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Sun Intros StorageTek Modular Storage Family
By
ChannelTimes Staff
International Desk, Aug 14, 2006
Sun Microsystems recently introduced the first two products in the new generation Sun StorageTek modular storage family - the Sun StorageTek 6140 and 6540 arrays.
The StorageTek 6140 array delivers 2x the density and the StorageTek 6540 array delivers 2x the performance of competing solutions, the company said.
As the first new products to be released under the combined Sun-StorageTek roadmap, the modular family incorporates the heterogeneous service and support expertise from StorageTek and end-to-end systems expertise from Sun.
The new storage family is designed for customers seeking to support business-critical applications and for service providers looking for a cost-effective, easy-to-use enterprise-class platform with the ability to confidently handle large data sets. Through common storage modules, common array management, and common data services, Sun's new modular storage line helps customers preserve the investments they've made in people, processes and infrastructure. This new family also delivers a full suite of data services and enterprise-level data protection capabilities for the midmarket.
"With the right balance of enterprise-class functionality and price, it's obvious why modular storage has become an attractive data center option. Today, Sun is taking it to the next level with a family of modular storage arrays that exceeds the rigorous requirements of business-critical applications and surpasses the performance, density and flexibility of existing modular systems," said Paul Giroux, vice president, storage, Sun Microsystems. "This is just one example of the value Sun StorageTek delivers customers - watch for additional developments in short order."
The StorageTek 6140 array is a ROHS-compliant, 4 gigabits-per-second (Gb/sec) Fibre Channel (FC) array designed for both direct attached and SAN attached storage. The system features a fully redundant architecture with drive intermixing (FC or SATA-2 disk drives), 8x 4 Gb FC ports, 4GB cache, application-oriented management, switched drive connectivity, and a maximum capacity of 112 disk drives.
The StorageTek 6540 array is a ROHS-compliant, 4 GB/sec Fibre Channel array focused on large databases and high-performance computing. The system features a fully redundant architecture with drive intermixing (FC or SATA-2 disk drives), 8x 4 Gb FC ports, 16 GB cache, application-oriented management, switched drive connectivity, and a maximum capacity of 224 disk drives.
The StorageTek 6140 array starts at $25,000 nd is available from Sun and its authorized resellers. The StorageTek 6540 array starts at $85,000 and will be available in the next 30 days.
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