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31 Dec 2007
#19182
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What's in Stor[age] at Sun for 2008?
EVP John Fowler Shares His Thoughts
Sun EVP John Fowler shared his perspective on storage issues at the company with SearchStorage.com recently and spoke of his expectations for 2008.
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31 Dec 2007
#19225
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IDC's Top 10 Storage Predictions for 2008
Green Initiatives Behind Many of This Year's Expected Storage Favorites
IDC's top 10 storage predictions for 2008 address three areas: new data storage models such as object-based storage; green storage technology, which helps companies reduce their carbon footprint and energy expenditure; and new forms of storage delivery such as online storage services.
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31 Dec 2007
#19174
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Sun-Symantec Project Integrates 5320 NAS Appliance with Enterprise Vault
Project Also Offers Script to Configure SAMBA, ZFS, SAM-FS on Sun Fire X4500
A Sun and Symantec project has produced a script and Sun Doc article that may be of interest. The x4500samconfig (tar.gz) script configures SAMBA, ZFS, and SAM-FS on a Sun Fire X4500 Server so it can be used as Network Attached Storage (NAS) for Windows Servers running an archiving application. Tim Thomas explains the project in "Symantec Enterprise Vault Integration With the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance."
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31 Dec 2007
#19161
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Sun StorageTek 5800 System Architecture
The Solution for Unstructured Static Data File Management
The third generation of fixed content storage systems is now available, notably in the Sun StorageTek 5800 system, an on-line, highly reliable storage system developed to solve the unique problems associated with large-scale file storage applications typically classified as fixed, static, or reference data, which consume greater than 20 terabytes (TB) in storage and scale over time as data collections grow.
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31 Dec 2007
#19077
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Designing and Developing Digital Repositories Using Open Solutions
A Strategy for Success
Given the increasing volume of digital content coming under the administration of libraries and information organizations, new solutions are called for to enable its management. Carl Grant considers some of these, along with strategies that are useful in the planning and development of digital collections in his white paper "Delivering Digital Repositories with Open Solutions."
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31 Dec 2007
#19128
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Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager 5 and Brocade FICON Extension Products
Sun-Brocade Solution Significantly Reduces Backup and Restore Times
Brocade is the first vendor to offer read pipelining over the long-distance extended FICON channel with the release of the USD-X and M3000 products. Pair these solutions with the Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager 5 (VSM5) and you can significantly reduce backup and restore times as well as improve disaster protection by enabling backup data to be placed at a different location.
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