Feature-rich, Easy-to-use SAN

Server Instant Replay™

The First Boot from SAN Technology to Slash Server Costs While Reducing Server Recovery Time

Compellent's Server Instant Replay software is a complete Boot from SAN solution that reduces capital costs, cuts administrative time and increases server performance and availability. The Compellent SAN provides management without server-based agents that would interfere with the server boot process, making implementation seamless. And an intuitive wizard automates the entire process allowing admins of all levels to provision or recover servers with just a few clicks.

Server Instant Replay



Server Instant Replay simplifies server management with a Boot from SAN solution that enables you to:

Cut Server Costs. Slash the cost of server hardware, management and on-site service contracts with a complete Boot from SAN solution. Diskless servers reduce power and cooling and space-efficient boot images eliminate wasted capacity.

Reduce Server Management Time. Provision or recover a server in less than 15 minutes with Server Instant Replay’s intuitive wizard. Create and map a boot volume in just 6 clicks.

Improve Availability and Performance. Replace or add new servers with minimal downtime; boot servers faster from a centrally stored image. Easily replicate boot images to speed recovery.
Key Benefits
  • Lower first year server costs
  • Reduce time to deploy, provision and recover servers from 8 hours to less than 15 minutes
  • Ensure near immediate application availability
  • Simplify the creation of unlimited boot images
  • Easily implement a robust test environment; test upgrades and patches on real data without risk
  • Cut storage capacity requirements with space-efficient boot images; with Server Instant Replay boot images for 20 servers consume the same capacity as 2 traditional boot images

The Compellent Advantage
CompellentOthers Typically
Server Instant Replay wizard automates the boot process; set up takes less than 6 clicksDon't support the boot process; Don't provide easy step-by-step guides
No internal server disks neededRequire internal server disks with additional power and heat
No server agents required for management or server failoverRequire software agents that interfere with the boot process
Seamless integration with no training or consulting engagement requiredMake implementation unnecessarily complex; require costly consulting engagements to set up or change Boot from SAN configurations
Support an unlimited number of boot imagesLimit the number of boot images and servers that can Boot from the SAN
Space-efficient boot images eliminate wasted capacityConsume excess capacity with full volume clones of boot images
Customer Testimonial
“As far as booting off the SAN, I utilize saving drive space. I don’t have to go out and purchase disks for the servers that could fail. Your OS could fail, and then your data’s still there, but you still have to rebuild your OS and I don’t have to do that with the Compellent.”

Edward Eades
Senior Systems Integrator
Munder Capital Management
Related Collateral
Server Instant Replay Datasheet: Simplifying Server Management with Boot from SAN.

Axonom Case Study: increases productivity and cuts server costs with Boot from SAN.

HarborOne Credit Union Case Study: saves money through centralized storage and faster data recoveries.

Server Instant Replay White Paper: The first SAN to slash server costs while improving server uptime and application availability.
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