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15 Dec 2003
#11816
Fibre Channel Bridge (FC420) Rejuvenates Sun StorEdge L25, L100 Tape Libraries
Direct SAN Connectivity Extends Competitive Edge of These Tape Libraries

There is now an internal, PCI-based SCSI LVD-to-Fibre Channel Bridge (FC420 card), sold as an x-option, that provides connectivity to a SAN for the Sun StorEdge L25 and the Sun StorEdge L100 tape libraries. This bridge is needed only by those customers who require fibre channel connectivity for these two Sun StorEdge tape libraries.
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15 Dec 2003
#11820
Sun StorEdge 9980, 9970 Arrays Get Memory Boost
High Density Cache Memory, Shared Memory Module Improve Response Times

A new high density cache memory feature from Sun allows upgrades to 128 GB of cache memory on the Sun StorEdge 9980 storage system and up to 64 GB on the Sun StorEdge 9970 system. There is also a new shared memory module that can extend capacity to 4 GB on the above mentioned storage systems when total cache memory capacity is 64 GB or more.
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15 Dec 2003
#11821
Sun Releases 18 146 GB Configurations for the Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array
Capacity Scales up to 5.2 TB When Run With Two Sun StorEdge 3310 Array Expansion Units

There are now 18 new scalable 146 GB/10K RPM hard disk drive configurations available for the Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI array. Configured with 12 of these 146 GB drives, a Sun StorEdge 3310 array can provide 1.7 TB of raw storage capacity; configured with one or more RAID controllers and connected to two Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI array JBOD (expansion units), the array supports total raw storage of 5.2 GB, and it can do all of this in 6U of rack space.
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15 Dec 2003
#11824
Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager 3.1 Software Features Enhanced Interoperability
Multi-pathing Failover, Load Balancing Extends to Windows, IBM AIX

Sun has extended the interoperability of Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager by enabling support for multi-pathing failover and load balancing use within the Windows 2003 server operating environment and making it interoperable by providing load balancing across all paths to symmetric storage devices within the IBM AIX 4.3.3 and IBM AIX 5.1 operating environments. In addition, it is now supported as well for failover use with Sun StorEdge 9900 arrays and within the Microsoft Clustering Services (MSCS) configurations.
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15 Dec 2003
#11829
Enhancements to Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2 Include Remote Mirroring
Data Continuance, Disaster Recovery Features are Strengthened

The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite v3.2 comprises both point-in-time and remote mirror facilities. Now, a new release adds several performance enhancements in the areas of asynchronous and synchronous remote mirroring. Additional new enhancements include support for Sun Cluster software, the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and improved integration with Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup software.
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