Sun Storedge T3 Array for the Enterprise

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For midrange to enterprise computing, the Sun StorEdge[tm] T3 array for the enterprise offers a flexible, scalable approach to growing storage while reducing total cost of ownership. Full redundancy helps ensure that no single failure inhibits data availability. Two high-performance RAID controllers provide dual fibre-channel interfaces, each accessing a separate array of nine disk drives. Should a controller fail, the alternate controller provides access to all 18 drives. In addition, each controller has its own cache, delivering up to 2 GB of memory for fast access to frequently accessed data. Recently written information is mirrored in cache on both controllers, providing extra prevention against data loss. The Sun StorEdge T3 array for the enterprise delivers outstanding three-way scalability of capacity, performance and availability. As capacity scales, additional cache provides consistent high performance, while additional data paths and redundancy increase availability. Additional capabilities can also be added through firmware download or controller upgrades for outstanding investment protection. Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment is an integral availability tool that provides health management services to help ensure high availability for Sun StorEdge arrays.

Highlights

• Key Applications:
  
  • Meets the demands of a wide range of applications and workload requirements such as online transaction processing, decision support, messaging, web hosting, and high-performance computing environments
  • Represents a new and advanced generation of flexible, reliable storage systems that allow businesses to scale storage capacity, performance, and availability seamlessly as business needs grow
  • Sun StorEdge T3 with 256MB of cache features multi-platform support and is available in configurations containing dual Sun StorEdge FC switches
  • Sun StorEdge T3 with 1 GB of cache features multi-platform support for the latest SAN features and supports the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, IBM AIX, and HP/UX
  • Sun StorEdge administration software offers management, configuration, and health monitoring using an Ethernet connection separated from data traffic
  
  
  
• Key Specifications:
  
  • Path fail-over with mirrored cache with hot-swap/redundant RAID controllers, power supplies, cooling fans, backup batteries, interconnect cards, and drives
  • Modular flexibility combined with full, front-to-back fibre architecture allows configuration for high transaction, high bandwidth, or high performance computing
  • Sun StorEdge Component Manager software offers management, configuration, and health monitoring
  • Linear scalability to a massive 169TB on a single server
  • Host driver-based failover and load balancing through Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager minimizes application interruptions and delays
  • Sun StorEdge Component Manager software allows easy and simple centralized single-point administration
  • Two host connections help ensure data availability by providing alternative paths to the array's data
  • Fabric connectivity to the host is enabled with the Sun StorEdge network FC switch
  • Open system connectivity includes support for HP-UX, IBM-AIX, Linux, Windows NT, and Solaris hosts
  
  
  
• Key Benefits:
  
  • Three-way scalability: As capacity is added, performance increases linearly and availability/reliability remain consistent
  • Simplicity: Easy to use, manage, monitor, and control from a single, central administration console
  • World-class Sun service and support
  • Ability to upgrade cache from 512 MB to 2 GB provides investment protection
  • An extensive qualification matrix helps ensure that most storage configurations can be supported
  • All replaceable units are fully redundant and hot swappable, eliminating single point of failure
  
  
  
• Key Related Software:
  
  • Sun StorEdge[tm] Availability Suite software
  • Sun StorEdge Performance Suite software
  • Sun StorEdge Resource Management Suite software
  • Sun StorEdge Utilization Suite software
  
  
• Key Industries:
  The Sun StorEdge T3 array helps maximize performance in online transaction, decision support, messaging, Web hosting, and high-performance computing environments within industries such as manufacturing, government, finance, and entertainment
  

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