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Compellent, a part of the Dell EMC SC Series, is widely used as a tier one storage solution for various systems such as SQL databases and …
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What is Dell SC Series / Compellent (discontinued)?
Since it's acquisition in 2011 Compellent became a Dell product line of storage solutions (e.g. Dell Compellent Storage Center). Compellent products became part of the Dell EMC SC Series of enterprise flash and SAN storage devices and are now EOL.
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What is Dell SC Series / Compellent (discontinued)?
Since it's acquisition in 2011 Compellent became a Dell product line of storage solutions (e.g. Dell Compellent Storage Center). Compellent products became part of the Dell EMC SC Series of enterprise flash and SAN storage devices and are now EOL and replaced by the PowerStore array.
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Since it's acquisition in 2011 Compellent became a Dell product line of storage solutions (e.g. Dell Compellent Storage Center). Compellent products became part of the Dell EMC SC Series of enterprise flash and SAN storage devices and are now EOL.
Reviewers rate Simplicity and Power Savings highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of Dell SC Series / Compellent (discontinued) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Compellent, a part of the Dell EMC SC Series, is widely used as a tier one storage solution for various systems such as SQL databases and other business applications that require fast and reliable storage. Users have reported significant improvements in input/output operations per second for critical data by leveraging the flexibility to set RAID levels based on data access frequency. This has resulted in enhanced performance and responsiveness for these important systems.
One of the key use cases of Compellent is its ability to simplify and streamline data storage management. The storage center allows users to effortlessly move data between different storage tiers, optimizing resource utilization while ensuring high availability. This not only cuts down on time and cost associated with managing storage but also provides robust data protection against potential downtime and disasters.
Another valuable use case of Compellent is its capability to consolidate various data storage solutions onto a single platform, making it easier for administrators to manage their storage infrastructure. This consolidation brings efficiency and convenience by centralizing control and simplifying data management tasks. Moreover, this product caters to the demand for mixed media usage by efficiently supporting both virtualized environments and physical servers, offering fast and responsive servers with high I/O responsiveness.
Overall, Compellent has been lauded by users for providing a cost-effective solution that maximizes the utility of purchased storage resources. It offers a range of functionalities that address the diverse needs of organizations, resulting in improved performance, simplified management, and enhanced data protection.
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December 13, 2020
Dell EMC SC Series- GREAT review
- Decreases time management
- Easy to manage
- Meets all business needs
- Works poorly when there are massive issues such as snapshots
- Modification of multiple volumes or the creation of them
- Assistance with high I/O times where snapshots are consolidating
December 13, 2019
Flash storage with an outdated management console
- Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent) does work well most of the time, but when there are massive i/o issues such as snapshot consolidation, it seems to function poorly.
- Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent) is an easy to use array. Simple to configure volumes, add servers, and adjust policies.
- The updates seem to be easily resolvable, with very little to no issues coming from any problematic update paths.
- The GUI could be a little more updated with a lot more information regarding usage.
- There could be some assistance with high I/O times where snapshots go to consolidate. There seems to be issues when that attempts to occur, and there will times where the virtual machine stuns due to the I/O intensity.
- Modification of multiple volumes or the creation of multiple volumes is a pain in the DSM management console.
- The speed of the all flash based SC9000 allows us to host all of our servers on one central storage array.
- Reliability of the SC9000 has been key with 100% uptime over the 2 years we have been using it.
- The SC9000 has been very easy to maintain and support.
- Expensive to support after the initial warranty expires.
August 15, 2016
Great Price, performance an reliability are questionable
- Very competitively priced
- No need to manage individual RAID groups
- Honestly I can only come up with 2 good things.
- Reliability. We had several times where VMFS luns would become corrupted and we'd have to move all VM's off to other storage
- Performance. 1g iSCSI performance was abysmal (although the unit we used was an older device)
- Management and Monitoring. Both management and monitoring are pretty primitive. We were never able to integrate monitoring into Nagios.
August 02, 2016
My New Compellent Review4U
- Dell Compellent support (Co-Pilot) and the add-on service (Optimize) are critical services that Dell Compellent does very well. Alerts from the array are sent to Co-Pilot where tickets are automatically generated and customers are notified of events. Of greater importance at times is the proactive support Co-Pilot and Optimize provide by contacting us of inefficiencies in the array and consulting on resolutions.
- Enterprise Manager (Dell's "single pane of glass" management framework) is a useful tool for configuration/evaluation of the array and other Compellent products.
- Ease of management. From firmware upgrades to managing server volumes the process is much simpler than with other arrays.
- The Dell Compellent model is migrating away from the WebGUI in future controller firmware versions and is focusing solely on their Enterprise Manger product (soon to be Dell Storage Manager) for managing all of their products (arrays and NAS devices). I personally like to have multiple vectors of access, or have the option to enable these if needed. Since the Enterprise Manager product relies on a separate in-house server, this presents a unique single point of failure in the event of an outage unless other highly available precautions are taken.
- Since this review concerns Compellent as a whole, I would like to mention the Compellent NAS solution: FS8600. This is a product that I believe was acquired and customized into the FluidFS architecture as an after-thought. We have a 4-node FS cluster and have not been satisfied with the product's ability to handle SMB connections (very low for an "enterprise" product like this). We feel as if we are in a constant state of debugging the software for whatever current release we find ourselves in. Firmware upgrades have not been an issue, however Compellent support is not equipped to handle calls from FS8600 users as there is generally much shuffling and transferring of the call (it seems as if there are a limited number of qualified technicians to service this product).
- The add-on service "Optimize" is a great resource for Compellent knowledge and proactive notifications and Co-Pilot support is great for any issues that arise. The only issue with these services is that, with the way the system is engineered, the services are almost mandatory as without them you would have no way of knowing how inefficient your RAID stripping was at any given time and even if you did there would be no way for you to fix it. As a customer you have the Enterprise Manager product and a set of Powershell cmdlets at your disposal, but the complete suite of support tools only resides with support, therefore you are required to not only purchase support (which should be done regardless), but if you have a large array and a very busy environment it is a good idea to purchase the Optimize service as well. They are a benefit to the customer, but they are because they have been designed that way as quid pro quo back to Dell.
December 08, 2015
Why Compellent is the right SAN for your business needs.
- Block level RAID with data tiered based on how often those blocks are read or written.
- You can mix and match different ways of accessing the SAN, FC or ISCSI.
- They offer the ability to mix and match drive speeds and sizes within racks. This provides for larger, slower drives to store old data, while providing fast SSD storage for data that is constantly in use.
- I would like to see better options for data replication between sites.