Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/data_center/9970/index.xml

Sun StorageTek 9970 System

No Longer Orderable

This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Sun StorageTek 9985 System¹.

The Sun StorageTek 9970 system provides extreme levels of performance and availability for data center environments. The system's virtualization capabilities allow for more flexibility in configuring a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure, which helps to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by enabling storage consolidation. The storage system is easy to operate and control and helps to simplify data management. Software is available to support key storage applications typically used in data center environments including path management, real-time replication, and remote mirroring for disaster recovery.

At a Glance

Key Applications	Key Industries
	Education Energy Financial Services Global Government Healthcare Manufacturing Media and Entertainment Communications

Key Features

High-density footprint. Second generation switched architecture. Full fault-tolerance for all critical components and redundant components.

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Specifications

Capacity : Number of disks (with spares): 5 to 128
Capacity : 4 Hot spares (maximum)
Total raw capacity :
- 146 GB, 10,000-rpm drive: 17.5 TB
- 73 GB, 10,000-rpm drive: 9.3 TB
- 73 GB, 15,000-rpm drive: 9.3 TB
- 36 GB, 15,000-rpm drive: 4.6 TB

Links Mentioned on This Page

This page is located at: http://www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/data_center/9970/index.xml

Additional links mentioned are:

Sun StorageTek 9985 System: http://www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/data_center/9985/