Sun Microsystems' recently upgraded storage offering, Sun StorEdge T3 array provides one of the industry's lowest levels of total cost of ownership (TCO).
The T3 array, Sun's best selling storage solution, now features a new controller that delivers exceptional performance, increased resilience and a solid storage area network (SAN) foundation.
"The new Sun StorEdge T3 array enhancements, combined with Sun StorEdge SRM (Storage Resource Manager) 5.0 software, enable customers to utilise their storage resources, greatly reducing TCO," comments Kobus Landsberg, systems engineer specialising in storage at Sun Microsystems SA. "This all provides companies with the modular scalability they require, ensuring their storage systems maintain that much needed longevity."
What is also interesting to note, is that IDC's preliminary version of its annual storage systems report released in November 2001, underscores Sun's commitment to provide the most value for money. "Sun provides the greatest value to customers who are now taking a hard look at the prices they have paid for storage," says IDC. "Sun uniquely accommodates this need - unlike its competitors who continue to gouge customers."
According to the IDC report, this year is also the fourth year in a row that Sun will ship more Unix storage than any other vendor, emphasising the vendor's commitment to provide low TCO and high return on investment (ROI).
Through the latest enhancements to its StorEdge T3 array, Sun is furthering its strategy to deliver leading storage solutions that are optimised to support the Solaris Operating Environment (OE), yet supporting heterogeneous environment.
The T3 array also integrates and co-exists with previously installed T3 arrays, protecting companies' existing storage investments.
The Sun StorEgde T3 array now includes:
. Enhanced controller with four times the cache as the original Sun StorEdge T3 array.
. Doubled processor speeds for faster throughput.
. SAN fabric topology support for Solaris operating environment with integrated failover and load balancing.
. Increased resiliency through error detection and correction circuitry on the cache and RAID5 calculation accumulators.
. Sun StorEdge SAN 3.0 software providing extended SAN support and better SAN management for Windows NT, IBM AIX and HP/UX.
. Integrated Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software automating failover and load balancing dynamically across the entire SAN
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