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 |
