Storage Reviews
- Review: Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System - Part II
The Storage Architect blog - 05/06/09
In his continuing series, Chris Evans took an in-depth look at the Amber Road's disk components as well as at the use of flash (SSD) drives and ZFS to produce a commodity storage device. Overall, Chris is positive about the architectural choices made for Amber Road. "I can say that in the testing I performed, the array coped easily with the workload I threw at it," he stated.
- Sun storage system delivers high performance
Network World - 05/04/09
Logan Harbaugh gave the Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System a rating of 3.75 out of 5.0 noting the product is "certainly a high-performance offering." The review concluded that the system is "clearly positioned -- in terms of price, feature set and performance capacity -- to go toe-to-toe with big systems from NetApp and EMC that are designed to support dozens of connected servers simultaneously."
- Review: Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System - Part I
The Storage Architect blog - 04/28/09
In part one of a series of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System reviews, Chris Evans commented, "...as an early product release, I can say I like it." Overall he was quite positive about the Sun Storage 7210, noting that Sun has differentiated its offering from other "server as a storage array" solutions. "From a hardware perspective, what's more interesting is the use of solid state to drive performance out of the commodity SATA drives in the array," he stated.
- Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System
IT Pro - 04/15/09
IT Pro's Dave Mitchell reviewed the Sun Storage 7410 and gave the unit 5 out of 6 stars and as well as an Editor's Choice award. Overall, Dave stated, "Sun delivers a unique network storage solution with more standard features than the rest and no hidden charges."
- Sun Storage 7110 review
ILM Informatique - 02/23/09
The reviewer finds Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage System makes it easier than ever to simplify storage for a significantly less price. He recommends this model for a group of 20 to 200 users as this easy-to-use appliance is ideal for enterprise workgroups, remote offices or SMBs, and offers enterprise storage at entry-level prices.
- Test Center: Sun's stellar NAS in a can
Infoworld - 02/19/09
Paul Venezia reviewed the Amber Road 7210 and accompanying FISHworks management platform, rating it a stellar 9.2 out of 10 and noting,"The Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage System's combination of 48 drives, SSD log storage, broad protocol support, ZFS, and amazing GUI make for one great filer." He concluded,"The market for multilingual filers has plenty of players, from NetApp to Adaptec, but in terms of bang for the buck, Sun's 7210 is in rare territory. Regardless of price, son of Thumper is a uniquely complete representation of what a filer should be."
- Open Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage System
PC Pro - 01/01/09
PC Pro's Dave Mitchell stated, "We examine the entry-level 7110 - and it's something special." Overall, Mitchell was impressed with the unit, noting, "the 7110 delivers a complete network storage solution with no hidden catches. Both NAS and IP SAN are supported, performance is very good, and Sun won't be beaten on value."
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- Sun's ZFS has more tricks up its sleeve
InfoWorld - 11/14/08
InfoWorld's Logan Harbaugh posted a review under "Storage Adviser" column, discussing the various features of ZFS present in the recently announced Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems. Logan said that the "most alluring features are the file system and the analytics made available through SNIA-standard RPC calls, using the DTrace fault tracing system included in OpenSolaris." Overall, Logan commented, "the Sun hardware should provide good capabilities at a good price. But the best part is that the software magic is also available through the open source OpenSolaris and ZFS."
- Sun's 7000 series: The future of storage?
InfoWorld - 11/10/08
In this initial post on the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems, InfoWorld's Paul Venezia discussed what the new products represent to the storage market. Paul said, "what the 7210 and its brethren provide is an elegant storage framework that includes the best-of-breed ZFS file system coupled with read- and write-biased SSDs, support for CIFS, iSCSI, NDMP, FTP, (and others) driven by a truly breathtaking interface." He further added, "it's really impressive to be able to quickly pull up real-time user- and file-level throughput statistics complete with live graphs."
- Product review: Sun's StorageTek Honeycomb is sticky and sweet
InfoWorld - 03/24/08
Mario Apicella evaluates the Sun StorageTek 5800, giving the product a rating of 9.3 out of 10, an "Excellent" rating. He states that the offering's "impressive resilience together with excellent performance and powerful administrative tools" make it one of the most interesting solutions in the emerging fixed-content archiving space.
- Sun Shines Up Its SAN Roster
eWEEK - 08/01/05
In a positive review in eWEEK, reviewer Henry Baltazar highlighted the StorEdge 6920's impressive scalability, support for heterogeneous systems, host interoperability, snapshot/replication functionality and overall ease of manageability. Awarding the StorEdge 6920 'excellent' scores for its 'upgradability' and scalability, the reviewer concluded that the StorEdge 6920 is a "flexible storage unit that's very well suited for large and midsize companies", and "attractive for IT managers looking to consolidate their SAN storage."
- Sun Content Infrastructure Systems
eWEEK - 07/18/05
In a very positive review of Sun's Content Infrastructure System, in which the solution received "Excellent" ratings in scalability and ease of implementation, reviewer Henry Baltazar highlighted the solution's turnkey simplicity and robust functionality, noting that "Sun's CIS is the closest thing to a plug-and-play ILM solution on the market today. Shipped racked, tested and ready to go, CIS' ease of purchasing and implementation is unmatched."
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