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17 Dec 2007
#19130
Sun Seeks Bigger Mainframe Storage Market Share
Deals with IBM and Dell Further this Goal

Many people are recognizing Sun's increasing interest in bolstering the company's market share in the mainframe tape storage business. Jay Wallace, Sun's director of mainframe storage marketing, recently announced that Sun is investing a substantial amount of time and money in the next-generation mainframe storage sector and will be coming out with a number of new products.

17 Dec 2007
#19146
Sun StorageTek SAM-QFS 4.6 Patch Released
Free Download Now Available

The third patch, 4.6-03, to SAM-QFS has been released and is available for download. In addition to the usual bug fixes, new features include a 256 node for Fibre Channel; new tape drive and library qualifications; and new server architecture support. In addition, a discussion alias "sam-qfs-discuss@sun.com" has been added, and the source for sdu, sls, sfind, and star to the existing Libsam code are also available.

17 Dec 2007
#19107
Sun Puts Its Bet Down on Tape Libraries, Drives
Investment Protection Seen as One of Several Benefits

Sun is betting on a future in the tape cartridge format, as is clear from its introduction of the LTO 4 Fibre Channel drive across the complete suite of tape automation libraries. Alex North, Sun's group manager for tape, discusses Sun's tape library portfolio in a recent interview with enterpriseITplanet.com.

17 Dec 2007
#18972
Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Arrays Now Have 750GB SATA Drive Options
New 750GB 7.2Krpm SATA-II Drive Configurations Offered

Now available are new 750GB 7.2Krpm SATA-II drive configurations for the Sun StorageTek 2540 FC Array, Sun StorageTek 2530 Array, and Sun StorageTek 2501 SAS Expansion Array in "fixed" standalone X-option system combinations.

17 Dec 2007
#18973
Sun StorageTek LTO4 Fibre Channel and SCSI Drive Options
Available for for the Sun StorageTek SL24 Tape Autoloader and SL48 Tape Library

Sun StorageTek LTO4 Fibre Channel and SCSI drive options are available for the Sun StorageTek SL24 Tape Autoloader and Sun StorageTek SL48 Tape Library. These products support HP LTO2 Half Height SCSI, LTO3 FC and SCSI, LTO3 Half Height SCSI and LTO4 FC and SCSI drives.

17 Dec 2007
#19029
Sun StorageTek 4Gb FC ATCA Dual Port HBA
Ideal for Sun Netra Carrier Grade Platforms

The Sun StorageTek 4Gb FC ATCA Dual Port HBA is just what Sun telco customers have been asking for to use with the Sun Netra ATCA servers in order to take advantage of the benefits of FC storage consolidation. This HBA accelerates the delivery of the next generation voice, video, and data services.

17 Dec 2007
#19115
750GB 7200RPM Low Cost Fibre Channel (SATA II) Drives
For the Sun StorageTek 9985V and 9990V Systems

The Sun StorageTek 750GB 7200RPM Low Cost Fibre Channel HDD, also referred to as Low-cost FC SATA II, is designed for the Sun StorageTek 9985V and 9990V Systems where it can provide high capacity for applications that require capacity and optimized reads for large files.

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