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Dell Compellent SC8000

Enhance storage performance, efficiency and scalability with the Dell Storage SC8000 Array Controller. Volume Advisor continually monitors federation to suggest optimal data placement based on customizable capacity or performance load balancing policies.

Description
Dell Compellent SC8000

Enterprise storage for virtualized data centers and the cloud

Enhance your storage efficiency, performance and scalability with the Dell Compellent SC8000
Storage Center Controller that can help lower the total cost of ownership. A Storage Center SAN built
with Dell Compellent SC8000 controller is an all-in-one storage array that allows organizations to actively manage
data at a highly granular level using built-in intelligence and automation with Storage Center array
software. This ultra-efficient, easy-to-manage storage solution optimizes drive utilization, dynamically.

Type Dell Compellent SC8000
Specification – Product OS
Storage Center 6.1 or greater- Array configurations
All-flash, hybrid or HDD arrays
Auto-tiering method
Policy-based migration based on real-time data usage, customizable 512KB-4MB page size- Auto-tiering structure
Up to 3 primary (media-based) tiers total, up to 2 SSD tiers (write- and read-intensive SSDs)- Tiering customizations
User-defined profiles, option to “pin” volumes to any tier- RAID support
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, RAID 10, and RAID 10 DM (Dual Mirror); any combination of RAID levels can exist on a single array
– RAID tiering
Auto-provisions and dynamically restripes multiple RAID levels on the same tier; no need to pre-allocate RAID groups
– Thin provisioning
Active by default on all volumes, operates at full performance across all features
– Thin snapshots
Records changes only, snapshots auto-migrate to lower-cost storage
– Intelligent deduplication and compression
Selectable option per volume on SSD and/or HDD tiers
Compression-only option also available
– Standard replication
Synchronous/Asynchronous using FC or iSCSI
– Federated multi-array systems
Live Migrate (included in base product) enables host-transparent data movement among arrays
Volume Advisor continually monitors federation to suggest optimal data placement based on customizable capacity or performance load balancing policies
Dell Storage Manager provides data center-level viewpoint and control
– Coexistence with PS Series arrays
Replication in either direction
Day-to-day management from a single interface
Thin import: space-efficient, non-disruptive data migration from PS Series arrays
– Business continuity
Live Volume auto-failover, auto-repair
VMware Metro Stretch Cluster support
Microsoft® Azure Site Recovery
– Application data protection
Restore host-side data from array in Oracle, Microsoft or VMware environments
– Data-at-rest encryption
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) in SSD or HDD formats
Full Disk Encryption (FCE) based on AES-256
Drives certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 2
Key Management Server (KMS) options available for FIPS 140-2 Level 1, 2 and 3
– External key manager support
Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure k460, SafeNet KeySecure k250, SafeNet KeySecure k150v
Thales EMS 200