Dell EqualLogic™ PS6500 Series arrays are designed to meet the performance and availability needs of virtualization environments in medium to large enterprises. These virtualized iSCSI storage area networks (SANs) combine intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless scalability.

EqualLogic PS6500ES arrays incorporate high-speed, low-latency solid state drives with high-capacity hard disk drives in one array to provide performance and density without compromise. With the enterprise power and everyday simplicity of EqualLogic software, it brings auto-tiering that keeps hot data readily accessible on low-latency SSD and colder data on high-capacity, near-line SAS (NL-SAS), all within one array. 

Summary

Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6500 series models combine EqualLogic virtualized architecture with a dense serial ATA (SATA) package to provide affordable and capable tiered storage.

Features

• Enhancements to Ethernet with Data Center Bridging can provide deterministic performance and a converged SAN and LAN network, designed to greatly reduce or eliminate dropped packets (10GbE arrays only)
• Sub-volume auto-tiering with enhanced load balancing for optimized storage pool performance