The document compares and contrasts Compellent, EMC VNX, HP EVA, and NetApp storage solutions. It notes that Compellent has been built from the ground up to be truly virtualized storage with multiple automated features, unique flexible scale up and out architecture to avoid forklift upgrades, and advanced pooling of mixed disk types and RAID. In contrast, the other solutions have more limited automation, virtualization, and flexibility requiring disruptive forklift upgrades.

1. Positioning Compellent vs. EMC, HP EVA, NetApp
Compellent EMC VNX HP EVA NetApp
• Fluid Data Architecture has • Virtual • Very limited • Using NAS
been built from the ground features automation product to
Next up to be truly virtualized layered on, and emulate SAN
Generation storage with multiple not built in, virtualizatio has inherent
automated features leading to n, dead-end challenges
Architecture restrictions platform
and
performance
impacts • Disruptive • Forklift
• Unique, flexible scale up and forklift upgrades of
Investment out architecture designed to • Disruptive upgrades of controllers
Protection avoid forklift upgrades forklift old disk and software
upgrades of types,
old disk controllers,
types, software
controllers, • None
• Advanced pooling of mixed software • None
disk types and RAID • None
• Automated, industry leading • Limited • None
Virtualized tiered storage • Yes
• Continuous, unlimited • Limited • Limited
Storage snapshots to maximize • Limited
protection • Limited • Limited
• Thin provisioning with space • Limited; in-
reclamation • Limited • Limited, in- controller
• Online data migration frame only only
• Limited; in-
frame only
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2. EMC VNX5300 Specs: Specs:
EMC VNX5300
Drives: 4 to 125 125
Drives: 4 to
Raw capacity: 240 TB
Raw capacity: 240 TB
Drive enclosure options: 25 x 2.5” SAS (2U), 15 x 3.5” SAS (3U)
RAID: 0/1/10/3/5/6 options: 25 x 2.5” SAS (2U), 15 x 3.5” SAS (3U)
Drive enclosure
Processor: 0/1/10/3/5/6
RAID: Intel Xeon 5600
Memory: 16 GB Intel Xeon 5600
Processor:
Embedded I/O ports: 8 FC/ 2 BE SAS buses
Memory: 16 GB
Maximum ports: 24
Management: LAN 2x10/100/1000, copper SAS Get an EMC VNX5300 Quote Today!
Embedded I/O ports: 8 FC/ 2 BE GbE buses
ForMaximum ports: 24
pricing on the EMC VNX5300 Array, contact an Acclinet IT hardware specialist today
by calling (888) 486-4948. And while you're at it,copper GbE Get an EMC VNX5300
Management: LAN 2x10/100/1000, ask about the industry-leading EMC
support plans we offer on the VNX5300 and other legacy and current EMC systems.
Quote Today!
For pricing on the EMC VNX5300 Array, contact an Acclinet IT
hardware specialist today by calling (888) 486-4948. And while you're
at it, ask about the industry-leading EMC support plans we offer on
the VNX5300 and other legacy and current EMC systems.

