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Help accelerate storage infrastructure performance with high-speed SSDs and high-capacity NL-SAS HDDs combined in EqualLogic™ PS6510ES/PS6500ES hybrid arrays.
Keep pace with your changing data-storage needs and make efficient use of your IT resources.
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Hyper enable your virtual environment
Manage multiworkload applications that have critical data sets and huge user shares.
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Scale without fail
Simultaneously add capacity and computing power to your SAN environment without disruption through EqualLogic’s peer-scaling architecture.
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Automatically virtualize and optimize storage resources with EqualLogic Array Software 6.0.
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Work efficiently with your VMware infrastructure
Coming soon, Host Integration Tools for VMware 3.5 (HIT/VMware 3.5) empower you to work seamlessly with your VMware applications and operating platforms.
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Assimilate with your Microsoft platforms
Coming soon, Host Integration Tools for Microsoft 4.5 (HIT/Microsoft 4.5) tightly integrate EqualLogic arrays with your Microsoft operating system and applications.
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Dell™ Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team delivers distinctive capabilities, including full data migration solutions to facilitate consolidation from multiple file systems. Dell takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment and business objectives, and uses established delivery methods, local talent and in-depth domain knowledge to help lower your total cost of ownership.
Product Configurations
PS6500ES
PS6510ES
Storage controllers
Dual 1GbE controllers with a total of 4 GB*
battery-backed memory per array. Battery-backed cache provides up to 72 hours of data protectionDual 10GbE controllers with a total of 4 GB* battery-backed
memory per array. Battery-backed cache provides up to 72 hours
of data protectionHard disk drives
Seven (7) SSD drives + Forty one (41) NL-SAS hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Seven (7) SSD drives + Forty one (41) NL-SAS hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Drive capacities
Seven (7) 400 GB SSDs
+
Forty-one (41) 2 TB NL-SASSeven (7) 400 GB SSDs
+
Forty-one (41) 2 TB NL-SASSystem capacities
84.8 TB(2.8 TB using 400 GGB SSD high performance
+
82 TB using 2 TB
NL-SAS drives)84.8 TB(2.8 TB using 400 GGB SSD high performance
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82TB using 2 TB
NL-SAS drives)
Technical Highlights
Product
configurationsPS6500ES
PS6510ES
Network interfaces Four (4) GbE copper per controller Two (2) 10GbE SFP+ per controller Snapshots 512 per volume/up to 10,000 total Volumes Up to 1024 OS supported Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™, Windows Server® 2012, 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 supported RAID 6 Accelerated Expansion option Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. Up to 16 total members per group Unified storage
optionsAdding an EqualLogic FS7500, FS7600 or FS7610 NAS appliance to an EqualLogic group enables both block and file storage from a single
storage solution
Chassis
- Height: 17.5 cm / 6.89 in / 4 EIA units
Width: 48.3 cm / 19.01 in / 1EC rack compliant
Depth: 96 cm / 37.8 in
Weight: 74.8 kg / 165 lb (maximum configuration)
Regulatory
- Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
Warranty/support
Warranty: 3 year NBD Parts
Support: 3 year ProSupport
Installation and Implementation, 1 year Proactive Maintenance
 |  | EqualLogic Array Software Each EqualLogic array ships with a powerful set of features that help you manage, protect and optimize your data. The EqualLogic Group Manager helps streamline storage and data management while the EqualLogic Manual Transfer Utility helps minimize downtime when transferring large amounts of data. EqualLogic PS Series Firmware is the foundation of the EqualLogic software family. Integrated across the entire family of EqualLogic PS arrays, the EqualLogic Firmware is a SAN operating system based on a unique peer storage architecture that:
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 | EqualLogic Host Integration Tools This family of host-based software provides tight integration between the EqualLogic array and the host. Dell provides host integration tools for Microsoft®, VMware® and Linux® environments, providing customers with the following benefits:
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 | EqualLogic SAN Headquarters Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters (SAN HQ) is a centralized monitoring and reporting tool that gathers and provides in-depth information on performance, capacity and alerts across multiple groups of EqualLogic PS arrays, helping improve performance and effective allocation of group resources. |
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Dell Services
Dell believes that a well-planned and maintained storage infrastructure can support growing data requirements without the corresponding increase in cost and complexity. Intelligent data management allows organizations to optimize the value of their storage investment with a better use of resources. Dell™ Data Management Services can help customers design, implement, manage and maintain storage infrastructures that satisfy data availability, retention and recovery requirements.Dell ProSupport™ — Faster, more reliable support services designed to address the technology challenges you face today. This new support portfolio is focused on your needs, time demands and budgets.
Need professional support services that take care of both you and your employees’ IT needs 24x7? Choose Dell ProSupport* to get access to a certified technician in 2 minutes or less.
Got an IT staff? Choose Dell ProSupport for IT and get tech-to-tech support, along with 24x7 access to Dell-certified technicians.
Dell ProSupport Service Model | |
| Dell ProSupport | Dell ProSupport for IT |
Designed for organizations with limited or no dedicated IT staff. Includes:
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| Designed to provide tech-to-tech support for IT professionals, database administrators and internal service desks or helpdesks. Includes:
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Next, Dell ProSupport Options align to the way you use technology — rapidly responding to your needs, protecting your investment, your productivity and your sensitive data, and providing enhanced proactive support services to reduce the risk and complexity of managing your infrastructure.
SPEED OF RESPONSE PROTECTION PREMIUM PROACTIVE Mission Critical — Perfect for server and storage environments where avoiding unplanned downtime and reducing recovery time through priority response are a must. The package includes priority 4-hour on-site service or optional 2-hour response with 6-hour hardware repair, Dell’s proven critical situation process and emergency dispatch. Data Management and Protection Enterprise-Wide Contract — Provides enhanced proactive capabilities through:
Dell Server and Storage Deployment Services Customization and Setup
Dell provides a comprehensive set of remote and on-site installation services for PowerEdge™ and PowerEdge SC servers, as well as PowerVault™, Dell | EMC and Dell EqualLogic storage products to help reduce the time required to get your system up and running. These installation services help:
- Speed up deployment
- Supply necessary expertize for correct installation
- Minimize disruptions to your business
Comprehensive Training Training
Get the skills you need to keep pace in today's competitive IT environment with comprehensive training courses. Dell offers a vast array of instructor-led classes and online training courses in a range of topics from server maintenance to in-depth technical overview of specific systems.