Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module

Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module

The Sun Blade 6000 disk module is a fast and easy way to add local storage capacity to a Sun Blade 6000 system, offering unsurpassed blade storage scalability. No need to invest in an external storage solution that's expensive to acquire and complicated to manage.


At a Glance

  • Up to 1.17 TB of on-blade storage
  • Best-in-class, in-chassis storage scalability
  • 8 front accessible drives
  • New Multi-Fabric Network Express Module (NEM) handles Ethernet and SAS
  • Fast deployment with convenient plug-n-deploy design
  • Managed just like other Sun Blade 6000 modules

Key Applications

  • Databases for Web applications
  • Rich media file storage
  • Blade server boot disk


ZFS Savings

Solaris ZFS delivers groundbreaking file system capabilities by automating common administrative tasks, protecting data from corruption, and providing virtually unlimited scalability. It uses virtual storage pools to easily expand or contract file systems simply by adding more drives. Solaris ZFS can significantly reduce costs by streamlining storage administration and allowing resources to be shared among file systems, often reducing tasks from hours to just seconds.


Logical Domains (LDoms)

Logical Domains (LDoms) is Sun's new server virtualization and partitioning technology for CoolThreads servers. LDoms is free and the most open virtualization technology available.


Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module Gallery


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