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Dell Extends Leadership in Virtualized Storage with New EqualLogic Solutions

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Dell has announced a new set of Dell EqualLogic storage solutions, including the PS6100 and PS4100 series, which offer customers up to 60 percent performance improvement on typical workloads over previous generation arrays, while also providing a smaller physical footprint. The new solutions are designed to work seamlessly with existing environments without downtime or major overhauls, helping customers to focus on managing their storage rather than manual upgrading infrastructure. The new EqualLogic firmware version 5.1 provides customers with thin provisioning awareness for VMware vSphere, helping to save recovery time and mitigate the risk of potential data loss.

Key Takeaways:

  • Dell has released new EqualLogic storage solutions, including the PS6100 and PS4100 series, which offer improved performance and a smaller physical footprint.
  • The new solutions provide up to 60 percent performance improvement on typical workloads over previous generation arrays.
  • The EqualLogic PS Series arrays work together to automatically manage data, load balance across all resources, and expand to meet growing storage needs.
  • The new EqualLogic firmware version 5.1 provides customers with thin provisioning awareness for VMware vSphere, helping to save recovery time and mitigate the risk of potential data loss.
  • New Dell Compellent and PowerVault storage solutions expand integration with VMware platform and leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies.
  • Dell Fluid Data storage solutions gain momentum as customers and partners reap the benefits of a highly virtualized, unified, and scalable architecture designed for tomorrow's data center.
  • The new EqualLogic FS7500 NAS solution works with EqualLogic PS Series arrays to deliver the only scale-out, unified storage platform for mid-size deployments.
  • Dell and VMware have expanded their strategic partnership to deliver highly virtualized data center and storage solutions to meet joint customer needs.
  • Dell's new software enhancements deliver enterprise storage sophistication with SMB simplicity, including new features such as multi-site support and improved usability.

Statistics:

  • Up to 60 percent performance improvement on typical workloads over previous generation arrays.
  • 2.5-inch drive support for the EqualLogic product line, providing greater density and enabling users to store more in less space.
  • 50 percent more expansion capacity than previous generation EqualLogic arrays.
  • Up to 36TB in a single array and 72TB in a single group for the EqualLogic PS4100 Series.
  • Up to 72TB in a single array and 1.2PB in a single group for the EqualLogic PS6100 Series.
  • 113 virtualized apps, representing 95 percent of infrastructure, with Dell and VMware technology (Guard Insurance Group).
  • 2011 internal Dell testing of a 5,000 mailbox reference design with Microsoft Exchange using 2 PowerEdge R710 servers with 2 EqualLogic PS6100E arrays (48 1TB drives) versus 4 PS6000E arrays (64 600GB drives).

Sources:

  • [1] Business Wire: "Dell Expands Leadership in Virtualized Storage with New EqualLogic Solutions"
  • [2] IDC: "Dell Expands Leadership in Virtualized Storage with New EqualLogic Solutions"
  • [3] VMware: "Dell and VMware Expand Strategic Partnership to Deliver Highly Virtualized Data Center and Storage Solutions"
  • [4] Dell: "Dell Expands Leadership in Virtualized Storage with New EqualLogic Solutions"
  • [5] VeriStor Systems: "Dell Expands Leadership in Virtualized Storage with New EqualLogic Solutions"

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