Compellent: 100% pure virtualization.
"Building a virtual infrastructure frees our customers to do just that. They can allow their knowledge workers to use their knowledge on issues that matter rather than negotiating multiple layers in software to simply add space to a system."
Paul R. Clifford
Davenport Group
Virtualization—the separation of hardware from software—is the industry buzzword of the moment. But just like buying organic produce, you have to look past the label to see what you’re really getting.
At Davenport Group, we’ve studied all the fresh technologies on the shelf. And only Compellent’s Dynamic Block Architecture with friendly “wizard” functionality delivers true virtualization. In a techy zen-like nutshell:
On “traditional” SANs, if you want to move a volume from one set of disk drives (i.e. 73GB 10K drives) to newer, faster performing drives (i.e. 146GB 15K drives) the process is so difficult and involved, the data is never moved. With Storage Center™ the process is so simple that it can be done during the middle of the workday while all users are connected, with no disruption to anyone.
Simple. Virtual. And, of course, pesticide and hormone free. Happy Place, here you come.
Find out even more by reading our Compellent case studies and white papers.
Compellent Case Study:
By Compellent, 2006
"Compellent SAN cuts storage management time in half; delivers 300% performance boost."
Compellent White Paper:
By Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst - ESG (Enterprise Strategy Group), 2005
"ESG believes that one of the more important but often misunderstood advancements within data storage in thin provisioning. This report focuses in Dynamic Capacity, Compellent's implementation of thin provisioning."