Energy Efficiency

Energy-Efficient Storage Solutions

The soaring energy costs and sprawling space requirements of a rapidly growing data center are driving IT efficiency. Dell Compellent storage makes it possible to be both economical and eco-friendly with data storage management. By taking a more granular approach – actively, intelligently managing data at the block level within the volume – Dell Compellent optimizes resource utilization to reduce energy consumption, the data center footprint and overall storage costs.

How to Increase Energy Efficiency with Dell Compellent

• Avoid purchasing and powering unused capacity with Thin Provisioning, consuming space only as data is written
• Automatically classify and migrate inactive data to less costly, low-power disks with Automated Tiered Storage
• Cut power and cooling costs by as much as 93 percent by combining Server Virtualization with Storage Virtualization
• Eliminate the power draw of internal server drives with Boot from SAN
• Identify the ideal mix of disks based on power and carbon savings reports generated by Enterprise Manager