COMPANY AND PRODUCT OVERVIEW Russ Taddiken Director of Principal Storage Architecture

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3 WHERE’S YOUR PAIN? How long can you manage data the same way?

4 FLUID DATA ARCHITECTURE Revolutionary approach to data management  Simplify management  Ideal for virtual servers  Independence from drive type, interface type and RAID  “No waste” when storing data  Buy fewer disk drives  Save on energy and floor space  Sophisticated data movement engine  Set policies and let the system run  Optimized data placement  Block-level intelligence  Manages data inside the volume  Tracks frequency of access  Enables unique feature/benefits

5 STORAGE CENTER OVERVIEW Enterprise storage with the future built in Storage Center Hardware  Supports file and block (FC, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS)  Scale up and out from TBs to PBs  Drives supported: FC, SATA, SAS, Solid State  Clustered controllers – no single point of failure  Non-disruptive architecture with the future built in Storage Center Software  Advanced Thin Provisioning  Automated Tiered Storage  Intelligent Storage Automation  True Storage Virtualization  Continuous Snapshots  Thin Replication Disk Enclosure Storage Controller NAS Connectivity

6 SINGLE PLATFORM SCALABILITY Industry’s only persistent hardware platform

7 BREAKTHROUGH EFFICIENCY The only storage company that wants you to buy fewer drives

8 TRUE STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION Server and Storage Virtualization Smartest storage for virtual servers Compellent Advantage  Buy less hardware  Reduce space, energy  More efficient use of assets  Much less management time Compellent Virtualization Benefits  High performance without tuning  Simplified capacity planning  Change RAID levels anytime  Auto re-striping when expanding

9 AUTOMATED TIERED STORAGE Patented Fluid Data Architecture  Measures actual business usage of data blocks  Automatically moves inactive data to lower-cost disk Buy fewer and less expensive drives DID YOU KNOW? 81% of our upgrade orders are for affordable, high-capacity drives.  Stores most frequently accessed data on the outer edge of the drive  Maximizes utilization and performance of all drives

10 CONTINUOUS DATA AVAILABILITY Recover instantly, replicate in minutes

11 THIN REPLICATION Thin Replication Benefits Right-size recovery costs DID YOU KNOW? 68% of Compellent customers replicate their data to another site. San Diego London Las Vegas  Replication in 6 clicks  One button, automated restore  DR Testing – without downtime  Significant reduction in cost of bandwidth and management  No space pre-allocation  Only replicate changed blocks of data

12 INTELLIGENT STORAGE AUTOMATION Sophisticated is now automated and simple

13 COMPELLENT LIVE VOLUME Non-Disruptive Volume Migration On-Demand Load Balancing Planned Zero Downtime Maintenance Planned Disaster Avoidance

14 UNIFIED STORAGE Seamlessly support block and file based storage  Compellent branded and supported  Fully integrated with Storage Center  Diskless operations  De-duplication Unified SAN and NAS Storage  Scalable block and file storage  Heterogeneous OS file sharing  Eliminate stranded capacity  Competitively priced

15 REAL-TIME RESPONSE  Support Services Copilot engineers available headquarters Immediate response – No “2-hour call-back” policy  H/W and S/W maintenance Perpetual software licensing  Phone Home monitoring Predictive and proactive  Professional services  High customer satisfaction 98% satisfaction rating 100% would buy again World-class service Copilot Support and Services

16 OUR CUSTOMERS ARE PASSIONATE Independent survey awards highest marks in the industry

17 ABOUT COMPELLENT The Future is Fluid

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