

Full-featured, high-capacity systems for best-in-class performance and data availability, a complete range of ipSAN solutions.

PS6000 Storage Arrays are available in configurations starting at 4TB and ranging up to 96Tb, raw capacity, within a 3U or 5U enclosure. That's just a single box starting point, systems expand easily with addition enclosures and the growth path is simplicity itself with automatic load balancing between enclosures as the total number increases. Additionally the performance also scales as more storage controllers and network connections are added.

The PS6000E is an enterprise SAN serving up best-in-class performance providing both primary and secondary storage for database, email, print & file and Web services applications. The PS6000X and XV versions provide the very best in performance levels by adding advanced SAS enterprise class disk technology utilizing 10k and 15k rpm spindle speeds.

Solid state disc technology is available with the S versions. The PS6500 series is the model nomenclature for 48 drive 5U configurations. The entire PS6000 family is now available in with 10Gb Ethernet connections and is identified as PS6010 and PS6510.

NEW Features of the PS6000 Series.

• A redesigned controller with:
• Additional (Total of 4) Gb Ethernet ports per controller.
• New faster processor.
• 2x the memory on PS6000E/X/XV models compared to PS5000.
• Solid State Disc Array (PS6000S) for affordable SSD performance.
• High Performance hybrid storage array (PS6000XVS) using 15k SAS & SSD drives
• All Models now available in 10 GbE versions ( PS6x10xxx)

Latest Software Enhancements

• New V5.05 Firmware adds "thin clones" and more power saving, drive spin down options.
• SAN Head Quarters (SAN HQ) centralized, historic performance & event monitoring.
• Host Integration Tools (HIT) v3.5 improvements including power comandlets and Exchange 2010 SP1, SQL Server 2008 R2 support.

All new software features are free for customers with valid support agreements. Existing users should enquire about requesting this upgrade to your local Open Storage Solutions representative.

For more information call 1(800) 387-3419 or contact us. or we would be happy to demonstrate a PS6000 at your location. request demo

A summary of our updated product portfolio can be seen in the grid below.