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What Is Open Storage? The Need for a New Storage Architecture
This free white paper reveals how businesses are benefiting from latest generation of open storage systems. Years ago, all servers were closed and proprietary; then open systems hit the market, combining rapid technological innovation with market-driven choice. In the white paper, you'll explore how open architectures are helping some of today's best-known enterprise names stay flexible and profitable. Learn how Web 2.0's massive storage requirements are pushing businesses toward storage that's affordable, reliable, and dynamic; how storage source code that's open to the entire development community gives you faster innovation, wider choice, and lower costs without vendor lock-in; and how to stay eco-responsible by cutting your footprint and power consumption-along with power costs. You'll also see how 6 organizations around the world are succeeding with the latest open storage technology. Download your free copy now-it's your gateway to storage technology that's letting enterprises do much more for less.
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Published:
Nov 14, 2008
Type:
White Paper
Length:
32 pages
OPENSTORAGE
ADOPTION
SunSystems:StorageWhitePaperNovember2008
ContributingAuthors:GrahamLovell,TaylorAllis,BruceNorikane,andChrisIlg
AbstractThereareseveralnewbusinessopportunitiesthatrequirevastamountsofinexpensivestorage-andtheseopportunitiescannotberealizedwithtoday'straditional,closedstoragearchitectures.Sunbelievesthatopenstorageproductsandserviceswillemergetomeetthesenewopportunitiesandwillrepresentjustunder12%ofthetotalstoragemarketby2011.SunMicrosystems,Inc.
TableofContents
Executivesummary...................................................1
WhatIsOpenStorage?................................................2
NeedforaNewStorageArchitecture.....................................4NewDigitalDataRequirements........................................4Web2.0StorageRequirements.........................................5CommunityDevelopmentGrowth.......................................6Eco-ResponsibleITNeedsOpenStorage..................................7HPCandOpenStorage...............................................8ServerVirtualizationandOpenStorage.................................11
OpenStorageGrowth................................................13
OpenStorageVendorLandscape.......................................15SunMicrosystems..................................................15
SunOpenStorageCaseStudies........................................17DigiTar...........................................................17Nexenta..........................................................18SapotekInc........................................................19Gracenote.........................................................20TexasAdvancedComputingCenter(TACC)...............................20UniversityofOxford.................................................21
SunOpenStorageOfferings...........................................22SunOpenStorageAppliancesSystems..................................22SunOpenStorageDiskSystems.......................................23SunOpenStorageServers............................................23SunOpenStorageHPC..............................................24SunOpenStorageSoftware..........................................25
Conclusion.........................................................291OpenStorageAdoptionSunMicrosystems,Inc.
SunbelievesthatopenstorageproductsChapter1andserviceswillrepresentjustunder12%ofthetotalstoragemarketby2011.ExecutiveSummary
Sunisleadingtheopenstoragerevolution,combiningopen-sourcesoftwarewithindustry-standardsystemcomponentstoreducestoragecostsbyupto90%.
Yearsago,serverswereclosed,proprietary,andexpensive.Opensystemshitthemarketandoutgrewproprietarycomputerarchitecturesbymeetingtheneedsofhigh-scalecomputinginamuchmoreaffordableway.Today'sservervendors,infiercecompetition,driverapidtechnicalinnovationatmarket-drivenprices.Usingindustry-leadingserverandoperatingsystemtechnology,Sunhasopenedtheclosedworldofstoragesystemstoinnovationandmarketchoice.Bydeliveringindustry-standardhardwareandreleasingacomprehensivesuiteofstoragesoftwaretoopensourceviatheOpenSolarisTproject,Sunhasbrokenthefinalbarrierstobuildingstate-of-the-artstoragesystemswithtrulyopenarchitectures.
Sunbelievesthatopenstorageproductsandserviceswillrepresentjustunder12%ofthetotalstoragemarketby2011.Thisincludesstoragehardware,software,andservices.Sunalsobelievesthattherapidgrowthofnewdigitaldatademandsnew,openstoragearchitecturesatsignificantlybettereconomics.Web2.0,eco-responsibleIT,high-performancecomputing(HPC),andvirtualizationtrendsarealsocreatingdemandfornewstoragearchitecturesthatcanbestbesatisfiedbyindustry-standardtechnologiesandopen-sourcesoftware.2OpenStorageAdoptionSunMicrosystems,Inc.
OpenStorageDefinitionChapter2Storagesystemsbuiltwithanopenarchitectureusingindustry-standardWhatIsOpenStorage?hardwareandsoftware.OpenstoragesystemsaresimilartoopensystemsAsageneralterm,openstoragereferstostoragesystemsbuiltwithanopencomputers.architectureusingindustry-standardhardwareandopen-sourcesoftware.InanopenInanopenarchitecture,customerscanselectthebesthardwareandsoftwarearchitecture,customerscanselectthebesthardwareandsoftwarecomponentstocomponentstomeettheirrequirements.meettheirrequirements.Forexample,acustomerwhoneedsnetworkfileservicescanuseanopenstoragefilerbuiltfromastandardx86server,diskdrives,andOpenSolaristechnologyatafractionofthecostofaproprietaryNASappliance,suchasaNetAppfabric-a... [download for more]
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