Get 50 percent off the list price of the Sun StorageTekTM SL8500 modular library system when you trade in your current qualifying tape library.

Advantages of the Sun StorageTek SL8500:

• Robust tape automation
• Nearly limitless scalability
• High availability
• More than two times the robotics performance of the Sun StorageTek 9310

New Sun StorageTek SL8500 features include:

• Can perform over two times the performance of competitive and current libraries
• Redundant robotics and hot-swap components
• Non-disruptive scalability via pass-through capability up to 300,000 cartridge slots (300,000 is future capability; current capability is up to 70,000 cartridge slots)
• Now with the T10000 Crypto-Ready tape drive, the Sun StorageTek SL8500 offers encryption capability

Promotion details:

• Offer applies to qualifying trade-ins only, including the Sun StorageTek 9310, Sun StorageTek L6000 and Sun StorageTek L5500, the IBM 3494 and 3584, or the ADIC Scalar 10000 or i2000.

• Purchase of Sun StorageTek SL8500 must include 3000 slots and 6 tape drives, and must include the de-installation and return of the previous tape library.

• Offer applies to customers who have not yet purchased their first Sun StorageTek SL8500 Library

Offer ends June 29, 2007. Sign up online.

Lower Cooling and Power Costs of Tape Drives

A recent report from The Clipper Group has found that tape is less expensive to purchase and use than SATA disk technology. The study assessed the costs with an example of an IT department of a company that needs to store about 125 TB of data that is infrequently accessed. Based on their configuration, the acquisition cost was 6.5 more for a SATA disk system versus an automated tape system, and the cooling costs were about 25 times more. See the report for full savings details.

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