Key Messages
1.
Today’s 24x7 global enterprises are not only confronted with escalating data growth but demand for the
highest level of data availability, long-term data protection and retention driven by numerous government
and regulatory agency requirements. They are also challenged to improve application performance and
availability, business continuity, data protection, and simplify the management of increasingly complex
storage infrastructures. Sun StorageTek™ 9985V with its market proven crossbar switch architecture and
embedded virtualization technology, extends the enterprise-class functionality and performance—virtualiza-
tion of external storage, logical partitioning, and universal replication—introduced with its award winning
predecessor, the Sun StorageTek 9990.With added Thin Provisioning functionality for optimizing storage
utilization and reducing TCO, this massive-capacity system further assists storage managers in their mission
to simplify storage administration, improve performance, and reduce overall costs.
2. An enterprise's information is one of its most critical assets, and an intelligent and holistic approach must be
applied to manage information from creation to deletion. Sun provides the Information Ecosystem for end-
to-end data management, including a portfolio of storage arrays and systems to help customers ensure the
right data is in the right place at the right time.
3. The StorageTek 9985V is the evolutionary successor to the StorageTek 9985 system. It shares the same
crossbar architecture, embedded virtualization, software, and connectivity protocols. The StorageTek 9985V
is the right choice for customers who have an existing investment in StorageTek 9900 systems and
software, and want a compatible system for new deployments.
4. The StorageTek 9985V is the follow on product for Sun StorageTek 9985.
5. The StorageTek 9985V provides mainframe virtualization capability with external FICON storage systems
support (available post launch) just as it did successfully for years in Open Systems with Fibre Channel
external storage systems support.
Detailed Messages
1. An enterprise's information is one of its most critical assets, and an intelligent and holistic approach must be
applied to manage information from creation to deletion. Sun provides the Information Ecosystem for end-
to-end data management, including a portfolio of storage arrays and systems to help customers ensure the
right data is in the right place at the right time.
Arrays and systems from entry-level to data center, providing the
performance/availability/scalability/cost balance to meet customers' needs. (SE3000, SE6000, SE9000)
We offer everything needed for the Information Ecosystem -- for data at work, at motion and at rest –
from the flexibility of Java Card computing to the peace of mind of industry leading identity
management and security solutions available across a range of integrated servers, software, storage and
services.
2. The StorageTek 9985V is the evolutionary successor to the StorageTek 9985 system. It shares the same
crossbar architecture, software, and connectivity protocols. The StorageTek 9985V is the right choice for
customers who have an existing investment in StorageTek 9900 systems and software, and want a
compatible system for new deployments.
The Sun StorageTek 9985V system provides all the enterprise class features and the market proven
availability of the StorageTek 9900 family
The Sun StorageTek 9985V system leverages customers existing StorageTek 9900 investments by
utilizing the same storage management tools and the same replication software as the Sun StorageTek
9990 system.
The Sun StorageTek 9985V provides storage virtualization. Customers can attach their existing storage
systems from various vendors to the StorageTek 9985V which then appear as if they were part of the
same system. This capability helps customer more effectively utilize and actually add value to their
existing storage investments. (implemented by StorageTek 9900 Universal Volume Manager software)
Just the Facts
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