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Centralised storage, file sharing and storage consolidation with iSCSI and Fibre Channel technology
Dell Compellent FS8600Unify block and file storage on the Dell™ Compellent platform with the intelligent, highly-efficient Storage Center SAN and the FS8600 scale-out NAS. View Details | EqualLogic FS7600 and FS7610Deploy highly available scale-out NAS and unified storage systems with Dell™ EqualLogic™ FS7600 and FS7610, and EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays. View Details |
GREAT FOR
Block and file storage on the same platform with scale-out NAS capabilities for file-intensive verticals, such as education, healthcare, life sciences, oil and gas, government and online content delivery. | Scale-out unified storage in midsize and smaller deployments or scale-out NAS for file workloads in education, life sciences, media and EDA. |
Product Configurations
| Storage arrays supported The FS8600 is supported with Dell Compellent Series 40 and SC8000 controllers. Storage Center Operating System versions 6.1.3 or later are supported. Expansion capability Each dual-controller FS8600 appliance can support up to two Compellent Storage Center arrays with the ability to add up to three more FS8600 appliances into the same namespace to improve file performance. NAS appliance One FS8600 appliance includes two controllers that operate in an active-active environment with cache mirroring between controller pairs. | Storage arrays supported New or existing EqualLogic PS arrays with version 6.0 or later firmware Expansion capability Up to 509TB usable file capacity per EqualLogic group. All file capacity can be in a single name space.Up to two FS7600 or FS7610 appliances in a single NAS cluster. All appliances in a NAS cluster in an EqualLogic Group must have either 1Gb or 10Gb connectivity. NAS appliance Each NAS appliance has dual active-active NAS controllers with cache mirroring and integrated backup power supply. Each controller contains 24GB auto-adaptive R/W RAM based cache and two quad core Intel Xeon E5620 processors. Management EqualLogic Group Manager graphic user interface (GUI), command line interface (CLI) Data Protection features Redirect-on-write snapshots, point-in-time file replication, NDMP backup , CIFS antivirus Memory size Each controller has 24GB of memory (48GB per appliance) and its own backup battery that provides power sufficient to de-stage cache contents to a non-volatile internal storage device in the event of a power failure. Protocol support CIFS/SMB v1.0, NFS v3, iSCSI, NDMP 4, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS (Network Information Service) (NIS), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad), Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) Certified Backup Software Dell NetVault Backup 8.6x and 9.0x, Symantec BackupExec 2010 R3, Symantec BackupExec 2012, Symantec NetBackup 7.0 or later, CommVault Simpana 9.0 or later,, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3 Qualified antivirus software Symantec ScanEngine 5.2 , Symantec Protection Engine 7.0 Directory Services Microsoft Active Directory 2003 and 2008 for CIFS users. LDAP and NIS for NFS users Windows Features LDAP Signing, SMB Signing, Roaming Profiles, Hidden Shares, Access Based Share Enumeration Qualified SAN switches Refer to EqualLogic Compatibility Matrix |
Technical Highlights
| Front-end NAS connectivity 1GbE version: 4 x 1GbE ports per controller. 10GbE version: 2 x 10GbE ports per controller Backend storage array connectivity 2 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports per controller. Switch is required; direct connect to the SAN is not supported. Snapshot capability Redirect-on-write snapshots, user-accessible over the network. Max system size 1PB (with two Storage Center systems and SCOS 6.1.3 or later) Max file size 4 TB Max files 256 billion with 4 dual-controller appliances (64 billion per appliance) Maximum number of directories 136 billion with 4 dual-controller appliances (34 billion per appliance) Max NAS volumes 1,024 with 4 dual-controller appliances (256 per appliance) Max snapshots per NAS volume 512 per NAS volume 10,000 per FS8600 system Memory size Each controller has 24GB of memory (48GB per appliance). Each controller has its own backup battery that provides power sufficient to de-stage cache contents to a non-volatile internal storage device in the event of a power failure. Max file name length 255 bytes Max NFS mounts 1024 Max CIFS shares 1024 Max Quota rules (user quotas) 512 per NAS volume 100,000 per FS8600 system Max directory depth 512 Backup Software Certified with Dell NetVault Backup 8.6x and 9.0x, CommVault Simpana 9.x, Symantec NetBackup 7.x and Backup Exec 2010R3 & 2012, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3 Antivirus Software ICAP: certified with Symantec