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8 Dell PS Series Snapshots and Clones: Best Practices and Sizing Guidelines | BP1027
2 PS Series storage
With its unique peer storage architecture, PS Series arrays deliver high performance and availability in a
flexible environment with low cost of ownership. PS Series storage solutions deliver the benefits of
consolidated networked storage in a self-managing, iSCSI storage area network that is affordable and easy to
use, regardless of scale. By eliminating complex tasks and enabling fast and flexible storage provisioning,
these solutions dramatically reduce the costs of storage acquisition and ongoing operations.
Patented page-based volume management enables automatic movement of data while it is in use. This
technology provides the foundation for online expansion, automatic configuration and load balancing,
performance optimization, and advanced software functionalities — all with continuous access to data. The
result is that there is no downtime required for increasing capacity, moving data between storage tiers, or load
balancing storage. In addition, most management tasks are handled by the array, not the administrator.
PS Series arrays make enterprise-class shared-block storage practical for all servers and applications.
Every PS Series array includes additional enterprise class features such as snapshots, clones, and replication
at no additional cost. The snapshot feature enables quick recovery of files, the clone feature may be used for
creating copies of data or for recovery of files or volumes, and the replication feature allows the
implementation of disaster recovery initiatives.