News & Events

Press Releases

Dell Delivers New Storage Backup, Application and Networking Solutions for SMBs to Large Enterprise Customers; Advances Fluid Data Architecture
January 11, 2012 
New Dell DR4000 storage platform offers customers a disk-to-disk backup solution with...
FLIGHT OPTIONS CHOOSES DELL STORAGE TO CONSOLIDATE FOOTPRINT, VIRTUALIZE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS AND AUTOMATE MANAGEMENT
September 8, 2011 
Luxury jet service provider turns to Dell Compellent to implement a new SAN in less than...

Media Mentions

Dell Brings Advanced Backup and Disaster Recovery To The SMB Market
January 11, 2012 
George Crump from Storage Switzerland shares his thoughts on the DR4000, Dell’s first disk backup appliance targeted for SMB’s that also incorporates Ocarina Networks technology. In it he states, “The Dell DR4000 promises to be a contender in the rapidly growing purpose built backup appliance market. More importantly, it is focused on the portion of the market that seems to be underserved.”
Dell-Compellent Upgrades to Storage Center 6.0
January 11, 2012 
George Crump from Storage Switzerland outlines the Storage Center 6.0 enhancements. In this blog, he comments on the tighter VMware integration and states that “The upgrade should also deliver a better total cost of ownership due to capability gains like higher disk densities, better power and cooling and other quality enhancements.”

Product Reviews

Dell Compellent Storage Center 5.4
November 2011 
This ESG lab validation outlines testing completed on Storage Center 5.4 that focused on capacity, recoverability, and performance efficiency of the Dell Compellent SAN. Testing covered Compellent’s approach to multi-tiered storage, as well as its deep integration and manageability in VMware virtual server environments and automated migration of virtual machines between sites with the Live Volume feature.
Making the best use of SSDs
May 18, 2010 
In a 2010 Network World lab test, the Compellent Storage Center SAN outpaced other SSD storage systems. “The Compellent system did not suffer from the write cliff, and the system was able to handle five servers running IOmeter without performance degradation, something none of the other systems in this test could do.”

Current Awards

Dell Storage recently named "Champion" in Info-Tech report
November 2011 
Dell Storage recently named "Champion" in Info-Tech report
Dell Compellent wins “Best Storage Product” at UK Techworld Awards
July 2011 
Storage Center 5.4 wins Best Storage Product for flexibility and scalability.