Install Guide

8 Best Practices for Sharing an iSCSI SAN Infrastructure with Dell PS Series and SC Series Storage using VMware vSphere
Hosts | 2015-A-BP-INF
2 Storage product overview
The following sections provide an overview of the Dell storage products and technologies presented in this
paper.
2.1 PS Series storage
PS Series arrays deliver the benefits of consolidated networked storage in a self-managing iSCSI SAN that is
affordable and easy to use, regardless of scale. Built on an advanced, peer storage architecture, PS Series
storage simplifies the deployment and administration of consolidated storage environments, enabling
perpetual self-optimization with automated load balancing across PS Series members in a pool. This provides
efficient scalability for both performance and capacity without forklift upgrades. PS Series storage provides a
powerful, intelligent and simplified management interface.
2.2 SC Series storage
SC Series storage is the Dell EMC enterprise storage solution featuring multi-protocol support and self-
optimizing, tiering capabilities. SC Series storage can be configured with all flash, as a hybrid system, or with
only traditional spinning disks and features automatic migration of data to the most cost-effective storage tier.
Efficient thin provisioning and storage virtualization enable disk capacity usage only when data is actually
written, enabling a pay-as-you-grow architecture. This self-optimizing system can reduce overhead cost and
free up the administrator for other important tasks.