3. SC8000 Specification Summary
Storage Controller 2U SC8000 controller (4U for SC8000 dual controller array)
Active/Active Cluster Yes
CPU Dual Intel Xeon E5-2640 (Turbo) per SC8000 storage controller
Min Memory (per controller/array) Min 16GB per controller (32GB per dual controller array)
Max Memory (per controller/array) Max 64GB per controller (128GB per dual controller array)
1 Gb/s iSCSI, 10Gb/s iSCSI, 8 Gb/s FC (supports 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s
Front-end Expansion IO Connectivity
FC), 10Gb/s FCoE
Max Number of Front-end IO ports 16 per controller/32 per dual controller array
Expansion Storage - Min/Max number of Minimum = 6
drives per array Maximum = 960
6Gb/s SAS (supports 6Gb/s SAS enclosures)
Back-end Expansion IO Connectivity 6Gb/s SAS (supports 3Gb/s SAS enclosures) - upgrades
8 Gb/s FC (supports 4Gb/s FC and SATA enclosures) - upgrades
6Gb SAS enclosures for new arrays
Dell SC200 6Gb/s, 3.5” 12-drive SAS Enclosure (post RTS)
Dell SC220 6Gb/s, 2.5” 24-drive SAS Enclosure (post RTS)
EBOD 6 Gb/s, 2.5” 24-Bay SAS Enclosure
EBOD 6 Gb/s, 3.5” 12-Bay SAS Enclosure
Drive Enclosure Options
3Gb SAS and FC enclosures can be migrated from existing Series
30 or Series 40 controllers (with supported IO cards), once
upgrades are available
EBOD 3 Gb/s, 3.5” 12-Bay SAS Enclosure
SBOD 4 Gb/s, 3.5” 16-Bay FC Enclosure
2 Gb/s, 3.5” 16-Bay SATA Enclosure
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4. What can Dell Compellent do for you?
Focus on your business needs instead of worrying about the reliability of
your storage
Grow as you business requires it without fear of technology limitations
Budget for your business by optimizing your backend storage costs
Let us show you what we mean.
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5. Grow as your business requires it without fear of
technology limitations
• Easily scale across block
and file without disruption
or rip-and-replace
• Pay only once for features
with perpetual software
licensing
• Continually optimize
performance and data
placement as the system
scales
Agility
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6. Budget for your business by optimizing your
backend storage costs
• Optimize cost and data
placement for block and
file with industry-leading
tiering
• Minimize time spent
managing storage with
intuitive and automated
tools and reporting
• 95% of all Compellent
systems ever sold are still
in active use
Efficiency
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AGENDA

7. Dell Compellent’s unifying architecture
Block and
File
Virtualized, highly efficient
solution
 Self-optimized storage with built-in
intelligence
 Industry-leading, fully automated tiering
across different tiers of disk and RAID
types
 Integrated, space-efficient features for
local and remote data protection Offsite
Production
Recovery
 Resilient, highly-available platform with
award-winning Copilot Support
Scalable, flexible
infrastructure that unifies
block and file
 Scale-out Fluid File System combined
with Compellent’s agile Storage Center
architecture
 Non-disruptive upgradability to
accommodate unforeseeable growth
 Continual optimization of performance
and data placement as the system scales
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8. Fluid Data Architecture
Next-generation architecture with built-in investment
protection
Virtualization Intelligence
SSD FC SAS SATA • Simplify • Block-level
RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 management METADATA
intelligence
15K 10K 7.2K
• Ideal for virtual Data about • Manages data inside
the data.
servers the volume
• Independence from • Tracks frequency
Tier 2
drive type, interface of access
type and RAID • Enables unique
feature/benefits
Automation Utilization
Tier 1
• Sophisticated data • “No waste” when
movement engine storing data
• Set policies and
Disks not
Tier 2 purchased • Buy fewer disk
let drives
the system run
Tier 3
Unused allocation
• Save on energy and
• Optimized data Data floor space
placement Data
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9. Single platform scalability
Industry’s only persistent hardware platform
Virtualize All
Hardware
• Ports
• Controllers
• Disks
500TB Exceptional Scalability
Performance
200TB
20TB
London
New York
Perpetual Technology Independence
Server Connectivity
Licensing Scale Up and Scale Out • Fibre Channel
Model • iSCSI, FCOE
• 10Gb iSCSI
• 8Gb Fibre Channel
Drives
Non-Disruptive Change • SSD
Management • Fibre Channel
• SAS
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10. Agile hardware architecture
Non-disruptively scale through the enterprise
Managed
Enterprise Manager as one
20TB 200TB 500TB 1000TB+
Scale Up
Live Volume Layer
London
New York
Scale Out
Grow without the pain DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?
Compellent
• Add any number of drives at • Auto restripe – no manual
any time – no downtime! copying customers can
Dell Compellent
customers can scale
scale from
• Performance scales • Non-disruptive change from terabytes to
Terabytes to
automatically management petabytes without a
Petabytes without
forklift upgrade.
• Scale up and scale out a forklift
upgrade.
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