EqualLogic virtualized SANs for Microsoft Hyper-V
Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs help to reduce the cost and complexity of virtualization and private cloud deployments with Microsoft® Hyper-V™. Through the advanced integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic PS Series technologies, businesses can architect a fully virtualized infrastructure solution that delivers improved efficiency, flexibility, and reliability at a significant cost savings.
Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN provides a high performance, reliable, scalable, storage platform particularly effective in Microsoft Hyper-V environments. The PS Series provides a comprehensive set of software features such as automatic load balancing, snapshot management, replication, volume cloning & management, storage virtualization, thin provisioning, tiering and pooling, with no additional licensing fees.
Dell EqualLogic includes a set of advanced all-inclusive software tools called Host Integration Tools for Microsoft (HIT/ME), integrating key Microsoft technologies - including MPIO, Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS), PowerShell and System Management. Leveraging VSS, Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager provides application-aware, true point-in-time recovery of Exchange Server, SQL Server and Hyper-V data. PowerShell cmdlets help to automate common, repetitive tasks such as VM deployment, volume mapping and snapshot management.
Key Benefits
- Simple deployment and management — the EqualLogic PS Series can be operational and ready to provide storage for Hyper-V virtual machines in under 1 hour
- Improved reliability and resiliency — the EqualLogic MPIO DSM provides automatic load balancing and network path failover
- Extended system availability — the PS Series features fully redundant, hot-swappable components, including dual controllers, fan trays and power supplies, and disk drives with hot sparing capability
- Streamlined implementation, accelerated performance and increased efficiency through integration with Microsoft VSS, Hyper-V integration services, Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs), and Live Migration
