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Flexible configuration
Can be configured as an enterprise
storage solution or a diskless
storage virtualization engine
* Flexibility for use as a mid-range
enterprise storage solution or as
a virtualization engine for external
storage, migration and
consolidation (or both)
Modular Packaging
* Standard 19-inch rack packaging
for minimum footprint
* Operating on standard wall outlet
power
Fully integration enterprise storage
solution and virtualization engine in a
modular packaging with minimum
environment and physicalfootprint
Positioning Statements with Respect to the Sun's Disk Array Families
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The Sun StorageTek 9000 product family is the right choice for customers who demand the absolute highest
levels of data availability and mainframe connectivity. With the introduction of the StorageTek 9985V,
Sun's StorageTek 9900 family now consists of the ST9985, ST9985V, ST9990 and ST9990V addressing
mid-range enterprise to the highest end of the data center market needs for both open systems and
mainframe.
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ST9985 - Mid-Enterprise and Remote DR
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Affordable
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ST9985V – Mid-Enterprie and Remote DR
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Most affordable
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Consolidation and utilization platform
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ST9990 - Data Center
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High availability, scalability and functionality
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ST9990V - High-End Data Center
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Highest performance, scalability and functionality
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The Sun StorageTek 6000 product family mostly consist of modular storage for open system environments
delivers the most cost-effective combination of data availability, performance, scalability, and features.
The Sun StorageTek 3000 product family offers complete, ruggedized storage systems for workgroup
environments. These systems deliver high performance, reliability, and scalability, as well as a small
footprint. StorageTek 3000 products maximize performance and availability for workgroup applications
and offer a flexible, cost-effective approach for growing storage demands.
Market Value Proposition
The Sun StorageTek 9985V provides our customers with a fully integrated enterprise storage solution
delivering market leading performance, availability, scalability, and manageability for meeting the most
demanding data center needs with the added benefit of integrated storage virtualization and thin provisioning to
reduce the Total Cost of Ownership. Embedded Virtualization enables massive storage consolidation and
management simplicity for reducing cost, Thin Provisioning capability for optimizing storage utilization and
capacity planning, Virtual Partitioning for assuring QOS and Tiered Storage Management for implementing
Data Life Cycle Management. Universal Replicator provides enhance business continuity and disaster
recovery protection across heterogeneous environments.
Just the Facts
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