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Near exponential data growth is changing the rules for organizations everywhere. Server and desktop virtualization, databases, Web 2.0 applications and high-performance computing (HPC) are all contributing to new data management challenges, even as these applications change the way that organizations use data to fulfill their missions and impact their bottom lines. Streaming and transactional data in particular are driving new requirements for storage infrastructure.
Complicating matters, these challenges are occurring in the context of a highly-competitive global marketplace where getting to data to market quickly with predictable costs can make all of the difference. Like computational infrastructure, data storage infrastructure must be agile in order to scale for unpredictable growth spikes in workloads and changing business strategies. With volatile global economic conditions, no organization can afford to ignore costs, even as they plan for future growth and deploy storage infrastructure that can continue to perform at peak levels.
Unfortunately, most of today's storage solutions remain proprietary, complex, and expensive, with appliance vendors seeking proprietary lock-ins and lucrative software licensing. In this demanding environment, special-purpose appliances have hit hard limitations in terms of performance and scalability. Limits for power, cooling and real estate have also become very real constraints, and energy costs are rising while IT budgets remain static. New constraints for power and cooling are also driving many to rethink the way that they deploy both computational and storage infrastructure.
Building on over 25 years of open system innovation and leadership, SunT Storage 7000 Series Unified Storage Systems provide a refreshing and much-needed change. As the world's first open storage appliances, these systems are a radically simple way to use storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. Based on industry-standard components, Sun Storage 7000 Storage Software, and supported by a passionate community of developers and ISVs, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems are up to ten times faster to install than competing systems, and require no special training to configure and use.
These systems also feature the industry's most comprehensive DTrace Analytics environment, including innovative new tools to help isolate and resolve issues before they impact the business. Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems are the only storage systems with Hybrid Storage Pools that automatically optimize performance while lowering power and cooling requirements. Perhaps most importantly, the Sun Storage 7000 family delivers up to twice the performance and capacity of competing offerings, breaking down performance and scalability barriers and delivering breakthrough return on investment (ROI). This document details the key architectural aspects of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems.
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