The growth of company files, email, databases and application data drives a constant need for more storage. But, with some storage architectures, growth can mean burdensome storage management and decreased asset utilization. All too often, storage resources can remain trapped behind individual servers, impeding data availability.
With Dell™ storage consolidation solutions, you can:
- Centralize storage and reduce administrative overhead
- Simplify IT operations and reduce total IT expenditures
- Expand storage capacity, performance and network bandwidth online without downtime
- Increase availability and protect critical data sets
- Consolidate storage assets across multiple OS environments
Storage Consolidation Services
Get up and running quickly and successfully with the help of Dell storage experts.
IT Consulting for Data Center Storage Consolidation
Expert guidance and a proven process for consolidating data center storage
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Simplify implementation and management, and provide maximum flexibility and performance, using Dell SAN solutions designed specifically for consolidation.
Storage Consolidation with EqualLogic PS
The PS Series is a virtualized SAN platform built from the ground up using iSCSI.
Storage Consolidation With PowerVault MD
Benefit from easy and affordable iSCSI deployment for entry-level SAN implementations with the PowerVault MD series.
Storage Consolidation with the Compellent Storage Center
Dramatically reduce cost, time and risk while rapidly responding to change with the Dell Compellent Storage Center.
EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Arrays
Dell EqualLogic PS6000 Series arrays are virtualized iSCSI SANs that provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, seamless scalability, and enterprise-grade performance and reliability.
PowerVault iSCSI SAN Storage Arrays
PowerVault iSCSI SAN Storage Arrays include entry-level and mid-range products that help you keep up with rapid data growth, consolidate server utilization and increase support for virtual server environments.
Compellent Storage Center
Efficient and agile, the Dell Compellent Storage Center with Fluid Data technology provides enterprise storage for virtualized data centers and the cloud.
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Choose from multiple Dell NAS platforms to enable advanced consolidation capabilities, including higher utilization and cost-effective scaling.
Storage Consolidation with PowerVault NX
Enjoy versatile, expandable Unified Network Storage with the NX Series.
Storage Consolidation with the Compellent Storage Center
Dramatically reduce cost, time and risk while rapidly responding to change with the Dell Compellent Storage Center.
PowerVault NX3100
This super-dense network-attached storage gives you the performance, software, capacity and scalability to keep your company efficient and up to date.
PowerVault NX3000 HA Cluster
This cost-effective, network attached storage device provides high availability (HA) clustering. Featuring two PowerVault™ NX3000 NAS appliances and one MD3200i iSCSI storage array, it has the built-in efficiency to manage both file and block data.
PowerVault NX300 Network-Attached Storage
The entry-level Dell PowerVault NX300 provides rackable file sharing that is easy to set up and manage.
PowerVault NX200 Tower
Need to consolidate file storage with enterprise-class security and data recovery? The Dell PowerVault NX200 offers a simple tower solution that you can set up and manage without dedicated IT support.
Dell NX4 Enterprise-class Network Attached Storage
Dell NX4 is an exceptionally flexible, enterprise-class file storage solution that can save time and lower costs in mixed Windows and Linux/UNIX environments.
Compellent Storage Center
Efficient and agile, the Dell Compellent Storage Center with Fluid Data technology provides enterprise storage for virtualized data centers and the cloud.
Storage Consolidation Case Studies
Learn how our customers have transformed their organizations with Dell storage solutions.
AccuWeather
AccuWeather.com crunches more and more data to produce personalized customer forecasts while reducing its need for electrical power and tech support.
Aisin Thai Automotive Casting (ATAC)
Aisin Thai Automotive Casting worked with Dell Consulting Services to implement a virtualized Dell server and storage infrastructure, and selected Dell ProSupport to maximize availability.
Brivo
Brivo launches combined online video and access control security solution with server virtualization, saving 67 percent on power.
BTInet
BTInet saves two hours a day and earns 25 percent more revenue per square foot with Intel powered Dell blade servers and Dell embedded management tools.
City of Austin Water Utility
Dell servers help City of Austin Water Utility prune 90 percent from power and cooling while boosting testing and development tenfold.
INTI Education Group
INTI Education Group decreases server footprint by 66 percent with virtualized solution.
KAFKAS
Electrical wholesaler delivers a stable environment for an SAP system, reducing unplanned downtime to almost zero
Trombini
Paper manufacturer Trombini consolidates its outdated infrastructure on Dell PowerEdge servers for 75 percent savings in rack space.
University of California Irvine
University of California Irvine gets 150 percent more research done with Dell and Intel HPC cluster
Storage Consolidation Resources
Get the most out of your storage investment using our tactical guidance and best practices documents.
Storage Consolidation ROI Calculator
Learn how much your organization can save by implementing Dell Storage Consolidation solutions.
Blue Coat WAN optimization and Dell PowerVault storage consolidation
Deduplication, compression, and bandwidth enhancement technologies available in Dell PowerVault DL2100 backup and Blue Coat ProxySG WAN Optimization appliances can alleviate stress on networks and enhance data protection and application recovery.
Cover story: The smart money's on IT: How the Efficient Data Center drives growth
Imagine an efficient data center where pooled servers, networking and storage can be rapidly redeployed; business application developers can self-provision their workload deployments; and optimized storage and intelligent infrastructure are the norm.
Controlled Explosion
The three pillars of efficiency described in this paper help midsize companies cope with a growing volume of data, yielding tangible results. But just as important, these technologies improve an organization’s ability to generate revenue and boost profitability by streamlining business processes.
Fluid Data Storage: Driving Flexibility in the Data Center
Today’s dynamic business landscape requires efficient storage systems. This paper discusses eight must-have Dell Compellent technologies that combine to create new levels of storage efficiency and flexibility while cutting costs now and in the future.
Intelligent Data Management
This document contains an overview of Dell's new Intelligent Data Management strategy, including an overview of management today, and Dell's vision and current solutions.