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vStart 50 VMware vSphere Solution Overview
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3.2 Product Overview
This section provides an overview of the components in the solution.
3.2.1 PowerEdge R620 for ESXi Cluster
The Dell PowerEdge R620 uses Intel® Xeon® E5 2600 series processors and Intel chipset architecture in
a 1U rack mount form factor. The R620 supports up to ten 2.5” drives. There is also an option for an
LCD on the front of the server for system health monitoring, alerting, and basic management
configuration. The server features two CPU sockets and 24 memory DIMM slots supporting 2, 4, 8, 16 or
32GB DIMMs to meet the varying memory density demands of a virtualized infrastructure.
3.2.2 EqualLogic PS6100 for iSCSI Storage
The Dell EqualLogic PS6100 is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation with
fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and
reliability, and seamless scalability. The storage architecture delivers a self-optimizing SAN that is
simple to manage and has an all-inclusive software suite to help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
In the vStart 50, the PS6100X uses 10,000 RPM Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 2.5” form factor disk drives to
provide capacity and performance for a range of applications.
With a 24 drive chassis full of 300GB SAS drives, the PS6100X array delivers 7.2 Terabyte (TB) of iSCSI-
based storage built on fully-redundant, hot-swappable enterprise hardware. Scale out capacity and
performance is provided by adding additional arrays. Built-in software functionality includes automated
load balancing, snapshots and replication, multi-path I/O (MPIO), and consistency sets. SAN HQ is also
available for Multi-SAN historical performance monitoring.
Advanced data protection features such as Auto Replication and Auto-Snapshot Manager (ASM) also
come standard. The ASM integrates with VMware vCenter and VMware’s native snapshot technology to
provide intelligent and consistent snapshots.