The Dell™ EqualLogic™ FS7600 Series second
generation,
network-attached storage (NAS)
appliances work with new and existing
EqualLogic block storage systems to help
provide highly scalable unified storage
solutions. With unified storage, your
EqualLogic system stores block and file
data on a single platform, improving
productivity and streamlining your IT
infrastructure.
File services are provided
by the FS7600 Series through
industry-standard CIFS/SMB and NFS protocols
over standard Ethernet interfaces. The
FS7600 supports 1GbE connectivity to the SAN
and client network while the FS7610 supports
10GbE connectivity for even faster access to
file data and larger file systems.
The FS7600 Series uses the
Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) v2 to
optimize file access performance and
hardware utilization while eliminating
capacity constraints. It presents a single
file-system namespace through a virtual IP
address, regardless of cluster size, and it
enables you to expand a single file system
up to the capacity of the EqualLogic
deployment (maximum of 509TB usable
storage).
As your needs grow and change, you can
easily scale your EqualLogic Unified SAN/NAS
system for both capacity and performance
without disrupting the storage system or
applications. For more capacity, simply add
more EqualLogic arrays; for increased
performance, add more FS7600 Series systems.
Deployment and management of the FS7600
Series is fully integrated into EqualLogic
Group Manager, including administration,
monitoring and maintenance operations. Group
Manager automates the initial setup and
configuration of your FS7600 system,
simplifying the process of creating volumes
and shares.
Key Benefits
- Unified IP storage solution (iSCSI,
CIFS, NFS)
- Single file share scalability up to
the full capacity of the EqualLogic
deployment, currently validated to 509TB
- Asynchronous, file system-level,
snapshot-based replication to peer
FS7600 Series systems
- User-restorable snapshots
- NDMP Back-Up
- Compatible with all EqualLogic
arrays running a current firmware
version
- Integrated with Group Manager,
easy-to-use EqualLogic management
software, or use the Command Line
Interface (CLI)
- Inclusive software delivery model
- Single namespace with load balanced
IO
- Mirrored, battery-backed write cache
- RAID 5, 6, 10, 50C
