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Protect Your Assets and Data

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It's critical for any company: Keep your business up and running, and protect your data. We can help. With our award-winning tape libraries, robust backup software, and breakthrough security features built into Sun CoolThreads servers, Sun offers broad choices for backing up, storing, and safeguarding your valuable data—in environments with multiple operating systems including Windows Server, the Solaris 10 OS, and Linux.


Key Benefits

  • Sun offers affordable, reliable tape solutions, from individual drives for Windows, the Solaris 10 OS, and Linux to automated tape libraries
  • A variety of backup software options from Symantec, BakBone, and Sun offer support for the platforms and applications you rely on to run your business
  • Leverage the economics and flexibility of conventional tape combined with the speed of disk. Adding disk staging to your backup environment shrinks your backup windows, speeds restores, and reduces tape drive wear and tear.

About This Solution

Sun's data protection solutions provide the operational resiliency your organization needs to guard against unplanned downtime due to human error or a disaster. Sun's backup products work across Windows, Solaris, Linux, and all other major UNIX operating systems. Sun also offers ultra-efficient storage server and disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) options, as well as industry-leading backup software, including Veritas NetBackup by Symantec, BakBone's NetVault, and Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software.
All I can say is that the T2000 can just flat out move data. Thank you, Sun, for a great backup server!
— Dan Bacus, Enterprise Engineer, Corrections Corporation of America

Business Issues

  • Risk of system disruption, customer dissatisfaction, or total loss of data
  • Maintaining compliance with federal requirements to preserve documents
  • The need to back up increasing amounts of data within shorter backup windows, coupled with the need for near-instant restores.

Business Results

  • Valuable data is protected, so your business keeps running
  • Businesses can more efficiently archive and access documents, and maintain compliance with governmental regulations
  • Lower costs for hardware, administration, and energy improve your financial efficiency and free up resources for expansion into new services

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Solution Sizing Guide

Sun offers data protection in a full range of performance levels, form factors, and pricing to match your needs.

Entry Level Choices
Application Form Factor Sizing Needs Products
Backup and Disaster Recovery with Tape Solutions Desktop or Rack 1 machine, up to 50 GB From $995
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1 machine, up to 600 GB From $2,195
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Rack Up to 5 machines, up to 10 TB From $7,000
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Up to 10 machines, Up to 20 TB From $9,100
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10 to 100 machines, 10-200 TB From $16,400
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Sun Innovations at Work

  • Sun StorageTek is the undisputed leader in tape library technology, and has been providing backup solutions for multiple platforms from Windows to the mainframe for more than 35 years; furthermore, 37% of the world's archived data is stored on Sun StorageTek systems
  • The Sun StorageTek 2540 array posted the best price/performance score on the Storage Performance Council's SPC-2 benchmark
    The Sun Fire X4500 storage server offers unmatched price/performance. Consider this:
  • Delivers two to five times the density of a traditional storage system—and approximately 30-50% power savings—at about 1/2 the cost
  • Just $1.20/GB list price, including the server
  • Named Best Storage Server in InfoWorld's 2008 Technology of the Year Awards
  • Integrating storage into the server creates an excellent media server

Featured Promotions

  • Save up to 73% on select Sun and NetVault storage bundles.
  • Save up to 10% on Sun StorageTek Linear Tape Open (LTO) Ultrium data cartridges when you purchase a Sun StorageTek LTO 3 or LTO 4 tape drive.
  • Try and Buy Program: Try a Sun server risk-free for 60 days, and get 25-45% off.

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Sun featured products: Sun Fire X4500 Server, Sun StorageTek SL48 Tape Library, and Sun StorageTek 2500 Arrays


White Papers

We also have Quick Start Guides for the Enterprise Backup Software, NetVault, and Symantec backup solutions on the Sun Fire X4500 storage server, stepping the user through configuration.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q:
Why should I implement a D2D2T solution?
A:
Backing up to disk provides the highest performance, allowing you to back up more data in less time. But tape is more economical for offsite storage and consumes far less power. A D2D2T solution combining the performance of disk with the economics of tape provides the best of both worlds.

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