Compellent - PowerShell Storage Automation
Was reading through my RSS feeds this morning while standing in line for a coffee (I love the iPhone) and came across Eric Sloof’s article on Compellent.
Compellent have introduced a powershell based command set to compliment their storage offering. Now offering the ability to script a lot of the everyday CLI based tasks in a format that is becoming more and more popular. For me the main benefit I can see is from an integration angle, linking in windows and storage tasks together is the kind of thing that I can see becoming handy for BCP and DR scripting.
I had a small smile on my face when reading Eric’s article and I will tell you why, I’ve recently been looking at Compellent for a solution I was building. Compellent really impressed me with their offering, SAN simplified as far as I was concerned. The fact that they started from scratch 4 years ago and heavily utilise software management, means that they’re not limited in the same way as some of the other legacy based vendors. We didn’t end up choosing Compellent for the solution, however the choice was not based purely on the technical angle. Compellent are still quite small in the UK but do seem to be making serious inroads into the market. The awards they picked up this year are very impressive and I will be keeping an eye on their growth in the future.
The introduction of powershell to their offering I think shows what a good dynamic company they are. Be interested in any comments anyone has on working with Compellent or their solutions.
