EqualLogic Master Class   
Sponsors: Dell & VMware
Date:          8th May 2014 Dell HQ Bracknell

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Improve the availability, performance and utilization of your IT Infrastructure, by improving application availability and agility while simplifying management. Dell  offers the best in class performance and most scalability and integrates seamlessly with storage and switching infrastructure. Disaster Recovery is simplified and the ability to recover sites and integrate with cloud based technologies are small steps in the evolution of virtualisation 

Agenda

09:15   -  Registration
09:30   -  Welcome
09:45  -   Session 1
11:45 -  Break
12:00 -  Session 2

13:30 -  Lunch
14.00 -  Session 3
15:30 -  Close 

Key updates and enhancements to include:

Performance

Volume Unmap (Re-thinning), Enhanced Load Balancing, Intelligent Tiering on hybrid arrays, (SSD & HDD), SAN Copy Offload, Block Zeroing and Scalable Hardware Assisted Locking for VMware and Data Center Bridging (with 10GbE arrays)

Data protection, availability and recovery

Synchronous Replication, Volume Undelete, IPSEC support, Self-encrypting Drive (SED)support, Controller Failover, Automatic RAID Placement, Multi-Volume Writeable Snapshots, Volume Cloning, Auto-Replication, Snapshot and Auto-Replication Scheduler, Volume Consistency Sets and VMware, Thin Provisioning Awareness

Storage virtualization

Complete SAN Virtualization, Peer Storage Architecture, Storage Pools, Tiering, Non-Disruptive Array addition and Removal, Non-disruptive Array Evacuation, Thin Provisioning, Thin Clones and Integration with VMware APIs (VAAI)

Operations, maintenance and management

Single Sign-on, Group Manager, Host Scripting tools, Role-based administration, Microsoft Active Directory Integration, Audit Logging, Non-disruptive Firmware Upgrade, Phone Home & Email Home, Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System, Enclosure Monitoring System, Detailed Historical Performance Monitoring

Dell EqualLogic Roadmap 2014


Main system enhanced training 

  • Key characteristics and advantages of the PS Series Storage Array.
  • PS Series Storage Array fits within the enterprise data center
  • ISCSI SAN ecosystem and its components.
  • Update on the PS Series Storage Array software components, advantages and implementation
  • Manage the PS Series Storage Array using CLI commands and web GUI.
  • Interpret LEDs, capture a Diagnostic report and utilising the SAN HQ from the PS Series Storage Array.
  • Identify and perform key system troubleshooting steps.
  • Software Initiator on a variety of operating systems such Linux , Netware, and Solaris and/ or hardware initiators
  • Boot from SAN using the hardware initiator.
  • Replication, Multi-Member. Failover and Failback
  • Snapshots.  Best practice, reserves, recovery, Cloning.
  • Configure multi-member groups, storage pools and discuss Storage tiering and how tiering can be used with the array
  • Thin Provisioned volumes. Best Practice. Do’s and Dont’s
  •  VSS and how it can be used in your storage environment and also how it integrates with Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager
  • Discuss and configure MPIO and Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tool Kit
  • Evaluate design considerations and best practices when using the PS Series Storage Array
  • Install and upgrade the firmware on the PS Series Storage Array.
  • Capture a Diagnostic report from the PS Series Storage Array.
  • Identify and perform key system troubleshooting steps.
Dell Fluid Data

Event:  Dell Fluid Data
Sponsors: Dell & Virso
Date:   21st  May 2014- Dell Oxford street, London  

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Agenda

09:15   -  Registration
09:30   -  Welcome
09:45  -   Session 1
11:45 -  Break
12:00 -  Session 2

13:30 -  Lunch
14.00 -  Session 3
15:30 -  Close

Key updates and enhancements to include:

  • Flexible, non-disruptive storage options including flash-optimized solutions that offer flash at the price of disk, enable your data center to grow seamlessly without forklift upgrades.
  • Simultaneous iSCSI, Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) front-end interconnects
  • Controls SAS and FC drive enclosures, including those with write-intensive SLC and read-intensive MLC SSDs
  • Scales up to 960 SAS drives in multiple enclosures per dual-controller system and scales-out to many systems across numerous sites, monitored by a single console
  • Seamlessly integrates with the FS8600 NAS appliance for fully interoperable block and file storage solutions
  • Enhanced performance and density
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  • Experience the combined benefits of Dell Compellent architecture and a resilient Dell hardware design that offers improved performance and increased memory over previous generation Dell Compellent controllers.
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  • 2U rack chassis with dual six-core, 2.5GHz (with Turbo) Intel® Xeon® E5-2640 CPUs
  • 16GB2 to 64GB2 total available cache per controller, with a maximum 128GB2 per dual controller system (a dual controller configuration is required to support full high-availability and failover capabilities in production environments)
  • Six PCIe Gen3-enabled expansion slots to extend I/O capabilities for future growth
  • Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC7 Enterprise) to add hardware and environmental monitoring capabilities to the Storage Center solution
  • Storage Center Operating System 64-bit support for improved scalability and performance

Intuitive software 

  • Go beyond basic storage and optimize your data with the active, intelligent management capabilities of Storage Center firmware and the Dell Compellent integrated software feature set. Built-in automation, enhanced support for enterprise-class workloads and optimized design for flash-based environments helps improve the provisioning, placement and protection of data throughout its lifecycle.
  • Straightforward software upgrades and perpetual software licensing enable consistent, seamless growth.
  • Allows the Dell Compellent Storage Center to reach performance levels over 300,000 IOPS3.
  • Achieve greater than 100,000 IOPS with sub-millisecond latency when running OLTP workloads4.
  • Dynamic Capacity allows thin provisioning of any size virtual volume without consuming physical capacity until data is written to disk.
  • Data Instant Replay ensures that once an initial snapshot of a volume is taken, only incremental changes in data need to be captured.
  • Data Progression writes active blocks of data to Tier 1 storage while automatically migrating inactive blocks of data to lower-tier storage with high protection.
  • Fast Track places data on the appropriate tracks within individual hard drives in the drive enclosures.
  • Enterprise Manager simplifies network storage management by providing a single, centralized console for administering multiple local and remote Storage Center SANs.
  • Remote Instant Replay provides continuous data protection by replicating only incremental changes in data following initial site synchronization. This method of Thin Replication helps keep hardware expenses in check.
  • Live Volume allows moving and sharing storage volumes between two separate systems without disruption.