IDC Worldwide Tape QView Q2 CY09 reports Sun earned the most for tape storage automation revenue during the first half of calendar year 2009. Sun saw growth within its installed base as well as with new customers. "Sun StorageTek does not make autoloaders or entry automation and has the number one market position on the basis of the strength of its SL500, SL3000, and SL8500 midrange and enterprise automation," the IDC report states.
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The Sun Storage 6180 Array is a high-performance, enterprise-class, full 8 Gigabit per second (Gb/sec) I/O Fibre Channel solution with backend loop speeds of 2 or 4 Gb/sec. It is modular, rackmountable, and scalable from a single dual-controller tray (1x1) configuration to a maximum configuration of 1x7 with six additional CSM200 expansion trays behind one controller tray. Sun reports that this new array delivers 50% more performance than Sun's previous generation, and over 70% better price/performance than the IBM DS5020.
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The first open source generic communication protocol between a Key Manager and an encrypting device has been released by Sun, enabling partners to adopt this protocol to securely handle encryption keys without additional licensing. The protocol is implemented as a complete toolkit and is downloadable from OpenSolaris under the project name Crypto KMS Agent Toolkit.
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The new Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 modular arrays are for midrange and high-end enterprise and throughput-intensive workloads that target database and enterprise-email applications. Offering up to three times better price/performance than the competition, these latest modular arrays enable customers to consolidate workloads within the same data center footprint for greater efficiency.
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Each month Sun Marketing publishes the "Good News" about Sun. This month there are 12 items and three groups:
Customers Choose Sun: Sun Java Wireless Client, Sun servers, Sun storage, Solaris 10, Sun StorageTek SL8500 modular library system and Sun StorageTek T10000B tape drives.
Leading Market Conversations: OpenStorage, NetBeans, Q-Layer and cloud computing, and MySQL
Product Reviews Underscore Innovation: Sun Storage 7110, Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1, OpenSolaris, Sun Fire X4150, and Sun StorageTek 5800.
A two-page PDF of the "Good News" from Sun is available in English and several other languages.
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