The growth of company files, e-mail, databases, and application data drives a constant
need for more storage. But with storage directly attached to servers, growth means
burdensome storage management and decreased asset utilization. Storage resources
remain trapped behind individual servers, impeding data availability. Consolidating
your storage resources onto an EqualLogic PS Series array offers an optimized approach
to data management.
Make Storage Provisioning and Management Simpler and More Effective
Centralize storage and reduce administrative overhead
EqualLogic's unique peer storage architecture consolidates all storage resources
into an easy-to-manage tiered pool of storage, securely accessed by servers across
a standard Ethernet network. The PS Group Manager provides a single, intuitive administrative
interface, accessible from anywhere on the network.
Simplify IT operations and reduce total IT expenditures
EqualLogic's all-inclusive feature set makes advanced virtualization and data
protection features available to enterprises of all sizes, without breaking the
bank. Automatic system expansion, data protection, and tiering functions minimize
administrative tasks even as storage needs grow over time.
Expand storage capacity, performance, and network bandwidth online without downtime
Bringing additional storage online is truly seamless; additional disk and controller
resources are automatically brought online without disrupting applications accessing
the storage pool. Performance scales linearly as workloads are automatically load
balanced. Volumes are RAID-protected, and through advanced system and disk monitoring,
faults can be quickly recognized and addressed without downtime. Low overhead snapshots
and remote replication enable you to simply create a virtually unlimited number
of space-efficient point-in-time copies at primary and remote sites for quick recovery
from disk or backup to tape.
Consolidate storage assets across multiple OS environments
EqualLogic supports initiators across all major operating systems. Gigabit Ethernet
NICs and HBAs provide high performance, multi-path access to centralized storage
assets. Boot-from-SAN and virtualized desktop capabilities allow system disks to
be totally removed from distributed server and desktop assets.