EqualLogic Tech Reports
We tested server virtualization gear from five top vendors to see how they handle strenuous workloads on a mix of old and new equipment, typical of what’s found in the wild. The results? Management’s still a challenge, but any of these products could make your organization nimbler and more energy-efficient. And with virtualization upstarts challenging market stalwarts, you might want to look beyond the familiar names.
This Technical Report describes various methods and configurations for performing backup and recovery operations using a PS Series group.
In this technical report, we provide a proof point for performance improvements in OLTP applications when using EqualLogic PS6010XVS arrays based on testing performed at Dell Labs.
This Technical Report describes how to configure the QLogic QLA4010 iSCSI host bus adapter to support booting Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 from PS Series storage.
This Technical Report describes how to configure QLogic QLA405x iSCSI Host Bus Adapters to support booting Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 from PS Series storage.
The reference architectures defined in this document are targeted at large enterprise virtualization needs. They include Dell PowerEdge blade servers, Dell EqualLogic PS6010X storage and Microsoft Hyper-V technology. They are built on a 10GbE network architecture using Dell PowerConnect M8024 blade-chassis switch modules.
This configuration based on Dell’s EqualLogic FS7500 Clustered NAS provides a unified and fully redundant storage solution for Windows and Linux Servers. It provides File (CIFS/NFS) and Block (iSCSI) storage that can grow together with your needs using one or more of our EqualLogic arrays (All families supported).
This Technical Report describes the supported RAID policies for Dell EqualLogic arrays. This report also provides information on the performance characteristics of the RAID policies under normal and failure conditions and will help administrators choose the RAID policy that is right for their applications and environment.
6 common issues when using VMware ESX SW iSCSI initiator.
This Technical Report describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes and SQL databases using CommVault® Galaxy™ 5.0 with PS Series group storage and the Dell EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager for Windows® VSS provider.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy and configure Multipath I/O using the Dell™ EqualLogic™ HIT for Linux v1.0 with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy and configure the Dell EqualLogic MPIO DSM for Windows Server 2008 to enable multi-path I/O for high availability access to a Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Array. Best practices are included for 10 Gb networks and Windows Server disk alignment.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy and configure the Dell EqualLogic multi-path I/O (MPIO) DSM for Windows Server 2008 to enable MPIO for high availability access to a Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Array. Best practices are included for 10GB networks and Windows Server disk aignment.
This Technical Report explains the benefits of the EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module (MEM) for VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.0 and 4.1, as well the installation and configuration process to provide multipath I/O for highly available access to the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SAN. Also covered are a number of overall virtual environment iSCSI design considerations and best practices.
This Technical Report will explain how to configure and connect a Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series SAN to a VMware® vSphere™ 5 Environment using the software iSCSI initiator.
Taking advantage of all of these new features requires some new steps to be taken by ESX administrators. Most of the configuration is done via CLI inside the ESX server. At the release of this document there are plans to implement many of these steps into vCenter but currently a majority of the work is done via console commands. The rest of this Technical Report will be focusing on installation and configuration of an iSCSI software initiator connection to a PS Series SAN.
The purpose of this paper is twofold: to provide test-based results showing the benefits of DCB in both dedicated iSCSI environments as well as converged networks (where multiple networks are migrated into one DCB network); and to provide best practice information to help network and storage administrators deploy DCB in new implementations in conjunction with their Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series SAN deployment.
This tech report demonstrates how using Dell EqualLogic™ SAN Snapshots can improve data protection in a VMware® Virtual Infrastructure environment.
This Techhnical Report describes using Host Integration Tools for Microsoft and Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager Microsoft Edition with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays.
This paper will focus on the Dell EqualLogic iSCSI connection maximum for a single pool. It will provide an overview of the factors involved in iSCSI connection creation, define the parameters of the iSCSI connection maximum, and examine whether the SAN performance and availability are affected as the maximum is approached.
The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series architecture is a virtualized, self-tuning system that uses intelligent load balancers to maintain system performance at optimum levels. This technical report describes those load balancers and how they work.
This Technical Report will introduce the advanced vSphere storage topics of: VMware APIs for Array Integration, EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module, and VMware Storage I/O Control.
The Arista 7148sx Datacenter Ethernet switch features a high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching solution and an extensible, modular network operating system. The Arista 7148sx is the top end of the Arista 7100 Series switch family and is optimized for non-blocking applications with up to 960Gbps throughput while providing 48x 1Gbs SFP+ ports.
