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Latest Addition to Sun’s Disk Storage Portfolio

The Sun Storage 6180 Array is a high-performance, enterprise-class, full 8 Gigabit per second (Gb/sec) I/O Fibre Channel solution with backend loop speeds of 2 or 4 Gb/sec. It is modular, rackmountable, and scalable from a single dual-controller tray (1×1) configuration to a maximum configuration of 1×7 with six additional CSM200 expansion trays behind one controller tray. Sun reports that this new array delivers 50% more performance than Sun’s previous generation, and over 70% better price/performance than the IBM DS5020.

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New Access Configuration (SAS Zoning), Custom Installation Options

SAS zoning or the SAS domain access configuration feature is part of the recent release of the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager (CAM) Version 6.4.1. With this feature, users can now control which hosts have access to specific disks inside a Sun Storage Expansion Array. CAM software provides a common way to manage Sun Storage and StorageTek branded storage array devices.

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Built with StorageTek, Sun Fire Servers, Sun SPARC Enterprise Dervers, Solaris 10

Sun helps University of Central Florida (UCF) solve many challenges for increasing throughput and storage capacity. UCF turned to Sun Solutions because it needed to implement a scalable, reliable storage area network. However, it also needed to increase computing power, improve efficiency and cost effectiveness, and deploy more cost-effective storage for its disaster-recovery program.

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