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Archived Sun Disk Articles
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27 Oct 2008
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Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module and Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric Network Express Module [20783]
Easy Scalability with Direct Attach Storage
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.
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27 Oct 2008
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250Gb SATA Disk Drives for Sun Fire and SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server [20784]
Boosts Hard Disk Storage Capacity; 160GB SATA Hard Disk Drive Being Transitioned
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.
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27 Oct 2008
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15K Drive Supported with Sun Blade T6300 Server Blade [20789]
73GB 15K SFF Drive Now Supported
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.
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13 Oct 2008
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Sun Blueprint: Using RAID 6 on the Sun StorageTek 6140 Array [20444]
Increasing Reliability for Storage Arrays
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. "
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06 Oct 2008
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New SAS Drives for Sun Storage J4200 and J4400 Arrays [20687]
400GB 10K RPM SAS drives for J4400; 450GB 15K RPM SAS drives for J4200 and J4400
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.
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15 Sep 2008
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New 450GB 15K SAS Drives [20585]
For the Sun StorageTek 2540, 2530, 2510, and 2501 Arrays
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.
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07 Aug 2008
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Sun Storage J4000 Arrays Resources [20422]
Secure Daua Availability and Breakthrough Performance at $1 per Gigabyte
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
See also: main page for the J4000 family
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14 Jul 2008
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Storage J4200, J4400 and J4500 Arrays [20289]
Key Features
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.
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07 Jul 2008
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1TB 7200RPM Low Cost Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drive [20272]
Low Cost Efficiency Where It Is Needed When Archiving
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.
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