The Arista 7148sx Datacenter Ethernet switch features a high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching solution and an extensible, modular network operating system. The Arista 7148sx is the top end of the Arista 7100 Series switch family and is optimized for non-blocking applications with up to 960Gbps throughput while providing 48x 1Gbs SFP+ ports. This reference architecture paper illustrates how to build a medium to large scale SAN consisting of 2 Arista 7148sx switches.
The Brocade TurboIron 24x switch is a compact, high-performance, high-availability and high-density 10-Gigabit Ethernet solution that meets mission critical data center and high-performance computing requirements. With an ultra-low-latency, cut-through, non-blocking architecture, the Brocade TurboIron 24x provides a cost-effective solution for server or compute-node connectivity. This reference architecture paper illustrates how to build a small SAN consisting of 4 TurboIron 24x switches.
The Brocade TurboIron 24x switch is a compact, high-performance, high-availability and high-density 10-Gigabit Ethernet solution that meets mission critical data center and high-performance computing requirements. With an ultra-low-latency, cut-through, non-blocking architecture, the Brocade TurboIron 24x provides a cost-effective solution for server or compute-node connectivity. This reference architecture paper illustrates how to build a small SAN consisting of 2 TurboIron 24x switches.
Dell Labs conducted testing that proves the value of the Brocade VDX 6720-60 switches, with VCS disabled, when used to build a SAN with the Dell EqualLogic series of virtual storage arrays. Based on this testing, we determined that the Brocade VDX 6720-60 switch is excellent for use when building SANs that consist of one or more 10 Gbps EqualLogic PS Series arrays.
Dell Labs conducted testing that proves the value of the Brocade VDX 6720-60 switches when used to build a SAN with the Dell EqualLogic series of virtual storage arrays. Based on this testing, we determined that the Brocade VDX 6720-60 switch is excellent for use when building SANs that consist of one or more 10 Gbps EqualLogic PS Series arrays.
This document provides details on configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch for use with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. The goal of this paper is not to provide a comprehensive set of possible configurations, but to illustrate one possible solution that provides excellent performance and scalability as validated by testing in our labs.
We conducted testing that proves the value of the S55 when used to build a SAN with the Dell EqualLogic series of virtual storage arrays. Based on this testing, we determined that the S55 is an excellent switch for use when building SANs that consist of one or more 1 Gbps EqualLogic PS Series arrays. Because each S55 switch has four SFP 1G ports, we used four NIC ports from the hosts to connect through SFP modules. SFP 1G ports have similar performance to the RJ-45 ports.
We conducted testing that proves the value of the S55 when used to build a SAN with the Dell EqualLogic series of virtual storage arrays. Based on this testing, we determined that the S55 is an excellent switch for use when building SANs that consist of one or more 1 Gbps EqualLogic PS Series arrays. Because each S55 switch has four SFP 1G ports, we used four NIC ports from the hosts to connect through SFP modules. SFP 1G ports have similar performance to the RJ-45 ports.
This document provides details for configuring the Dell Force10 S-Series S60 four switch configuration for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
This document provides details for configuring the Dell Force10 S-Series S60 two switch configuration for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
This document illustrates how to build a SAN consisting of two Force10 S4810 switches using industry standard LAGs for inter-switch connections for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage. It also provides data to support our position that the S4810 can support a SAN using a two-switch solution, and that it can support 16 or more 10 Gb/s arrays with 16 or more 10 Gb/s hosts in a fully redundant configuration while offering excellent overall SAN performance for a variety of workloads.
The Juniper Networks EX4500 line of Ethernet Switches delivers a scalable, compact, high-performance platform for supporting high-density 10 gigabit per second (Gbps) data center, campus, and service provider deployments. This document illustrates how to build a SAN consisting of 4 Juniper EX4500 switches using industry standard link aggregation groups (LAGs) for inter-switch connections for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage.
The Juniper Networks EX4500 line of Ethernet Switches delivers a scalable, compact, high-performance platform for supporting high-density 10 gigabit per second (Gbps) data center, campus, and service provider deployments. This document illustrates how to build a SAN consisting of 2 Juniper EX4500 switches using industry standard link aggregation groups (LAGs) for inter-switch connections for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage.
This document provides details on configuring the Dell PowerConnect 7048 for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. The goal of this exercise is not to provide a comprehensive set of possible configurations, but to illustrate one possible solution that provides excellent performance and scalability as validated by testing in our labs.
This document provides details on configuring the PowerConnect 7048 for use with EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. The goal of this exercise is not to provide a comprehensive set of possible configurations, but to illustrate one possible solution that provides excellent performance and scalability as validated by testing in our labs.
