System News for Sun Users

New SAS Disk Options Available for Sun Blade T6320 and T6340

2009-04-14T16:00:00+01:00

Sun has announced that new SFF 146GB 10,000 rpm SAS disks are now available for the Sun Blade T6320 and T6340 Server Modules as Assemble-to-Order (ATO) and X-options. These new disks are SAS2 capable and offer better availability. Up to 4 can be supported on the Sun Blade T6320 server module and up to 2 on the T6340 server module.

300GB SAS Hard Disk Drives Now Available for Sun CoolThreads Servers

2009-02-16T17:00:00+01:00

Customers of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120, T5220, T5140, T5240, and T5440 Servers now have an ATO and X-Option for 300GB 10K RPM, 2.5" SAS hard disk drives. The 300GB drive comes with the largest memory capacity of any disk option that Sun offers in a 2.5" form factor. In a 16-disk configuration, which is available on T5220 and T5240, this new disk drive option allows up to 4.8TB of storage within a compact 2 rack unit (RU) server.

450 GB 15K RPM Disk Drive for the ST 9985V and ST 9990V

2009-01-12T17:00:00+01:00

The new 450 GB 15K Fibre-Channel Disks provide increased performance levels in comparison to the currently offered 400GB 10K rpm disks and higher capacity than the current 300GB/15K rpm disks at excellent performance levels.

Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module and Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric Network Express Module

2008-10-27T16:00:00+01:00

Each module of the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module and the Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric Network Express Module (NEM+) just announced by Sun can provide up to 1.17TB of direct attach storage space for the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System, conveniently and cost effectively without either the cost or the management overhead that comes with external storage. The Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module supports such storage-hungry applications as file service, MySQL and many other web infrastructure applications.

250Gb SATA Disk Drives for Sun Fire and SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server

2008-10-27T16:00:00+01:00

Sun offers standard configurations for the Sun Fire and SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server with CoolThreads technology that feature 250GB 3.5" SATA hard disk drives. Sun will transition existing Sun Fire and SPARC Enterprise T1000 standard configurations utilizing the 160GB SATA hard disk drive, as well as 160GB SATA X-option parts.

15K Drive Supported with Sun Blade T6300 Server Blade

2008-10-27T16:00:00+01:00

The (X)RA-SS2CD-73G15K 73GB 15,000 rpm disk drive in Nemo bracket is now supported on T6300 server module. The 15,000 rpm drive is a step up from the usual 10,000 rpm drive in terms of random and sequential performance. The increased performance is especially beneficial for boot disk and interaction with database tables.

Sun Blueprint: Using RAID 6 on the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array

2008-10-13T16:00:00+01:00

Many users have chosen either RAID 5 or RAID 1+0 for their data storage needs. While both of these RAID algorithms provide increased data availability, they are not without their disadvantages:

RAID 5 - only able to sustain a single drive failure.
RAID 1+0 - 50% of the available storage capacity is used for mirroring

These disadvantages are exacerbated as disk drive capacity increases. With larger disks, the RAID 1+0 implementation becomes increasingly costly. A blueprint by Said A. Syed describes using Raid 6 on the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array and concludes,

"RAID 6 provides protection against two consecutive drive failures by using two independent parity calculations. Sun Microsystems takes advantage of the better performing P+Q algorithm implementation of RAID 6 and uses dedicated processors for RAID computations on intelligent RAID controllers in the StorageTek 6140 arrays for improved performance.

RAID 6 offers highly available storage for applications and implementations requiring extremely high fault tolerance while keeping cost down and performance at an acceptable level during normal circumstances. If best practices are followed, a RAID 6 disk group is capable of performing at rates very close to RAID 5 with a slightly higher cost. RAID 6 is also capable of providing reliability close to RAID 1+0 at a fraction of the cost. "

New SAS Drives for Sun Storage J4200 and J4400 Arrays

2008-10-06T16:00:00+01:00

Sun has announced SAS drives for Sun Storage J4200 and J4400 arrays, as well as new functionality and interoperability support for Sun Storage J4200, J4400, and J4500 arrays, along with the repricing of drives for Sun Storage J4200 and J4400 arrays.

450GB 15,000K rpm Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drives

2008-09-15T16:00:00+01:00

Better performance, lower cost: New drives for Sun StorageTek 6140 and 6540 arrays

New 450GB 15K SAS Drives

2008-09-15T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun StorageTek 2500 Series of Arrays is adding a 450GB 15K SAS Drive to the portfolio. Existing customers can add the new drive to their current systems. New customers can create custom configurations with the new drives.

Sun Storage J4000 Arrays Resources

2008-08-07T16:00:00+01:00

The open Sun storage J4000 array family combines high performance hardware and open source software. The J4000 family supports Solaris, Red Hat, Linux, Suse Linux, and Windows. This article has links to:

Documentation
ZFS Resources
Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager (CAM) Resources
Solution Briefs & White Papers

Storage J4200, J4400 and J4500 Arrays

2008-07-14T16:00:00+01:00

The open Sun storage J4000 array family combines high performance hardware and open source software. The J4000 family supports Solaris, Red Hat, Linux, Suse Linux, and Windows.

Sun Storage J4200 array - 2 RUs, up to 12 disks - low entry point
Sun Storage J4400 array - 4 RUs, up to 24 disks - best price performance
Sun Storage J4500 array - 4 RUs, up to 48 SATA disks - high density

Learn about the rest of the features.

1TB 7200RPM Low Cost Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive

2008-07-07T16:00:00+01:00

Now available from Sun is a 1TB 7200 RPM Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive (HDD) priced lower than expected. It is compatible with the StorageTek ST9990V and ST9985V storage systems. The new Fiber Channel HDD can be applied to your system to add capacity for applications requiring optimized reads for large files.