How to choose Dell storage? Guangzhou Fenghui helps you clear your mind-10 minutes to clarify Dell storage classification and requirements.

Although e-office has been popularized for many years, except for the Internet industry, other users don't know much about the storage system for storing important information of enterprises. Generally speaking, the storage system is not only manageable, scalable and reliable, but also related to the development and return on investment of the enterprise itself. Dell has three series of enterprise-class storage system solutions, Compellent, EqualLogic and PowerVault, to meet the data storage needs of different types of enterprises in different application environments. For users, if you are a fan of "Dell", you may not be able to sit in the right position in the face of the bombing of more than a dozen products in three series. Among many products, you can pick out products that meet your needs at a glance, let alone new users. In this way, this paper will deeply interpret Dell's three series of storage systems for different enterprise needs. I hope it will be helpful for users to purchase Dell storage products. Analysis of the characteristics of Dell's three series of storage products Let's make an overall comparison of Dell's three series of storage systems: Name PowerVault series EqualLogic series Compellent locates low-end users and users with special needs, high-end users and technical characteristics, and customizes services according to the needs of different industries to meet the simple application needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, with simple management. Modular storage architecture based on virtualization, using patented data movement technology, can realize automatic data management, balance the load among all resources, and meet the growing demand through expansion. Using streaming data technology can bring an integrated storage array, which can always put data in the right place at the right time, thus achieving the right cost-and can be dynamically adjusted to meet changing business needs. The application fields are scattered, and it is difficult for small enterprises to meet the low price. The application requirements of small studios, SOHO and simple small and medium-sized enterprises are suitable for SAN deployment of branches, large and medium-sized enterprises. The storage types of enterprise storage in virtualized data center and cloud are DAS, NAS and iSCSI SAN iSCSI SAN SAN By comparing the above tables, you may have a general understanding of the respective positioning of Dell's three series of products, and have a more or less understanding of which series of products are suitable for your needs. However, it is not a bad thing to do more homework before buying. Below, Bian Xiao will describe the main features of each series of products in more detail: compel lent- Enterprise storage for virtualized data centers and clouds Dell Compellent is Dell's high-end flagship storage system for large enterprise data centers. Specially designed for various complex application scenarios, to meet the growing demand for massive data storage, and to provide enterprises with a general solution that is easy to manage. It integrates almost all industry-leading technologies. Bian Xiao summarized the following points for readers' reference: Automation software: Mobile data technology enables enterprises to not only store data, but also actively manage data. Storage Virtualization: Mobile data center technology can virtualize storage at the disk level and accelerate data access by performing read/write operations across multiple drives, so that multiple requests can be processed in parallel. Dynamic capacity: Advanced thin provisioning (called dynamic capacity) can completely separate storage allocation from utilization, enabling users to allocate volumes of any size at an early stage, but only occupy physical capacity when writing. Automatic tiered storage: According to actual usage and performance requirements, Data Progression can automatically classify data and migrate data to the most suitable tier and RAID level. Space-saving snapshots: Instant replay of data enables enterprises to create thousands of continuous snapshots to speed up recovery to any point in time. Thin replication: Thin replication technology (called remote instant replay) can provide an economical disaster recovery solution by taking advantage of space-saving snapshots between local and remote sites. Dynamic business continuity: Live Volume enables organizations to move volumes on demand between storage center arrays in a local storage grid. Intuitive management: Dell Compellent storage center adopts a unified point-and-click interface, which can shorten the management time and does not require you to have professional skills. Enterprise storage management: Enterprise hypervisor can simplify storage resource management by comprehensively monitoring and managing all local and remote Dell Compellent storage center systems. Technology Partner Integration: With active platform integration, continuous interoperability testing and collaborative design results, Dell Compellent can provide first-class data center automation for industry-leading applications. The storage center command set for Windows PowerShell can simplify system management through an intuitive scripting interface.