As you advance your datacenter with new technology acquisitions, you’re also looking for opportunities to speed time-to-production and manage risk. Our services go beyond basic installation to configure and integrate your storage hardware and software into your multivendor, heterogeneous IT environment quickly and smoothly. Sun Data Readiness Services offer added value by helping you achieve the full benefits of your new storage technology.
Key Benefits
- Expedite the availability and data readiness of your new storage technology for a rapid ROI
- Meet budget and schedule objectives with rapid execution based on streamlined implementation processes
- Extend your IT department capabilities with a dedicated Sun team of project managers and technology architects to see the project through from start to finish
- Reduce future system down-time, expand staff productivity, and lower cost-of-ownership through a hand-off and knowledge transfer from Sun
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Prepare Your Sun Storage System
The Sun Data Readiness Services provide implementation of Sun's portfolio of Disk, Tape and Virtual Storage systems. The following modules are included in the Sun Data Readiness Service:
| Project Management |
The Service begins with a review of the conditions and prerequisites for service delivery. A comprehensive review of the customer environment is conducted and a project schedule is developed. |
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| Architecture Review and Design |
Sun works with you to review and design the architectural specifications of your Sun storage system based on your data needs, such as virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery, consolidation, and others. |
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| Implementation and Testing |
Sun fully configures and tests your storage platform and provides a completed test procedure plan to confirm conformance with the design specification. Professional Services includes activities such as dynamic reconfiguration testing; system storage multipathing and availability tests; network availability tests for IP multipathing; and security-related test procedures for domain hardening. |
| Sun i-Runbook |
Provides a customized knowledge base for your environment in an online and centralized location |
Why Sun?
With Sun on your side, you won’t have to worry about how your new storage solutions will work within your existing environment. We help reduce the risk of new technology acquisition because we test interoperability
issues in our own laboratories instead of on your system. We also thoroughly test and validate your storage purchase once it is in your environment to further mitigate risk from technology transition. We help ensure that
your solution is not just ready. It’s data ready.
Take the Next Step
Contact your local Sun sales representative to learn how you can take advantage of Sun Data Readiness Services.
Contact Sun
1-800-786-0404 (US & Canada)
1-650-960-1300 (International)
