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Archived OpenStorage Articles
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02 Apr 2010
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The New Replication Framework in Sun Storage 7000 2010.Q1 [22965]
Fishworks Engineer Offers a Behind-the-scenes Look at Design Considerations
The Sun Storage 7000 2010.Q12 release is the fourth major software update in just over a year. The remote replication feature is one of the most complex in the management software, writes Fishworks Engineering team member Dave Pacheco, who provides a look at how this feature can be applied to solve various business issues along with an overview of the design goals that must be met in order to fulfill customers' objectives.
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01 Apr 2010
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Recognizing the Need for Multiple ZFS Storage Pools Per Host in 2010.Q1 [22964]
Clever Users Had Already Found a Workaround
As the maximum size of Sun Storage 7000 systems grew, writes blogger Eric Schrock in "Multiple pools in 2010.Q1," it became apparent that relaxing the "one pool per system" rule for the release of 2010.Q1 was called for. Given that there are still some workloads that benefit from mirrored performance even in the presence of cache and log devices, he writes, it was necessary to allow pools with different RAS and performance characteristics in the same system.
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26 Mar 2010
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Oracle Grid Control and Sun Storage 7000 Appliances [22941]
Bridging the Gap with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Controller 1.0
Sun Storage 7000 Management Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Controller creates a coupling between the enterprise-wide monitoring provided by Oracle Grid Control and the monitoring and analytics provided by Sun Storage 7000 Appliances, writes blogger Paul Monday. He explains further that the goal of the plug-in to Oracle Grid Control is to facilitate a Database Administrator in their use of Sun Storage 7000 Appliances without attempting to reproduce the world-class analytics available within Sun Storage 7000 Appliances.
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22 Mar 2010
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Content Updates for the Sun Storage 7000 2010.Q1 Release [22966]
Documentation Updates Listed, Links Provided
Major release Sun Storage 7000 2010.Q1 comes with multiple content updates, and Michelle Luna on the Fishworks team shares a progress report of the content development for the 7000 platform along with links to some important documentation updates. Luna gives users of the platform valuable information on resources and this article lists some of the revisions that may of interest to Oracle-Sun Open Storage users.
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18 Mar 2010
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Sun Storage 7000 2010.Q1 Quality and Features [22940]
Technical Lead Bryan Cantrill Parts the Curtain a Bit on this Release
Wiping the sweat from his brow, Fishworks Engineer Bryan Cantrill reflects on the release of the new major Sun Storage 7000 series software update, known as 2010.Q1. Producing this release was no mean feat, Cantrill writes, given that it involved building enterprise-grade storage on commodity components, incorporating entirely new elements like Flash, and creating an ambitious management stack entirely from scratch.
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02 Feb 2010
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Sun Unified Storage System Cuts Costs While Increasing Availability and Scalability [22528]
Publishing Group Reaps Benefits from Sun's Open Storage
Global publishing group Elanders provides infomedia content in print and online as well as archives documents and images on systems at its main office and two remote sites. With its technology reaching its end of life in 2008, Elander began researching the market and decided to deploy a 66TB Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System. The group reports it has cut administration time by 50%, power consumption by up to 50%, reduced customer costs by 40%, and its infrastructure is 10 times as scalable.
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