Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator s Guide PS Ser - Page 26

Figure 2. PS Series Group and Pools depicts a PS Series group with three members and two storage pools. Table 3. PS Series Group and Pools explains the callouts used in the figure. Figure 2. PS Series Group and Pools Table 3. PS Series Group and Pools Callout 1 Description PS Series group Storage area network (SAN) comprising one or more PS Series arrays connected to an IP network. Arrays are high-performance (physical) block-storage devices. 2 PS Series members Each PS Series array is a member in the group and is assigned to a storage pool. 3 PS Series storage pools Containers for storage resources (disk space, processing power, and network bandwidth). 4 PS Series single-member storage pool A PS Series array represented as a member within a pool to which it is assigned. 5 PS Series multimember storage pool Multiple PS Series arrays represented as individual members within a pool to which they are assigned. 6 Storage space Space received from PS Series arrays to allocate data as needed through various structures (volumes, snapshots, thin provisioning, replicas, containers, SMB/NFS, quotas, and local users/groups). 7 Volumes Storage allocated by a PS Series group as addressable iSCSI targets. 8 Collection A set of volumes. 26 Architecture Fundamentals