
Scale-out EqualLogic unified storage
Deploy highly available scale-out NAS and unified storage systems with Dell™ EqualLogic™ FS7600 and FS7610, and EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays.


Bring fully integrated, end-to-end unified storage to your EqualLogic™ storage system with the FS7600 and FS7610 network attached storage (NAS) appliances.
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Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) advantage
Help eliminate many of the limitations of traditional file systems with the exceptional innovations of Dell FluidFS v2.
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Designed to grow
Easily manage your storage growth with the flexibility to nondisruptively scale both performance and capacity.
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Help guard your most valuable business assets with several data protection features, including user-restorable snapshots, asynchronous replication and NDMP, and CIFS anti-virus backup capabilities.
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Enhanced dependability
Streamline installation and enhance dependability with the many key benefits of the FS7600 and FS7610 high-availability network attached storage (NAS) appliance architecture.
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The right fit for small and midsize businesses
Unify block and file data within your existing storage infrastructure or deploy a new unified storage with FS7600 and FS7610 FluidFS appliance.
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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 while using established delivery methods, local talent and in-depth domain knowledge to help lower your total cost of ownership.
Product Configurations
- 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
- 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
Chassis
- 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
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
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
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