This paper illustrates how to build a medium scale SAN network consisting of Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays and four PowerConnect 8024F 10Gb switches
This reference design paper illustrates how to build a small SAN consisting Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays and two PowerConnect 8024F 10Gb Ethernet switches.
This document illustrates how to build a storage area network (SAN) using the Brocade BigIron RX Series switch or Dell PowerConnect B-Series RX Series switch family. Because both of these products are essentially the same switch, this document refers to both versions as the RX switch.
The PowerConnect J-Series EX4200-48T & the Juniper EX4200-48T switches provide datacenter Ethernet switch features in a high density 1-Gigabit Ethernet solution using an extensible, modular operating system. The EX4200 is optimized for non-blocking applications while providing 48x 1Gbs 10Base-T ports. This reference architecture paper illustrates how to build a medium to large scale SAN consisting of four EX4200 switches.
The PowerConnect J-Series EX4200-48T & the Juniper EX4200-48T switches provide datacenter Ethernet switch features in a high density 1-Gigabit Ethernet solution using an extensible, modular operating system. The EX4200 is optimized for non-blocking applications while providing 48x 1Gbs 10Base-T ports. This reference architecture paper illustrates how to build a medium to large scale SAN consisting of two 2 EX4200 switches.
This technical report shows how to configure Dell EqualLogic PS Series Template Volumes and Thin Clones and discusses possible use case scenarios including SQL Server, Hyper-V and VMware.
In this technical report, we provide a proof point for the performance characteristics of a PS6000XVS array in a VDI environment based on testing performed at Dell Labs. We present the overall architecture, test configuration, as well as a summary of the PS6000XVS array performance results.
This paper provides guidance on incorporating Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders and EqualLogic iSCSI Storage together to form a reliable, stable, and well performing ecosystem that takes advantage of the Nexus Fabric Extenders networking solution.
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the Virtual Desktop Deployment Utility leverages the Thin Clone feature introduced in the EqualLogic PS Series Firmware version 5.0 to efficiently provision and deploy virtual desktops in a VMware View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment.
This Technical Report describes how to configure the ProxyHost iDataAgent to support Transportable hardware-based VSS snapshots while backing up NTFS volumes using CommVault® Galaxy™ 6.1.0 with PS Series group storage and the Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager V2.0 for Windows® VSS hardware provider.
This Technical Report describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Microsoft® Exchange e-mail and SQL databases using CommVault® Galaxy™ 6.1.0, the Dell EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager V2.0 for Windows® VSS provider and PS Series storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 in an iSCSI SAN using PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations and best practices for Exchange and the PS Series SAN.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in an iSCSI SAN using PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations and best practices for Exchange 2007 and the PS Series SAN.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy Exchange Server 2010 in an iSCSI SAN using PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations and best practices for Exchange 2010 and the PS Series SAN.
This technical report details information and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Hyper-V™ with Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes how to deploy Microsoft® SQL Server® in an iSCSI SAN with PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations for SQL Server and the PS Series storage.
This Technical Report describes scenarios for deploying Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 (DPM) with PS Series storage, providing a high performance, highly-available, and scalable DPM storage pool.
This Technical Report describes scenarios for deploying Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) with PS Series storage, providing a high performance, highly available, and scalable DPM storage pool.
This Technical Report describes how to use PS Series storage arrays with a Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 cluster. With PS Series storage arrays, you can set up a scalable, fault-tolerant, and easy-to-manage iSCSI SAN that increases data and application availability.
This Technical Report describes how to use Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series storage in a Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 environment. With PS Series storage arrays, you can set up a scalable, fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN that increases data and application availability and is easy to set up and manage.
This Technical Report describes how to use PS Series storage in a Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server environment. With PS Series storage arrays, you can deploy file serving with a scalable, fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN increasing data availability and flexibility.
This technical report documents the procedure for configuring the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system to operate with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
This technical report documents the procedure for configuring the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Oracle Linux Server operating systems to operate with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Microsoft Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using Symantec™ Backup Exec™ 10d for Windows Servers, the Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools kit, and PS Series storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Microsoft Exchange, and SQL using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Offhost Function with Advanced Disk-based Backup Option (ADBO), the Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools kit, and PS Series storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes the implementation and deployment of thin-provisioned volumes in a PS Series SAN.
This Technical Report describes how to use Veritas Backup Exec 10 for Windows Servers with PS Series storage arrays from Dell EqualLogic to back up and restore local and remote NTFS volumes, Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases.
