New Open Archive Solutions Solve Challenges for Customers
As the reasons why businesses must archive data grow so do the options for archive solutions. Sun takes a tiered approach with its new open archive solutions that can include disk, tape, software and services, as needed. Sun's open archive solutions help customers solve archive challenges and overcome the limitations of conventional approaches. Key components can include:
*SL3000 (Crimson) modular library system
*T9840D fast access tape drive
*KMS 2.0 key management station
*CIS/3 archive appliance
*Open source of ST5800 (Honeycomb) software
*Open source and storage archive solutions for email and Open Text
*Sun customers and partners (including SAP, Symantec, Microsoft)
You can find complete details here.
It should be emphasized that Sun's open approach minimizes technology and vendor lock-in as it optimizes asset consolidation and utilization. As Jon Benson (who heads up Sun Storage) puts it... “As the most open storage vendor on the planet, Sun is committed to delivering archive solutions that leverage open source software and to using open formats and APIs that both 'future-proof' customers against costly technology changes down the road and blow the lid off of competing high-margin proprietary offerings.”
In addition to this, Sun's archive solutions are energy efficient, allowing customers to reduce space by up to 50%, reduce energy use up to 10x, and increase data access time up to 50% over competing libraries. Furthermore, with Sun's approach, customers can scale to meet business needs with modular infrastructure and capacity-on-demand software.
Click here to view an on-demand Webcast about Sun's open archive solutions, and developers can download open archive technology within OpenSolaris(TM) for free by clicking here.
*SL3000 (Crimson) modular library system
*T9840D fast access tape drive
*KMS 2.0 key management station
*CIS/3 archive appliance
*Open source of ST5800 (Honeycomb) software
*Open source and storage archive solutions for email and Open Text
*Sun customers and partners (including SAP, Symantec, Microsoft)
You can find complete details here.
It should be emphasized that Sun's open approach minimizes technology and vendor lock-in as it optimizes asset consolidation and utilization. As Jon Benson (who heads up Sun Storage) puts it... “As the most open storage vendor on the planet, Sun is committed to delivering archive solutions that leverage open source software and to using open formats and APIs that both 'future-proof' customers against costly technology changes down the road and blow the lid off of competing high-margin proprietary offerings.”
In addition to this, Sun's archive solutions are energy efficient, allowing customers to reduce space by up to 50%, reduce energy use up to 10x, and increase data access time up to 50% over competing libraries. Furthermore, with Sun's approach, customers can scale to meet business needs with modular infrastructure and capacity-on-demand software.
Click here to view an on-demand Webcast about Sun's open archive solutions, and developers can download open archive technology within OpenSolaris(TM) for free by clicking here.
Posted by Taylor's Take on Sun Storage on February 29, 2008 at 09:51 AM PST #