Dell PS Series manual

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Table of contents for the manual

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    DELL ™ E qu aLL ogic  PS SEriES architE cturE WhitEP aPEr FunD amEnt aLL y aL tEring thE E c onomicS oF SharED S t or a gE[...]

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    introDuct io n 3 PS S E r i E S a rc h i tE c tu r E F u n Dam E nt a L S 3 PS S e rie s Ar ray 3 PS S e rie s G ro up 4 V o l um es 4 PS S E r i E S g r ou PS Faci L it a t E St or agE m a n agE m E n t 4 Di Str i b u tE D Pa g E - ba S E D VoLu m E ma n ag E m E n t 4 FaS t , S i m PL E Pr oVi S i o n i n g a n D S ca Li n g 5 incrEaSED a V aiLab[...]

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    JA NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 3 DE LL P S S E RI E S AR CH ITE C TU R E 3 introDuct io n Co ns olidat ed st or ag e p ro mise s many ben efi t s : vir t ualiz at ion, reliabilit y, high a vailabilit y a nd cen tr alize d man age men t . A l th oug h t h es e p ro mise s h av e yielde d int er es tin g t e chn ologie s, th ey do not me et t he ne ed to day f[...]

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    JA NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 4 DE LL P S S E RI E S AR CH ITE C TU R E 4 ba t t er y- b ac ked ca che s and oth er adv an ce d feat ur es . The disks in an arr ay are aut oma tic ally pro t ec t ed wit h R A ID ( R A ID 10, R A ID 5, or R A ID 5 0 ) and h ot sp ar e s. PS S e rie s G ro up A P S Se rie s gr oup is c om pr ise d of a sin gle P S S erie s ar [...]

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    JA NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 5 DE LL P S S E RI E S AR CH ITE C TU R E 5 A lo ok-u p a nd tr ans fe r m e cha nism is use d to e f ficien tl y tra ck and pro ce ss pa ge s lo c at ed on the grou p mem be rs . Whe n a P S Ser ies gr oup re cei ve s a clien t ser ver re que st , it ident ifi es th e loca tion of the da t a and tr an sf er s th e re qu es t [...]

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    JA NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 6 DE LL P S S E RI E S AR CH ITE C TU R E 6 incrEaSED a V aiLabiL ity Co ns olidat ed sto r age incre as es the need for availabilit y in th e s t or ag e in f ra st r uc t ur e. The availabilit y model use d by t he P S S er ies A r chit e c tur e es s ent ially eliminat e s sin gle poin t s of failur e and en able s an ar ra y[...]

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    JA NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 7 DE LL P S S E RI E S AR CH ITE C TU R E 7 In a ddit ion, the PS Ser ies Ar c hit ec t ur e’ s snap sh ot cap abilit y exc ee ds the snap sh ot fea tu re s a vailable on th e ma rk et toda y. Th e r eal -time sy nc hro niz at ion o f sn ap sho t s ac ro s s mult iple v olum es o c cur s w it h ou t int er ru pt ing a pplic at[...]

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    JA NU A R Y 2 0 0 8 8 DE LL P S S E RI E S AR CH ITE C TU R E 8 DI REC T - A TT A CHE D ST ORAGE (D AS) TR ADI TI ONA L ST ORA GE AREA NETW ORKS (SAN) EQ UA LL OGI C P S SERIES SOLUTION Budget • Must plan for both initial and future growth • Low acquisition and management cost (for a single server) • Scaling results in repeated purchases and [...]

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    ab o ut E q uaL Log ic P S S E r i E S a r r a yS by D E LL T he PS Se rie s Ar chi te c tu re is a br ea k t hr ou gh in t he pr oc es s of buy ing , managin g, and gro win g SA Ns . P S Ser ies ar r ay s pro vi de af f or da ble, self- ma nagin g st or ag e solut ion s tha t use iS C SI and Se rial AT A te chn olo gies wi th pat en te d P S Serie[...]