Feature-rich, Easy-to-use SAN

Disaster Recovery for the Masses


Compellent’s flexible, scalable SAN delivers robust disaster recovery to more organizations. Storage Center’s patented, space-efficient Replay technology allows you to think strategically about 24/7 data operations by providing an affordable, verifiable and simplified replication solution.

Affordable Replication
Compellent’s Thin Replication software includes unique bandwidth simulation and shaping technology so you can meet both performance and budget requirements.
  • Cut bandwidth costs by 50 percent with bandwidth simulation and shaping
  • Utilize affordable IP-based replication
  • Reduce hardware costs by leveraging lower cost disks at remote sites and booting servers from the SAN


Verification Without Disruption

Compellent’s Enterprise Manager storage resource management tool helps you set up replication in as few as six clicks. Once established, you can assure you’re recovery-ready by testing replication success within minutes without risking disruption or data loss in your production environment.

Simplified Multi-Site Replication
Remote Instant Replay™ delivers advanced replication capabilities, allowing you the flexibility to establish multiple locations as recovery points. Replicate simultaneously to a primary location or to multiple sites around the world.

  • Recover to any point in time at any location in seconds
  • Manage replication with a point-and-click view of both local and remote configurations from a single console
  • Easily create powerful replication templates without complex scripting or add-on software
  • Select the best technology solutions for your needs—synchronous, asynchronous, Fibre Channel or iSCSI
  • Reduce dependence on traditional tape backup storage with a robust online recovery strategy
ESG Podcast Series
Episode 1 – Affordable Disaster Recovery
Customers like Officeware have the same DR needs of large corporations without the big budget.
  • Listen in as one CTO tells ESG’s Mark Peters how he does it.


Episode 2 – Simplified Multisite Replication
Analyst Mark Peters explores the multi-site replication strategy that keeps the paperless Kansas Spine Hospital running smoothly.
  • Hear how this two-person staff manages three sites with ease.


Episode 3 – Verifiable Disaster Recovery
In the heart of hurricane country, Mark Peter’s explores why it’s crucial to test your DR plan.
  • Take note of the verification techniques Moss & Associates employs.
Related Collateral
Around the Block vlog: Compellent Customers and Partners on Disaster Recovery

White Paper: "Hurricane-Proof" Data Protection
Florida firm builds a remote-activated recovery plan
Case Studies
Tidewater Case Study: Compellent SAN Rescues Tidewater from a Perfect Storm

Officeware Case Study: OfficeWare Replaces iSCSI-only SAN with Compellent’s Storage Center
Disaster Recovery in the News
Press Release: Compellent Customers Deploy Thin Replication For Failsafe Disaster Recovery

How Microsoft Hyper-V Helped My IT Shop Revamp Disaster Recovery

CIO Magazine, August 2008

Ad agency chooses Compellent SAN for VMware DR project
Search Storage, June 2008