Dell Fluid Data storage

Dell Fluid Data storage
 

Most storage systems treat data as static. But data isn’t something to be “stored” forever—it’s something to be actively managed to deliver the right returns on performance and efficiency for your enterprise. Built on Dell™ Fluid Data™ technology, the Dell Compellent storage product family delivers built-in block-level intelligence and automation to dynamically manage enterprise data and lower the overall cost of storage. Together, storage virtualization, integrated software, and modular hardware enable exceptional efficiency, simplicity, and security—providing a cost-efficient enterprise storage infrastructure that is designed to gain efficiency at scale and provide a flexible response to changing business conditions.
 
Dell Compellent Storage Center puts data in the right place at the right time—and at the right cost. Modular hardware, intelligent automation, persistent software licensing—it all adds up to core storage that could help slashes storage costs by up to 80% for your enterprise. Few of the Dell Differentiators are:
 

Efficiency designed to drive down your total cost of storage:

  • Reduce disk costs up to 80%.
  • Classify and migrate data with patented automated tiering.
  • Thinly provision storage volumes.
  • Efficiently deploy and manage virtualized storage.
  • Minimize data center footprint and power consumption.

Intelligent automation helps increase your IT productivity:

  • Move data with built-in block-level intelligence.
  • Set policies and let the system run.
  • Optimize data placement by tier/RAID level.
  • Support capacity planning, robust reporting, and storage chargeback.

Scalability on a single platform with the future built in features:

  • Maximize storage investment with perpetual licenses designed to eliminate forklift upgrades
  • Quickly deploy new technologies on standards-based hardware
  • Scale to meet demand from performance to protection
  • Create a single pool of storage resources— consolidated file and block on the same storage.

Resiliency against downtime and disaster:

  • Protect data your way with space-efficient snapshots
  • Maximize time and availability.
  • Stay up during planned downtime with dynamic business continuity
  • Proactively monitor and optimize your environment with acclaimed support
  • Recover most volumes to a server in less than 10 seconds.
  • Replicate data with less bandwidth and disk capacity and without the need for identical configurations at local and remote sites.
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