What is a Compellent array?

The Dell Compellent™ Storage Center SAN 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 its Fluid Data architecture, Storage Center always puts data in the right place at the right time for the right cost.

What happened to Dell Compellent?

It became part of Dell in February 2011….Dell Compellent.

Type	Subsidiary
Founder	Larry Aszmann John Guider Phil Soran
Defunct	February 22, 2011
Fate	Acquired by Dell
Headquarters	7625 Smetana Lane Eden Prairie, Minnesota , United States

What is Dell Compellent sc4020?

Provide all-flash or hybrid storage at an exceptional value, and support up to 10,000 MS-Exchange mailboxes in just 2U of rack space.

What replaced Dell Compellent?

new PowerStore array
The official replacement for the Dell SC is the new PowerStore array that we talked about here. One benefit of migrating to this platform is that it provides tools to ease the migration.

What is a live volume?

Live Volume is the perfect storage complement to a vMSC environment, allowing you to leverage clustered VM technology across multiple arrays in two data centers. VMware automates failover at the host level, while Live Volume guarantees uninterrupted storage access from either location.

Who bought Compellent?

Dell
Dell said it is officially buying Compellent in a deal valued at $960 million, or $27.75 a share. Dell finally got its storage acquisition. On Monday, Dell said it is officially buying Compellent in a deal valued at $960 million, or $27.75 a share.

Is Compellent end of life?

The need to consolidate the product lines, combined with a forward-looking view towards a more flash-centric storage ecosystem logically resulted in a pruning of their offerings.

What is an SC slot for?

Smartcard slots are for companies that support two-factor authentication for logins. You’ll only find smartcard readers on enterprise-grade laptops, since they don’t have a use in the consumer space. You’ll usually find this in larger companies with mature IT infrastructure.

What is an SC card for?

(Secure Digital Memory Card) A family of compatible and very popular flash memory cards used primarily for storage in cameras and phones. Introduced in 1999 by Panasonic, Toshiba and SanDisk as the successor to the MultiMediaCard (see MMC), the SD technology is managed by the SD Association (www.sdcard.org).

How does data domain replication work?

Data Domain replication involves copying data from one DD to another. A replication pair is called a “context” in the DD GUI. The primary purpose of DD replication is disaster recovery, although archiving data for longer periods than is desired to have onsite is also a function.

What is the purpose of data domain?

Data Domain provides the capability to consolidate both backup and archive data on the same infrastructure allowing greater consolidation by eliminating silos of backup and archive storage and associated overhead.