This Technical Report describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes, Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 for Windows with PS Series storage arrays.
This Technical Report describes some best practices when using Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 environments.
The virtual datacenter introduces new challenges and techniques for disaster recovery. This technical report details the installation and configuration of Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series storage with VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager to help make disaster recovery an automated and manageable part of your virtual environment.
EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) with PS Series arrays to protect Microsoft Exchange Server with online Smart Copies and recovery operations for Exchange 2010.
This Technical Report describes using Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition v4.0 with PS Series arrays to protect Microsoft Exchange Server with online Smart Copies and recovery operations for Exchange 2003 and 2007.
EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Auto-Snapshot Managerallows you to perform online Smart Copy protection and recovery with PS Series arrays.
This paper presents a “pay-as-you-grow” methodology to build an Oracle SE RAC configuration that can scale up to 4 single-socket servers. It showcases the performance characteristics and scalability of incrementally adding RAC nodes.
This Technical Report describes using EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition to perform online Smart Copy protection and recovery for Hyper-V Virtual Machines using PS Series arrays.
This Technical Report describes the deployment and testing results of SQL Server® 2005 using the Microsoft® iSCSI Initiator with a Dell EqualLogic™ iSCSI SAN. It helps you understand best practices and the benefits of using an iSCSI SAN with SQL Server 2005.
This paper describes the best practices and reference architecture for performing traditional data backup operations of virtualized Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Databases running on Dell EqualLogic SAN using SQL Server Management Studio.
This Technical Report describes how to use the DiskPar or DiskPart utilities to configure Microsoft® Windows® disk partitions to match the default RAID stripe segment size used in a PS Series storage array.
This Technical Report describes how to expand Microsoft Windows basic disk volumes after increasing the size of the corresponding PS Series group volume.
This Technical Report describes using EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition to perform online Smart Copy protection and recovery for SQL Server databases using PS Series arrays.
This technical report details information and best practices for monitoring a Dell™EqualLogic™ PS Series storage environment using the SANHQ software
This Technical Report describes creating a Novell® NetWare® disk volume and then expanding the volume when you have increased the underlying PS Series volume size – all without disrupting ongoing applications.
This Technical Report describes how to use a PS Series group to provide NFS server storage space to servers running Oracle9i™ Database. It includes group and server requirements, describes configuration choices, and provides ecommendations for high availability.
This paper outlines how Oracle ASM complements the PS EqualLogic load balancing capability.
The virtual datacenter introduces new challenges and techniques for disaster recovery. This technical report details the installation and configuration of Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager to help make disaster recovery an automated and manageable part of your virtual environment.
This Technical Report focuses on the installation, configuration and usage of Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware™ Edition to obtain hypervisor aware snapshots and provide an additional layer of data protection for the Virtual Environment.
This Technical Report describes network configuration requirements and recommendation for high performance and reliability with a PS Series storage array.
This Technical Report describes using a PS Series group as scalable and reliable shared storage in a Red Hat® Linux cluster. A PS Series group is a fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN that is easy to set up, manage, and scale and increases data and application availability.
This document covers installing and configuring the Redhat Enterprise Linux v5.x software iSCSI initiator. It also covers configuring MPIO with RHEL v5.2 or greater.
This white paper describes the results of performance tests for a virtualized SharePoint 2010 document management solution on an EqualLogic PS6100E storage array. The primary audience for this paper is IT managers and technical decision makers interested in sizing and performance results for a cost effective SharePoint 2010 document management storage solution.
This Reference Architecture Implementation guide is intended to be used as a guide and or used as a point of reference for Dell Enterprise Implementation Engineers when deploying a virtualized Exchange 2007 environment based on Dell EqualLogic iSCSI Storage.
This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.
This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems. It also offers the latest best practice recommendations and other considerations along the way.
Many organizations are turning to consolidation and virtualization to maximize existing resources, provide flexibility in deployment and operations, and build the dynamic data center of the future. This Agile Consolidated model is designed to enable Microsoft® Exchange 2010 to be deployed into this paradigm of centralized storage and virtualization readiness.
Many organizations are turning to consolidation and virtualization to maximize existing resources, provide flexibility in deployment and operations, and build the dynamic data center of the future. This Agile Consolidated model is designed to enable Microsoft® Exchange 2010 to be deployed into this paradigm of centralized storage and virtualization readiness.
Many organizations are turning to consolidation and virtualization to maximize existing resources, provide flexibility in deployment and operations, and build the dynamic data center of the future. This Agile Consolidated model is designed to enable Microsoft® Exchange 2010 to be deployed into this paradigm of centralized storage and virtualization readiness.
