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Manageability
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Storage policy management
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Allows you to automate data management policies based on file attributes. You can manage data according to the storage and access requirements of each user on the system and decide how data is grouped, copied, and accessed based on the needs of the application and the users. Helps you maximize return on investments by storing data on the media type appropriate for the life cycle of the data and simplifying system administration.
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Device health and attribute support
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For Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment. Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment supports file system and device SAM-QFS SNMP traps. Proactively diagnoses the health and wellness of SAM and QFS file systems with Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment.
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Enhanced Web-based management portal
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Enables administrators to remotely and securely manage multiple SAM/QFS servers. Reduces management cost and complexity.
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System Error Facility (SEF) reporting mechanism
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System administrators can capture and compile a report from the lob sense pages of peripheral tape devices in SAM environments. Improved operational efficiency.
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Total quotas
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Ability to set quotas on users, groups, directories, etc. is now extended to include tape and optical storage capacity and manage total user storage consumption. Improves utilization of all storage resources.
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High Performance
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Disk-to-disk copy and archiving
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You can copy data to disk (rather than to media cartridges) both locally and to a remote site. Better performance.
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Continuous archiving
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Improves SAM scalability for large numbers of files that are archived "forever" and are seldom referenced. Significant archiving performance improvement on file systems containing more than 1,000,000 files.
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Striped disk access
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Striped disk access allows multiple I/O streams to simultaneously write a file across multiple disks, interlacing the file on logical disks. Built-in volume management, increased bandwidth to sequential I/O applications, and enhanced throughput of multi-user applications.
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Data Protection
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Shared tape drives
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Tape drives can be shared by more than one Sun Storage Archive Manager server for drives in certain network-attached libraries, such as StorageTek and IBM 3494 network-attached libraries. Improved resource utilization.
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Copy from source and migrate data to virtually any type of media
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Up to four copies of data can be created automatically and stored across media and locations Get the best return on investment by storing data on its appropriate media type in terms of cost and performance. Centralized administration simplifies management of multimedia. This is particularly important in regulatory environments where records must be retained for a number of years.
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Enhanced tape library drive and media support
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More nearline storage options for building solutions that manage data based on its value to the business. Choice and flexibility.
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Device support
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QUALSTAR RLS-5 series robots with SAIT-1 drives and Plasmon UDO (Ultra Density Optical) disk. More nearline storage options offers user more choice and greater flexibility when building storage solutions for managing data based on its value to the business.
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Fast Recovery
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Open Format
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Data is always written in open tar format Ensures data always can be restored, even in environments that do not include SAM software. This is particularly important in regulatory environments where records may be retained for a number of years.
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Read-behind capability
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Users do not have to wait for the entire file system to be restored before accessing data. They can begin reading a file before the file is fully restored. Fast access and restoration of data.
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Backup of metadata
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A procedure backs up the metadata, so that the system administrator can restore the structure of the file system in minutes. Fast disaster recovery, resumption of business operations even before all data has been restored.
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Tape Alerts
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Error analysis tool implemented by the hardware vendor through a standard interface. Tape alerts are reported by the device. Reduces downtime.
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