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1 May 2007
#18036
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Storage Benchmark: First Mirroring FC/SAS 4Gb Result
Sun StorageTek 2540 Array World Record $/Perf Beating HP by 2.5x in Performance
The BM Seer blog reports on the benchmarks results of the Sun StorageTek 2540 mid-range product coupled with Sun's 4Gb HBAs: "The Sun StorageTek 2540 has World Record $/performance of $46.26 $/SPC-2 MBPS and best-in-class performance of 730.04 SPC-2 MBPS."
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30 Apr 2007
#18020
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Sun Releases StorageTek 5000 NAS OS 4.21
Developed for StorageTek 5000 NAS Applicances and Gateway Systems
The Sun StorageTek NAS OS 4.21 for StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliances and Gateway Systems is now available with several new features, among which are an assured delete feature for commercial-grade data scrubbing; NDMP v4; various iSCSI enhancements; Connected Network Services (CNS) support for automated case-generation; and support for 5320 expansion unit under the 5300 RAID EU to enable 5310 NAS customers to expand their system capacity.
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30 Apr 2007
#18023
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Sun Improves StorageTek 6540 and 6140 Arrays with New Standard Configurations
Changes Enable Dynamic Expansion at Minimal Cost
The Sun StorageTek 6540 and StorageTek 6140 arrays are now available with 300GB 15K rpm Fibre Channel and 750GB SATA-II drive options. The 750GB 7,200 rpm SATA-II configurations allow dynamic expansion to a maximum capacity of 168TB for the 6540 array and 84TB for the 6140 array while requiring no increase in air-conditioning and power requirements compared to the arrays with the 500GB hard disk drives.
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30 Apr 2007
#18027
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Fibre Channel SANs
From Fundamentals to Security and Management
The white paper titled, "SAN Fundamentals: How Fibre Channel SANs Are Built, Secured and Managed," (Updated April 2007) introduces readers to the basics of Fibre Channel and explains how Fibre Channel SANs are built, secured and managed.
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