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Next-generation GbE iSCSI SAN arrays designed for growing environments
EqualLogic PS4100EEmpower your small or midsize business with storage capacity and performance in the cost-effective EqualLogic™ PS4100E next-generation GbE iSCSI SAN arrays. View Details | EqualLogic PS4100XAugment your remote office data center with the high-performance, high-capacity and cost-effective Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS4100X GbE iSCSI arrays. View Details | EqualLogic PS4100XVConsolidate your remote office storage needs with the strong random IOPS performance of the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS4100XV GbE iSCSI arrays. View Details | EqualLogic PS4100XV 3.5"Enhance your enterprise data center with the high-performance, high-capacity and cost-effective Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS4100XV 3.5" GbE iSCSI arrays. View Details |
GREAT FOR
Small and midsize businesses seeking cost-effective, high-capacity GbE iSCSI SAN arrays for their growing storage needs. | Companies that need a storage solution that balances cost effectiveness with high performance and high capacity for remote and branch office data centers. | Companies seeking a powerful storage solution with strong random IOPS performance for remote office mid-tier scale-out iSCSI storage consolidation. | Companies that need a storage solution that balances cost-effectiveness with high performance and high capacity for remote and branch office data centers. |
Product Configurations
| Storage Controllers Dual controllers, each with 4GB memory for PS-series firmware. Each controller provides cache to flash for data protection. Hard Disk Drives Twelve (12) NL-SAS hot-pluggable hard drives. (Six (6) drive configuration available. Please contact your Dell Sales Representative for details.) Drive Capacities 3.5" 7,200 RPM NL-SAS drives available in 1 TB, 2 TB or 3 TB System Capacities 12 TB* using twelve (12) 1 TB* NL-SAS disk drives 24 TB* using twelve (12) 2 TB* NL-SAS disk drives 36 TB* using twelve (12) 3 TB* NL-SAS or NL-SAS SED disk drives | Storage Controllers Dual controllers, each with 4GB memory for PS-series firmware. Each controller provides cache to flash for data protection. Hard Disk Drives Twenty-four (24) 10K SAS hot-pluggable hard disk drives (Twelve (12) drive configuration available. Please contact your Dell Sales Representative for details.) Drive Capacities 2.5" 10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 300 GB*, 600 GB* and 900 GB System Capacities 7.2 TB* using twenty-four (24) 300 GB* 10,000 SAS disk drives 14.4 TB* using twenty-four (24) 600 GB* 10,000 SAS disk drives 21.6 TB* using twenty-four (24) 900 GB* 10,000 SAS disk drives
| Storage Controllers Dual controllers, each with 4GB memory for PS-series firmware. Each controller provides cache to flash for data protection. Hard Disk Drives Twenty-four (24) 15K SAS hot-pluggable hard disk drives (Twelve (12) drive configuration available. Please contact your Dell Sales Representative for details.) Drive Capacities 2.5" 15,000 RPM SAS drives available in 146 GB or 300GB System Capacities 3.5 TB* using twenty-four (24) 146 GB* 15,000 SAS disk drives 3.6 TB* using twelve (12) 300 GB* 15,000 SAS disk drives 7.2 TB* using twenty-four (24) 300 GB* 15,000 SAS disk drives | Storage Controllers Dual controllers, each with 4GB memory for PS-series firmware. Each controller provides cache to flash for data protection. Hard Disk Drives Twelve (12) 15K SAS hot-pluggable hard drives. (Six (6) drive configuration available. Please contact your Dell Sales Representative for details.) Drive Capacities 3.5" 15,000 RPM SAS and SAS SED drives available in 600 GB* System Capacities 3.6 TB* using six (6) 600 GB* 15,000 SAS disk drives 7.2 TB* using twelve (12) 600 GB* 15,000 SAS and SAS SED disk drives |
Technical Highlights
| Volumes Up to 256 Snapshots 128 per volume / up to 2,048 total per group Volume Connections Up to 512 per pool / 1024 per group Host Protocol Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator Operating Systems Supported Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™, Windows XP®, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, SUSE® Linux® Enterprise, Sun™ Solaris™, IBM® AIX®, HP-UX, Mac OS® X, VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, Citrix® XenServer™, Novell® NetWare® RAID Support RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50 GbE Network Interfaces Two (2) GbE copper, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller TCP Network Support IPv4, IPv6 core support Expansion Option Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. A maximum of two (2) PS4x00 arrays can be in a group. | Volumes Up to 256 Snapshots 128 per volume / up to 2,048 total per group Volume Connections Up to 512 per pool / 1024 per group Host Protocol Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator Operating Systems Supported Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™, Windows XP®, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, SUSE® Linux® Enterprise, Sun™ Solaris™, IBM® AIX®, HP-UX, Mac