Many organizations are turning to consolidation and virtualization to maximize existing resources, provide flexibility in deployment and operations, and build the dynamic data center of the future. This Agile Consolidated model is designed to enable Microsoft® Exchange 2010 to be deployed into this paradigm of centralized storage and virtualization readiness.
Many organizations are turning to consolidation and virtualization to maximize existing resources, provide flexibility in deployment and operations, and build the dynamic data center of the future. This Agile Consolidated model is designed to enable Microsoft® Exchange 2010 to be deployed into this paradigm of centralized storage and virtualization readiness.
The Small and Branch Office model provides full functionality and 100 percent redundancy in two tower or rack form factor servers. Using two servers with internal storage only and two DAG copies of the databases, Microsoft® Exchange 2010 can be deployed reliably and cost effectively for up to a thousand or more mailboxes.
Many organizations are turning to consolidation and virtualization to maximize existing resources, provide flexibility in deployment and operations, and build the dynamic data center of the future. This Agile Consolidated model is designed to enable Microsoft® Exchange 2010 to be deployed into this paradigm of centralized storage and virtualization readiness.
To leverage the advanced features provided by an EqualLogic array, a robust, standards-compliant iSCSI storage area network (SAN) infrastructure must be created. After testing and evaluating a variety of different SAN design options, this technical white paper quantifies the ease of administration, the performance, the high availability, and the scalability of each design. From the results, recommended SAN designs and practices are presented.
This report covers the test methodology, resources utilized, and the performance and scalability achieved with Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV storage arrays with RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 update 4 running Oracle 11g R2 RAC in a Data Warehouse environment.
This paper provides best practices and performance optimization recommendations for the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Unified NAS storage solution in virtualized environments based on VMware vSphere. It also shows how EqualLogic FS7500 scales with the addition of storage resources for a specific virtual workload use-case scenario.
The guide is intended for systems engineers and administrators that are interested in more details about our test system configuration, including step-by-step examples showing how we setup portions of our test infrastructure. We expect this information will demonstrate how to configure VMware VSphere and EqualLogic iSCSI SANs for Microsoft Exchange 2010 deployments.
This paper describes sizing and best practices for deploying Decision Support Systems (DSS) based on Oracle 11g Release 2 database using Dell EqualLogic storage.
This Guide is for systems engineers & administrators that are interested in more details about our test system configuration, including step-by-step examples showing how we setup portions of our test infrastructure. We expect this information will demonstrate how to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux based systems to support Oracle Database deployments in an Oracle RAC configuration, using Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN storage systems.
In VDI environments the storage infrastructure must be carefully designed and sized to meet I/O performance requirements while supporting efficient capacity utilization. The goal of this paper is to present the results of a series of VDI tests conducted by Dell Labs, and provide storage sizing guidance and best practices for designing and running VMware® View 4.5 based virtual desktop infrastructures.
This Technical Report will discuss advanced operations and techniques on how to use Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) to protect SQL Server databases as well as enhance SQL Server operations in the datacenter.
This Technical Report describes how to implement highly-available network access from Sun™ Solaris™ 8 and Solaris 9 servers to a PS Series group.
This technical report describes PS Series replication and provides planning and recovery considerations and examples.
This Technical Report describes how to configure Internet Authentication Service to leverage accounts in Active Directory to control login authentication to a PS Series Group.
This document describes how to use Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) initiator authentication and access control records to control which hosts (iSCSI initiators) can access a volume or snapshot (iSCSI target).
This Technical Report describes how to use the Microsoft® VShadow VSS requester and the Auto-Snapshot Manager VSS provider to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases residing in a PS Series SAN.
This Technical Report describes how to use Multi-Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) to monitor the I/O between Windows systems and PS Series group members running PS Series Firmware Version 3.2.
This Technical Report describes how to backup and restore Windows Server® 2003 NTFS volumes in a PS Series SAN using the Microsoft® Backup utility (NTBackup) and the Dell EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manger for Windows® VSS provider.
This Technical Report describes the concepts and benefits of tiered storage, and describes how to take advantage of storage pools and other features of EqualLogic PS Series Firmware to implement tiered storage in a PS Series SAN.
This document details how administrators can control login authentication to a Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series Group using Windows domain user accounts and RADIUS clients.
This Technical Report describes how VMware® Virtual Infrastructure 3 can work together with Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs to provide dynamic, scalable and highly available virtual environments.