PS6000XV Dell EqualLogic 16-Drive 15K SAS iSCSI Storage Array

The Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV is a virtualized iSCSI SAN array with sixteen 15,000 RPM SAS hot-pluggable drives in a 3U chassis. Drives come in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB, for 4.8TB, 7.2TB or 9.6TB of capacity per array.

The PS6000XV has dual controllers with a total of 4GB of battery-backed memory, and the battery protects data for up to 72 hours. Each controller has four copper Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 50 are supported, and any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator can connect, from Windows Server and VMware ESX to Red Hat, SUSE and Citrix XenServer.

A PS Series SAN supports up to 1,024 volumes, 512 snapshots per volume and up to 10,000 snapshots in total, with up to 512 hosts per pool. The array can be combined online with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays. Controllers, power supplies, cooling fans and disks are redundant and hot-swappable, with individual disk drive slot power control and automatic spare configuration.

Dual 440W DC power supplies run from 100-240 VAC at 47-63 Hz, with a 0.98 minimum power factor and a maximum heat dissipation of 1,740 BTU per hour. The chassis is 13 cm high (3 EIA units), 48.26 cm wide and 55.1 cm deep, and weighs 36 kg in the maximum configuration.

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.