Compellent and Oracle
Companies that utilize the power of Oracle with the intelligence of Compellent can create a reliable, high performance database infrastructure that is designed to be both easy to manage and cost-effective. Compellent’s innovative software applications, including Thin Provisioning, Remote Replication and Automated Tiered Storage, allow data to be easily accessible, easily replicated and dynamically expanded in less time than traditional storage solutions. In addition, Compellent’s advanced virtualization creates a powerful storage infrastructure by leveraging the combined spindles of all the disk drives in the SAN to deliver high performance.
The Partnership
Compellent is a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork and provides a high-performance storage platform for Oracle Database 10g. The combination of Compellent and Oracle delivers the following customer benefits:
Improved Performance
- Compellent’s disk-level virtualization can create a volume where all the drives are used together to improve performance
- Data is automatically spread evenly across spindles to eliminate "hot spots"
- Copies, rebuilds and RAID changes are made based on actual data which improves processing time
Reduced Cost of Storage
- Archived logs can be automatically migrated to inexpensive SATA disks, saving the space on high performance Fibre Channel disks for active Oracle datafiles and lowering overall storage costs
- Allocate any size volume and utilize space only on write with Thin Provisioning
- Reduce upfront disk requirements; delay future storage purchases
Simplified Storage Management
- Reduce the time and effort required for capacity planning and volume management
- Change RAID levels on the fly and expand volumes while the system is online without downtime
- Automated Tiered Storage eliminates the manual classification and migration of data to the preferred tier
- Manage multiple systems with a single wizard-driven interface that speeds common administrative tasks and simplifies even advanced storage functions
Enterprise-Class Linux Solutions with Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Compellent
The Oracle Unbreakable Linux program provides enterprises with global support for Linux environments and confidence in the reliability and availability of their Linux server and storage deployments. As part of the Oracle Validated Configuration Program for Linux, Compellent and Oracle have tested the Storage Center SAN to help simplify installation and reduce the need for expensive testing of Linux solutions for mission critical applications.
About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer to their customers, leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company.
http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com