Sun Storage 7310 Unified Storage System

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Use the chart below to compare features and specs of the Sun Storage 7110, 7210, 7310, and 7410 Unified Storage Systems.

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Simplifies Your Storage

Data management made easy

• Radically simplifies storage management for less
• Installs in minutes without training
• Simple to configure and optimize
• Easy-to-use graphical tools provide real-time visibility
• Comprehensive self-healing

Flash Hybrid Storage Pool

Optimized storage pool

The Sun Storage 7310 uses a virtual storage pool to seamlessly optimize access to the different media types, including SSDs, improving efficiencies and increasing application performance. In fact it's the only system with a hybrid storage pool, which delivers over twice the performance at half the cost of traditional storage solutions, enabling you to shatter I/O bottlenecks and increase productivity without breaking the bank.

Hybrid architecture with SSDs Increases performance and energy efficiency

The Sun Storage 7310’s hybrid architecture combines Read- and Write-optimized SSD based Flash Accelerators with high-capacity disk drives to deliver higher performance and reduce power consumption and cooling requirements. This makes the Sun Storage 7310 ideal for organizations that require high throughput and lower response times for write- and read-intensive application workloads. In addition, using SSDs lowers power consumption by up to 80% compared to spinning disks. Just what you need to reduce space and energy costs.

Customers with write-intensive applications (synchronous writes) and read-intensive applications (caching frequently accessed data) can see the most benefit with the use of flash-based SSDs. For Sun Storage 7310 configurations, at least two SSD-based Read Flash Accelerators should be used for read-intensive workloads, and at least two Write Flash Accelerators should be used for write-intensive workloads.

The flexibility to meet your changing needs

The Sun Storage 7310 provides you with the highest-density server/storage solution available anywhere. Unlike traditional storage architectures, the Sun Storage 7310 is highly adaptable to changing business needs. The system not only scales up to 96 TB of storage capacity, but also scales in multiple dimensions, including I/O throughput, processor performance, cache, and total capacity.

For example, you can increase performance by adding SSDs. As your application requirements change, you can increase computational power by adding more CPUs and cache and expand total capacity by adding enterprise-class high-capacity drive expansion trays.

Cost-Effective

Easy on your budget

Flat or declining budgets are a fact of life in today’s IT environments. But so are growing storage demands. The Sun Storage 7310 delivers higher performance at significant savings when compared to the competition.

Eco-efficient

The Sun Storage 7310 helps you lower costs by reducing energy consumption and offering higher storage density, which reduces space requirements.

No additional software licenses

Unlike other vendors, who charge license fees for protocols and data services, Sun includes features like CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP, Replication, Snapshots, and Clones with the price of the system. No additional licenses are required.

Reduced Risk

Solaris ZFS increases availability

The Sun Storage 7000 file system, ZFS, is a transaction-based file system that only performs copy-on-write operation to protect existing data, and provides RAID-Z DP to maximize data availability.

Data integrity features keep you up and running

Checksum protection for data and metadata as well as a self-healing mechanism to correct any potential data corruption are included in the data integrity features.

Two-node cluster ensures availability

The Sun Storage 7310 supports a two-node high-availability cluster configuration which has no single point of failure, reducing the risk of downtime and maximizing your business operations.