OS® X, VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, Citrix® XenServer™, Novell® NetWare® RAID Support RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50 GbE Network Interfaces Two (2) GbE copper, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller TCP Network Support IPv4, IPv6 core support Expansion Option Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. A maximum of two (2) PS4x00 arrays can be in a group. | Volumes Up to 256 Snapshots 128 per volume / up to 2,048 total per group Volume Connections Up to 512 per pool / 1024 per group Host Protocol Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator Operating Systems Supported Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™, Windows XP®, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, SUSE® Linux® Enterprise, Sun™ Solaris™, IBM® AIX®, HP-UX, Mac OS® X, VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, Citrix® XenServer™, Novell® NetWare® RAID Support RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50 GbE Network Interfaces Two (2) GbE copper, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller TCP Network Support IPv4, IPv6 core support Expansion Option Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. A maximum of two (2) PS4x00 arrays can be in a group. | Volumes Up to 256 Snapshots 128 per volume / up to 2,048 total per group Volume Connections Up to 512 per pool / 1024 per group Host Protocol Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator Operating Systems Supported Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™, Windows XP®, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, SUSE® Linux® Enterprise, Sun™ Solaris™, IBM® AIX®, HP-UX, Mac OS® X, VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, Citrix® XenServer™, Novell® NetWare® RAID Support RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50 GbE Network Interfaces Two (2) GbE copper, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller TCP Network Support IPv4, IPv6 core support Expansion Option Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. A maximum of two (2) PS4x00 arrays can be in a group. |
Reliability
| Vertical port sharing Redundant hot-swappable controllers, power supplies / cooling fans, and hot-swappable disks Individual disk drive slot power control Cache-to-flash | Vertical port sharing Redundant hot-swappable controllers, power supplies / cooling fans, and hot-swappable disks Individual disk drive slot power control Cache-to-flash | Vertical port sharing Redundant hot-swappable controllers, power supplies / cooling fans, and hot-swappable disks Individual disk drive slot power control Cache-to-flash | Vertical port sharing Redundant hot-swappable controllers, power supplies / cooling fans, and hot-swappable disks Individual disk drive slot power control Cache-to-flash |
Enclosure Monitoring System
| Automatic spare configuration and utilization SMART Automatic bad block replacement Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives | Automatic spare configuration and utilization SMART Automatic bad block replacement Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives | Automatic spare configuration and utilization SMART Automatic bad block replacement Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives | Automatic spare configuration and utilization SMART Automatic bad block replacement Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives |
Management
| SAN Headquarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool Serial console Ability to configure a separate management network SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting Multi-administrator support | SAN Headquarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool Serial console Ability to configure a separate management network SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting Multi-administrator support | SAN Headquarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool Serial console Ability to configure a separate management network SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting Multi-administrator support | SAN Headquarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool Serial console Ability to configure a separate management network SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting Multi-administrator support |
Security
| CHAP authentication Access control for iSCSI Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support | CHAP authentication Access control for iSCSI Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support | CHAP authentication Access control for iSCSI Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support | CHAP authentication Access control for iSCSI Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support |
Notification Methods
| SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog | SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog | SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog | SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog |
Power
| AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase 700 W (max, total), +5V up to 155W; +12V up to 624W; +5Vsb up to 10W Frequency: 50/60 Hz Power factor: 0.98 (minimum) Power supplies: Dual 700 W | AC voltage: 700 W (max, total), +5V up to 155W; +12V up to 624W; +5Vsb up to 10W Frequency: 50/60 Hz Power factor: 0.98 (minimum) Power supplies: Dual 700 W | AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase 700 W (max, total), +5V up to 155W; +12V up to 624W; +5Vsb up to 10W Frequency: 50/60 Hz Power factor: 0.98 (minimum) Power supplies: Dual 700 W | AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase 700 W (max, total), +5V up to 155W; +12V up to 624W; +5Vsb up to 10W Frequency: 50/60 Hz Power factor: 0.98 (minimum) Power supplies: Dual 700 W |
Chassis
| Height: 2U / 8.68 cm (3.41 inches) Width: 44.63 cm (17.57 inches) Depth: 59.4 cm (23.4 inches) Weight: 26.76 kg (59 lbs) Packaged physical: Length: 851 cm (33.50 inches) Width: 629 cm (24.75 inches) Depth: 395 cm (15.56 inches) Packaged weight: 39.9161 kg (88lbs) Rack Support Dell ReadyRails™ sliding rails for square-hole 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to snap into place with screws or other hardware Dell VersaRails sliding rails for 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to be mounted in racks whose posts have round holes | Height: 2U / 8.68 cm (3.41 inches) Width: 44.63 cm (17.57 inches) Depth: 54.1 cm (21.3 inches) Weight: 24.49 kg (54 lbs) Packaged physical: Length: 851 cm (33.50 inches) Width: 629 cm (24.75 inches) Depth: 395 cm (15.56 inches) Packaged weight: 36.2873 kg (80lbs) Rack Support Dell ReadyRails™ sliding rails for square-hole 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to snap into place with screws or other hardware Dell VersaRails sliding rails for 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to be mounted in racks whose posts have round holes | Height: 2U / 8.68 cm (3.41 inches) Width: 44.63 cm (17.57 inches) Depth: 54.1 cm (21.3 inches) Weight: 24.49 kg (54 lbs) Packaged physical: Length: 851 cm (33.50 inches) Width: 629 cm (24.75 inches) Depth: 395 cm (15.56 inches) Packaged weight: 36.2873 kg (80lbs) Rack Support Dell ReadyRails™ sliding rails for square-hole 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to snap into place with screws or other hardware Dell VersaRails sliding rails for 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to be mounted in racks whose posts have round holes | Height: 2U / 8.68 cm (3.41 inches) Width: 44.63 cm (17.57 inches) Depth: 59.4 cm (23.4 inches) Weight: 26.76 kg (59 lbs) Packaged physical: Length: 851 cm (33.50 inches) Width: 629 cm (24.75 inches) Depth: 395 cm (15.56 inches) Packaged weight: 39.9161 kg (88lbs) Rack Support Dell ReadyRails™ sliding rails for square-hole 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to snap into place with screws or other hardware Dell VersaRails sliding rails for 4-post and 2-post racks 1U/2U Rail Attachment Brackets, designed to enable PS Arrays to be mounted in racks whose posts have round holes |
Environmental Operating Conditions
| Temperature range: 5° to 40°C (41° to 104°F) Storage temperature: –40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F) Altitude: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF/550 ft. Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour Shock: Half-sine shock 31G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms +/- 10% in operational orientations only Vibration: 0.26 Grms (5 to 350 Hz) for 5 minutes in operational orientations Acoustics Category 4: <=7.2 bels at 23C +/- 2C Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 | Temperature range: 5° to 40°C (41° to 104°F) Storage temperature: –40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F) Altitude: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF/550 ft. Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour Shock: Half-sine shock 31G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms +/- 10% in operational orientations only Vibration: 0.26 Grms (5 to 350 Hz) for 5 minutes in operational orientations Acoustics Category 4: <=7.2 bels at 23C +/- 2C Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 | Temperature range: 5° to 40°C (41° to 104°F) Storage temperature: –40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F) Altitude: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF/550 ft. Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour Shock: Half-sine shock 31G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms +/- 10% in operational orientations only Vibration: 0.26 Grms (5 to 350 Hz) for 5 minutes in operational orientations Acoustics Category 4: <=7.2 bels at 23C +/- 2C Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 | Temperature range: 5° to 40°C (41° to 104°F) Storage temperature: –40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F) Altitude: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF/550 ft. Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour Shock: Half-sine shock 31G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms +/- 10% in operational orientations only Vibration: 0.26 Grms (5 to 350 Hz) for 5 minutes in operational orientations Acoustics Category 4: <=7.2 bels at 23C +/- 2C Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 |