PS6000 Dell EqualLogic PS6000 Series iSCSI Storage Array

The Dell EqualLogic PS6000 series is a family of virtualized iSCSI SAN arrays that includes the PS6000E, PS6000X and PS6000XV. The PS6000 line has a redesigned controller with twice the memory of previous generations and a fourth Gigabit Ethernet port, and every model has four copper Gigabit Ethernet interfaces per controller.

The PS6000E uses 7,200 RPM SATA II drives in 250GB, 500GB or 1TB sizes. It comes with eight or sixteen drives for 2TB to 16TB, in a base model with a single controller and 2GB of battery-backed memory or a high availability model with dual controllers and 4GB. The PS6000X has sixteen 10,000 RPM SAS drives in 400GB, 450GB or 600GB sizes for 6.4TB to 9.6TB. The PS6000XV has sixteen 15,000 RPM SAS drives in 300GB, 450GB or 600GB sizes for 4.8TB to 9.6TB.

All three models support automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 50, up to 1,024 volumes, and 512 snapshots per volume with up to 10,000 in total. They connect to any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator and can be combined online with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN. Controllers, power supplies, cooling fans and disks are redundant and hot-swappable.

Each PS6000 array is 13 cm high (3 EIA units), 48.26 cm wide and 55.1 cm deep, and weighs 36 kg in the maximum configuration. The PS6000E has dual 440W DC power supplies with heat dissipation of 1,550 BTU per hour at most, and the PS6000X and PS6000XV reach 1,740 BTU per hour.

Related EqualLogic arrays include the PS6100 Dell EqualLogic PS6100 series iSCSI storage array, and more arrays, enclosures and controllers are collected in Dell storage systems.