Compellent's innovative storage virtualization technology integrates with VMware to create an efficient virtualized data center. Using Compellent and VMware in unison enables customers to improve utilization and lower overall costs with flexible server connectivity, fully automated boot from SAN, thin provisioning and cost-effective remote replication. Compellent Storage Center SAN adheres to the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) to ensure supportability.
The combined strength of Compellent and VMware deliver the following benefits for organizations of all sizes across industries
Lower Capital Expenditures
- Virtualizing servers and storage into a single pool reduces upfront purchases
- On-the-fly provisioning eliminates need to dedicate resources upfront and makes unused resources available to any application or OS
- Add capacity, connectivity and bandwidth incrementally for flexible growth
- Compellent’s standards-based hardware architecture enables the continuous integration of new technologies and eliminates forklift upgrades
Increased Operational Efficiency and Responsiveness
- Provision new applications in minutes not days
- Easily move applications from test to production
- Eliminate data classification, complex software integrations and manual monitoring of data with Compellent's Automated Tiered Storage
- Configure and verify remote replication in a few mouse clicks with Compellent's Thin Replication
High Application Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Quickly move or restore storage or server volumes
- Thin Replication provides the ability to move snapshots (Replays) between locations
- A high number of space-efficient snapshots (Replays) provide a greater number of recovery points
- Coordination with VMware API ensures stable snapshots (Replays) for recovery