Name: Dell EqualLogic PS Series
Rating: 4.5 (15 reviews)
Author: Dell Technologies

Digital Adoption

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Mobile App Development

Push Notifications

Text Editors

Development

Online Learning

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Recruitment Automation

Resume Parsing

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

AI Agent Builder

App Development

Browser

Cloud Storage

Component Content Management

Data Center Infrastructure Management

Fraud Detection

Hosted Virtual Desktop

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet of Things (IoT)

Managed Print

Network Performance Monitoring

Process Mining

Security Awareness Training

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Solid State Drives

Tower Servers

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

VoIP Monitoring

Web Application Firewalls

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Business Card Scanning

Content Management

Data Management

Digital Analytics

Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)

Email Management

Email Marketing

Event Registration

Graphics

Heatmap and Session Recording

Marketing Automation

Marketing OS

Online Reputation Management

Real-Time Interaction Management

Search Marketing Intelligence

Social Media Management

Social Media Publishing

Survey & Forms Building

Swag Management

Web Analytics

Marketing

Business Caller ID

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

eCommerce

Sales

Assisted Living

Car Rental

Church Management

Construction Accounting

Jail Management

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Dell's EqualLogic PS Series is a line of storage appliances, from Dell.

Dell EqualLogic PS Series

A Modular Storage Area Network (or Modular SAN) infrastructure emphasizes a scalable, flexible architecture that can be set up with relative ease and simplicity, and at affordable pricing, without making overly great sacrifices in performance.

Modular Storage Area Network (SAN)

Dell EqualLogic PS Series Replication Demo

Likelihood to Recommend

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Support costs

Nice to use

Big issues

Hard disk

Little difficult

Storage space

Network connectivity

Additional support

Point of failure

Based system

Set up

Rock solid

Straightforward to use

Hard drive

Graphical interface

Easy to configure

Easy to use

Single point

Home

Modular Storage Area Network (SAN) Solutions

We employ multiple Storage Area Networks (SANs) throughout our infrastructure, spanning various environments. Specifically, in our testing environment, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series server functions as our SAN solution. However, in our production environment, where we require over 100 TB of storage space, we faced limitations that prevented us from deploying this particular SAN due to space constraints.

Easy to configure
Simple ISCSI connectivity
Easy to provision LUNs and present it to ESXi

The Dell EqualLogic PS Series series I utilize is not capable of being upgraded to Fiber Channel
Given that all disks are SAS, the likelihood of disk failure during power issues is significant
Not many security features

Few years back we experienced a severe power failure that resulted in multiple reboots of the storage system within a single day. When attempting to reconnect to the storage, we were confronted with the devastating discovery that the RAID configuration had been lost. To compound the issue, a staggering eight out of the twelve disks had been flagged as faulty. The situation quickly escalated into a nightmare as we embarked on the arduous task of recovering the critical data. It was a challenging and stressful ordeal, highlighting the importance of robust contingency plans and data backup strategies in mitigating such catastrophic events.

We use Dell EqualLogic PS Series as a secondary (mostly backups) device. The product seems to be completely abandoned by Dell (there is no Dell Virtual Storage manager for VMware vCenter 7.0+ and no recent firmware upgrades).

Performance is significantly lower than one would expect.
Support for VMware vVols is rudimentary.

On the positive side, we managed to consolidate our storage and got sufficient capacity for our needs.
On a negative side, in my experience, there were many promises that Dell did not deliver (every time we wanted to use a specific feature that originally was mentioned as "coming soon" (e.g. compression or deduplication) we discovered that we would be forced to migrate to other models and invest a significant amount of money.

We have multiple PS SANS across our organization in production and test environments. They serve as storage for a variety of physical and virtual nodes across our landscape. For an organization of our size, we needed heavyweight enterprise level storage, which could handle large Oracle databases, web servers, and general internal servers.

Provides a hybrid mixture of SAS and SSD disks
Different raid levels allowed across shelves
Daisy chain SAN controllers

One SAN controller failure can lead to big issues we unfortunately learned
Disks tend to fail quite frequently
The firmware upgrading process could do with an overhaul

Easy deployment with assistance from Dell meant a quick turn around time
Dell after support very good. Disk failures are dealt with quickly
Management of the units and ease

We use one PS series as our primary SAN for the whole organization for our virtual environment, and another PS series in our disaster recovery site. The primary replicates to the DR site.

Rock solid. A few hard drive failures over the years, but that is to be expected on a device that runs 24 hours a day.
Easy to configure and maintain
Solid redundancy. No single point of failure.

Be nice to use a hybrid of drives. Solid state and hard disk drives.
Configuration was easy, but the maintaining of it can be a little difficult. We are a small shop. The system runs great, but when it comes to increasing storage space, etc., it can be difficult because we aren't in it daily. Some options are buried pretty well, which makes it tough to find.

Great ROI. We have been using it for 5 years, with no downtime due to equipment failures.

VMware ESXi, PRTG Network Monitor, Ipswitch MOVEit

Dell EqualLogic PS Series is being used across our entire organization to store virtual servers and data. It allows our entire environment to run on one platform and gives us the ability to manage our data easily. More importantly, we are able to provision new servers and backup existing ones more efficiently.

iSCSI-based system that is quick to configure and set-up on the network.
Provisioning new LUNs and unified storage makes it straightforward to use with various systems.
Graphical interface is easy to use, allows for quick implementation of data pools and volumes.

Firmware issues sometimes hamper network connectivity across the network.
Pricing is more expensive than building your own network-attached storage.
Additional support costs for maintaining the latest software that the Dell EqualLogic runs on.

The initial rollout of the Dell EqualLogic was quick and saved us time and money as a result.
Virtually zero downtime with the unit and redundant hardware is in place if an issue does arise.
Ability to scale the unit by purchasing larger drives, without having to purchase new hardware.

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Dell EqualLogic PS Series

Overview

What is Dell EqualLogic PS Series?