PS Series Technical Documents

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PS Series Technical Documents

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This page is a frequently updated collection of all Dell PS Series (EqualLogic) technical documents and videos produced by Dell EMC storage engineering, marketing and solution partners.

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Data protection	Linux / Unix	SharePoint
Exchange Server	Oracle	SQL Server
FluidFS	SAN (general)	Virtualization
		Windows Server

Data protection

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Disaster Recovery with Dell PS Series SANs and VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager	June 2017	Best Practices
Dell PS Series Snapshots and Clones: Best Practices and Sizing Guidelines	December 2016	Best Practices
PS Series Asynchronous Replication Best Practices and Sizing Guide	November 2016	Best Practices
Best Practices for Securing a Dell Storage PS Series SAN	October 2016	Best Practices
Protection of User and Configuration Data on PS Series Arrays	October 2015	Technical White Paper
Using Dell PS Series Asynchronous Replication	June 2015	Best Practices
Deploying Symantec Backup Exec 2014 with Dell PS Series Arrays	May 2015	Best Practices
Advanced Performance Tuning for Dell EqualLogic Auto-Replication	July 2014	Best Practices
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays: Understanding Synchronous Replication	March 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Disaster Recovery Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Dell EqualLogic Auto-Replication and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager	December 2013	Best Practices
Best Practices for Deploying Dell EqualLogic Synchronous Replication	October 2013	Reference Architecture

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Exchange Server

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 with Dell PS Series Arrays	February 2016	Best Practices
Sizing and Best Practices for Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on VMware vSphere and Dell EqualLogic PS6110E Arrays	August 2014	Reference Architecture
DellEqualLogicPS6210E5000UserMailboxResiliencyStorageSolutionforMicrosoftExchangeServer2013	July2014	ReferenceArchitecture
Scaling Exchange 2013 Workloads on Dell EqualLogic PS6210E and Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V	July 2014	Best Practices
Exchange 2013 Data Protection with EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition	October 2013	Technical Report

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FluidFS

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Title	Published/Updated	Type
NDMP Backup on Dell FS Series NAS using CommVault Simpana	January 2017	Best Practices
FluidFS Antivirus Integration	May 2014	Deployment Guide
EqualLogic FluidFS NAS Replication Technical Concepts and Best Practices	July 2013	Reference Architecture

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Linux / Unix

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Dell Storage PS Series Arrays with SUSE Linux Enterprise Sever 12 SP1	October 2016	Best Practices
Using HIT/Linux and ASM/LE with Dell PS Series Storage	August 2016	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Configuration Guide for Dell Storage PS Series Arrays	April 2016	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Deploying Solaris 11 with EqualLogic Arrays	February 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 NIC Optimization and Best Practices with EqualLogic SANs	January 2014	Best Practices

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Oracle

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Sizing and Best Practices for Online Transaction Processing Applications with Oracle 11g R2 using Dell PS Series	March 2017	Best Practices
Migrating an Oracle VM Environment Across Heterogeneous Storage Arrays	June 2014	Best Practices
Sizing and Best Practices for Deploying Oracle VM using Dell EqualLogic Hybrid Arrays	March 2014	Best Practices

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SAN (general)

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Dell PS Series to Dell EMC SC Series Terminology Dictionary	October 2017	White Paper
Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure and Dell PS Series SAN Design Best Practices using Dell S-Series and M-Series Networking	May 2017	Best Practices
Dell PS Series DCB Configuration Best Practices	May 2017	Best Practices
Dell Storage Cross-Platform Replication Solutions Guide	February 2017	Configuration & Deployment
Dell Storage PS Series Architecture: Hybrid Array Load Balancer	February 2017	Technical Report
Dell PS Series Architecture: Self Encrypting Drive Management with PS Series Arrays	February 2017	Technical Report
Dell Storage PS Series Architecture: Load Balancers	February 2017	Best Practices
Best Practices for Sharing an iSCSI SAN Infrastructure with Dell PS Series and SC Series Storage using VMware vSphere Hosts	January 2017	Best Practices
Best Practices for Sharing an iSCSI SAN Infrastructure with PS Series and SC Series using Windows Hosts	January 2017	Best Practices
Dell PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and Operating System Considerations	January 2017	Configuration Guide
Dell PS Series Storage: Choosing a Member RAID Policy	January 2017	Best Practices
Best Practices for Deploying a Mixed 1Gb/10Gb Ethernet SAN using Dell Storage PS Series Arrays	December 2016	Best Practices
PS Series Template Volumes and Thin Clones: How and When to Use Them	November 2016	White Paper
PS Series iSCSI Volume Connection Count Maximum Characterization	November 2016	White Paper
Deploying ESXi 6.0 with Dell PS and SC Series Storage on Separate iSCSI Networks	October 2016	Configuration & Deployment
iSCSI Boot from SAN with Dell PS Series Storage and Dell PowerEdge 13G Servers	September 2016	Best Practices
Dell Storage Cross-Platform Replication Video	May 2016	Video
Using IPv6 with Dell Storage PS Series Arrays	May 2016	Best Practices
Guidelines for Replacing a PS Series Group with an SC Series Array	February 2016	White Paper
Best Practices for Sharing an iSCSI SAN Infrastructure with Dell Storage PS Series and Dell SC Series Arrays	January 2016	Best Practices
Best Practices for Sharing an iSCSI SAN Infrastructure with Dell PS Series and Dell SC Series Storage using Linux Hosts	December 2015	Best Practices
Analyzing Dell Ps Series Storage with SAN Headquarters	October 2015	Technical Report
Space Borrowing for Snapshots and Replicas	June 2015	Best Practices
Space Optimization of Data On Dell PS Series Storage	June 2015	Technical White Paper
What's new in Dell PS Series firmware v8	June 2015	Video
PS Series Architecture - MPIO with Devices Having Unequal Link Speeds	June 2015	Best Practices
Configuring a Dell EqualLogic SAN Infrastructure with Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)	January 2015	Reference Architecture
EqualLogic PS Series Arrays: Access Control Policies	January 2014	Technical White Paper
iSCSI Boot from SAN with Dell PS Series Storage and Dell PowerEdge 11G/12G Servers	September 2013	Best Practices
Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade and EqualLogic PS Series 10 GbE SAN Design Best Practices	October 2012	Solution Best Practice
Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array Technical Article	October 2012	Technical Article

