Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/midrange/6540/index.xml

Sun StorageTek 6540 Array

No Longer Orderable

This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Sun StorageTek 6580 Array.

Don't let your disk arrays be the reason your large applications run slow. It's a common problem, and you can solve it with the Sun StorageTek 6540 array. It streams 224 TB of data flowing at 4 Gb/sec. It's fast, it excels in large data sets, and it lets you mix SATA and Fibre Channel drives. Here's your chance to harness the industry's best performance in a midrange disk array.

At a Glance

Best performing midrange, modular system in its class
Pay-as-you-grow online scalability protects investment
Redundant design and non-disruptive upgrades provide exceptional data protection for business-critical applications
Simplifies management and configuration
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Key Applications

Large-scale commercial applications
Online transaction processing
HPTC
Data protection
Image capture/retrieval applications

World's Largest Data Warehouse Solution

Sun's Data Warehouse Reference Architecture for Structured and Unstructured Data—A tested, tuned and integrated solution that defines the components needed to support over 1PB of structured and unstructured data. Using the latest eco-friendly Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server and Sun StorageTek 6540 arrays, the data warehouse solution delivers a high volume, high-performance, scalable architecture that uses 90 percent less storage, consumes 91 percent less energy and generates less heat and carbon dioxide than conventional solutions.

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It's a 10!

For businesses with the most performance-hungry applications and high-bandwidth programs, StorageTek 6540 is the clear choice. The StorageTek 6540 array has industry-leading performance, highest ranking quality in recent customer surveys and a wide range of data protection options for your business critical information. The 6540 array also offers unparalleled flexibility with the ability to mix and match SATA and Fibre channel drives to meet tiered storage needs and growing backup and archiving requirements.

Sun Modular Storage

Get pulse-racing performance at blood-pressure easing costs with Sun's complete portfolio of scalable, affordable modular disk and tape solutions.

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