ScanEngine 5.2 (also supports Symantec Protection Engine for Cloud 7.0) | Client network connectivity 8 x 1Gb Ethernet using FS7600 4 x 10Gb SFP+ Ethernet using FS7610 Storage Area Network connectivity 8 x 1Gb Ethernet using FS7600 4 x 10Gb SFP+ Ethernet using FS7610 Direct connect to the SAN is not supported. Min NAS Cluster size 512GB for single appliance cluster; 1024GB for two appliance cluster Max NAS Cluster size 510TB Min/max NAS container size 20MB/509TB Max files in a cluster 64 billion per appliance Max NAS Containers 256 for single NAS appliance cluster; 512 for two appliance cluster Max file size 4 TB Max file name length 255 bytes Maximum number of directories in a cluster 34 billion Maximum directory depth 512 Max NFS mounts 1024 (one or two FS7600 or FS7610 Appliances) Max CIFS shares 1024 (one or two FS7600 or FS7610 Appliances) Max concurrent CIFS connections 1500 per NAS appliance, 3000 per dual NAS appliance system Max Quota rules per NAS Container (user quotas) 512 per NAS container Max Quota rules per cluster (user quotas) 100,000 per NAS cluster Max local users in a NAS cluster 300 Max local groups in a NAS cluster 300 Snapshots Redirect-on-write snapshots Max snapshots per NAS container/cluster 512/10,000 Maximum containers enabled for replication in a NAS cluster 100 Max simultaneous replicated containers 10 Max schedules per NAS cluster 1024 Number of NAS appliances in each replication partner Each NAS cluster in replication partnership must contain same number of NAS appliances Backup Backups using NDMP v4 Antivirus 3rd Party anti-virus applications are supported via ICAP |
Management
| Compellent Enterprise Manager 6.2.2.8 or later or later, FluidFS GUI |
Chassis
| Physical (per controller) Height 8.64 cm (3.4 in) Width 44.63 cm (17.6 in) [does not include rack flange] Depth 74.10 cm (29.2 in) [chassis] 81.30 cm (32.0 in) [with bezel and controllers installed] Maximum weight 69.5 lbs Notification methods Protocol support CIFS/SMBv1.0, NFSv3, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS, NDMP, SNMP Rack SupportReadyRails II static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded-hole racks | Chassis Physical Specifications (per dual controller appliance) Height 2U / 86.4 mm (3.4 inches) Width 481.50 mm (18.96 inch) with rack flange. 446.3 mm (17.6 inches)—Does not include rack flange. Depth 741.0 mm (29.2 inches)—Without bezel and handle 813.0 mm (32.0 inches)—With bezel and handle Weight (Maximum configuration) 30.5 kg (67 lbs) Weight (empty) 12.86 kg (28.36 lbs) Rack Support ReadyRails II static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded-hole racks |
Power
Wattage Voltage Heat dissipation Maximum inrush current | Wattage 717W output per appliance Voltage 90 V AC to 264V AC, autoranging, 47 Hz/63 Hz. Note: This system is also designed to be connected to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V. Heat dissipation 2446 BTU/hr. Note: The heat dissipation is calculated using the power supply wattage rating. The heat dissipation values are for the entire system which includes (chassis and two controllers). Maximum inrush current Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 55 A per power supply for 10 ms or less |
Environmental Operating Conditions
| Temperature Operating: 10° to 40°C Non-operating: -40°C to 70°C Relative humidity Operating: 8% to 85% non-condensing Non-operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing Maximum vibration Operating: 0.26 GRMS (5-350Hz @ 0.0002G2/Hz for 5 minutes) Non-operating: 1.88 GRMS @ 10-500 Hz | Temperature Continuous operation 5 °C to 40 °C (41 °F to 104 °F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20 °C per hour. Storage: -40 °C to (–40 °F to 140 °F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20 °C per hour. Relative humidity Operating :20% to 80% (non-condensing) with maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour at maximum wet bulb temperature of 29 °C (89 °F) Non-operating : 5% to 95% with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 38 °C (100 °F) Maximum vibration Operating : 0.26 Grms (5 Hz – 350 Hz @ 0.0002G2/Hz) in operational orientation for 5 minutes (maximum) Non-operating : 1.88 Grms with the following PSD profile (all 6 sides tested for 15 minutes each side) Frequency (Hz) G2/Hz 10 0.13 20 0.13 70 0.004 130 0.004 165 0.0018 500 0.0018 Maximum shock Operating 31G half-sine shock +/-5% with pulse duration of 2.6ms +/- 10% in the operational orientation (Maximum) Non-operating Square wave shock of 27 G, at 235 inches/second (596.90 cm/second) velocity change (all six sides tested) Operating altitude -16 to 3048 m (-50 to 10,000 feet) For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1° F/550 feet. Non-operating –15.2 m to 10,668 m (–50 ft to 35,000 ft) Airborne Contaminant Level Class G1 as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 |