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SharePoint

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Deploying SharePoint 2013 Using a Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN	October 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide
SharePoint Data Protection with Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition 4.7 Dell EqualLogic PS Series	June 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide

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SQL Server

Title	Published/Updated	Type
17TB and 26TB Data Warehouse Fast Track for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 using PowerEdge R730 Server and Dell Storage PS Series PS6210S	December 2015	Deployment Guide
17TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 using PowerEdge R730 and Dell Storage PS6210S	March 2015	Reference Architecture
26TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 using PowerEdge R730 and Dell Storage PS6210S	March 2015	Reference Architecture
Microsoft SQL Server Database Protection using EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition	September 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Best Practices and Sizing Guidelines for Transaction Processing Applications with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays	June 2014	Reference Architecture
Using Microsoft SQL Server with Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays	April 2014	Configuration Guide
Best Practices for Decision Support systems with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using Dell EqualLogic PS series Storage Arrays	July 2013	Reference Architecture
Best Practices and Sizing Guidelines for Transaction Processing Applications with Microsoft SQL 2012 using EqualLogic PS Series Storage	March 2013	Solution best practice
Protecting Microsoft SQL Server databases with EqualLogic Synchronous Replication	October 2012	Technical Report

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Virtualization

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Best Practices for Implementing VMware vSphere in a Dell PS Series Storage Environment	September 2017	Best Practices
Configuring and Installing the PS Series Multipathing Extension Module for VMware vSphere and PS Series Arrays	July 2017	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Dell Storage PS Series Arrays: Scalability and Growth in Virtual Environments	Jaunuary 2017	Technical White Paper
Citrix XenServer with Dell PS Series Storage Deployment and Configuration	January 2017	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Virtual Volumes: Rapid Deployment of Virtual Machines	February 2016	Video
Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware vSphere 6 and Dell PS Series Storage	January 2016	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Virtual Volumes: Terminology and More	November 2015	Video
How Virtual Volumes Will Solve Storage Challenges in the Datacenter	November 2015	Video
Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection	June 2015	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Dell PS Series Arrays: Advanced Storage Features in VMware vSphere	June 2015	Technical White Paper
Better Together: Optimizing VMware vSphere 6.0 Deployments with Dell EqualLogic PS Series Integration Tools	April 2015	Technical White Paper
VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes on Dell PS Series	March 2015	Technical White Paper
Dell Virtual Storage Manager 3.5: Installation Considerations and Datastore Manager	January 2015	Technical Report
VDI with VMware Horizon View and VMware vSphere on Dell Storage PS4210XS Hybrid Storage Arrays	January 2015	Reference Architecture
VDI with Citrix XenDesktop and VMware vSphere on Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS Hybrid Storage Arrays	December 2014	Best Practices
VDI with Citrix XenDesktop and VMware vSphere on Dell Storage PS4210XS Hybrid Storage Arrays	October 2014	Best Practices
VDI with Citrix XenDesktop and VMware vSphere on Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110XS Hybrid Blade Storage Arrays	August 2014	Reference Architecture
Data Center Virtualization using Windows Server Hyper-V, PowerShell, and Dell EqualLogic Storage	May 2014	Technical Solutions Collection
VMware ESXi NIC Optimization and Best Practices with EqualLogic SAN	January 2014	Reference Architecture
Automation and Integration with MS System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 and Dell EqualLogic Storage	October 2013	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Dell EqualLogic Storage with Heterogeneous Virtualized Workloads on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V	September 2013	Reference Architecture
Sizing and Best Practices for Deploying Citrix XenDesktop on VMware vSphere with Dell EqualLogic Storage	January 2012	Solution Best Practices

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Windows Server

Title	Published/Updated	Type
Deploying and Configuring the Dell PS Series Multipath Device Specific Module with Microsoft Windows	January 2017	Configuration Guide
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC Optimization and Best Practices with Dell PS Series	January 2017	Best Practices
Setup and Configuration of a Windows Server Core Hyper-V Host using PowerShell and EqualLogic Storage and Tools	May 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Using Dell EqualLogic Storage with Failover Clusters and Hyper-V	May 2014	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Best Practices for Configuring DCB with Windows Server and EqualLogic Storage Arrays	January 2014	Reference Architecture
Using Dell EqualLogic Storage with Microsoft Windows Server 2012	November 2013	Deployment and Configuration Guide
Windows Server 2008 R2 NIC Optimization and Best Practices with EqualLogic SAN	September 2013	Reference Architecture
Windows Command-line Automation Techniques for EqualLogic Storage	July 2013	Configuration Guide
Using Windows Active Directory for Account Authentication to EqualLogic PS Series Groups	November 2010	Technical Report

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PS Series Technical Documents