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Sun Cluster - Open Storage Program
FAQ
General QuestionsQ: What is the Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program?
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Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program is a business program to manage the relationship with 3rd party storage array vendors to facilitate the certification of their storage hardware with Solaris Cluster and Sun IO stack.
Q: Who is eligible to participate in the program?
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All storage vendors selling storage arrays for mission critical high availability (HA) deployment on Sun Servers are eligible to participate in the program.
Q: What products does the program certify?
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The program is designed for 3rd party storage vendors to certify their storage arrays for interoperability with Solaris Cluster software. These storage arrays are expected to be deployed in a HA mission critical environment using Solaris Cluster and Sun servers.
Q: What are the program benefits for joint customers?
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The Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program increases choice and reduces risk by enabling well-tested deployments on storage arrays from leading
vendors. The program offers investment protection, joint interoperability matrix to design cluster architecture with consistency, Sun seal of quality and last but not the least a higher confidence in post sales support.
Q: What is the key objective of the program?
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The key objective of the program is to offer a joint interoperability solution from Sun and the third party storage vendor for customers who have standardized on third party storage for data infrastructure and wants to use Sun servers and Solaris Cluster.
Q: How is customer support handled for the joint configurations enable through this program?
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Sun offers a spectrum of support services for mission critical deployment. TSANet is a non-profit, vendor-neutral, support alliance community that allows for cooperative support between its members. Sun
is the member of TSANet. TSANet will facilitate the call transfer between Sun and the vendor. Additional information on TSANet is
available on www.tsanet.org. As part of the program, Sun and
the vendor will jointly support the configuration available on sun.com/cluster/osp.
Q: What vendors are working with Sun in this program?
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Leading storage vendors such as EMC, HP, IBM, Network Appliance, Hitachi,
Fujitsu, NEC and LSI Logic are actively working with Sun in this program. A
storage vendor list and associated joint interoperability matrix can be found at the URL:
sun.com/cluster/osp. Contact Solaris Cluster marketing through your Sun representative for additional information on a specific vendor or their
products.
Q: What is the geographical scope of the program?
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The program has global scope. It is available for all the storage vendors worldwide. The joint solutions with the vendors are available to the customers in all the regions Americas, APAC and EMEA.
Q: How do storage vendors register in the program?
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The registration information is available on the
Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program site. The registration is facilitated through Sun's Solaris Ready program. This allows the storage vendor to opt for the Solaris Ready RTU and certification logo in a clustered environment.
Q: What are the program fees and costs associated for the interoperability testing through the Solaris Cluster Open Storage program?
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Please contact Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program Business Office via e-mail.
Q: Who defines the cluster configurations for verification testing?
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The configurations and specifics of a solution are defined jointly by the storage vendor and Sun. The Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program business office has a variety of tools and methods to scope out various configurations and joint solutions.
Q: What are the Program benefits for storage vendors to participate in the program?
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The Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program allows storage vendors to qualify their arrays with Solaris Cluster and thus leverage the rapid momentum of Sun Software. The program offers the presence on Sun's web-site, Sun branding and logo and various joint go to market (GTM) activities.
Q: What are the branding benefits of this program?
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Storage vendors can opt for the Solaris Ready RTU and certification logo as part of the program. This logo informs the joint customers on the proven interoperability and quality of joint solution. More information on Solaris Ready is available at
http://www.sun.com/solarisready
Q: Where to find additional information on TSANet?
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Additional information on Technical Support Alliance Network can be found at www.tsanet.org
Q: Where to find additional technical information?
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Additional information on Solaris Cluster can be found at
sun.com/cluster.
Q: Who is the contact within Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program for
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Sun representative on the account will be the primary contact for customers. Sun representatives and storage vendors can contact the Solaris Cluster Open Storage Program business office with a specific inquiry related to the program. Via
e-mail.
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