The Dell EqualLogic PS4000 Series of virtualized iSCSI SAN arrays are designed to bring enterprise-class features, intelligence, automation and reliability to remote or branch office, departmental and small-to-medium business (SMB) storage deployments.
The PS4000 Series addresses branch office and SMB storage needs with simplified administration, rapid deployment and an affordable price, while providing a full set of enterprise-class data protection and management features, solid performance, scalability and fault-tolerance. With 15,000 RPM SAS disk drives, the PS4000XV array offers the best performance in the PS4000 Series with strong random IOPS performance for branch office deployments. To grow storage capacity and performance for remote office needs, two PS4000 arrays can be combined in a SAN group. To further scale out the SAN, EqualLogic PS6000 arrays can be added seamlessly without sacrificing the initial investment in PS4000 arrays.
The Dell EqualLogic PS4000 is designed to address the needs of remote office / branch office and small medium business storage deployments. It is designed with the same innovative EqualLogic virtualized architecture and the full software feature set as previous generations. However, it offers an affordable entry point for smaller PS Series configurations so remote offices can get the benefits of data center class IT solutions such as storage consolidation and virtualization.