Sun StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive

T10000

Resources

No Longer Orderable

This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive.

The T10000 tape drive sets the new standard on value and efficiency through advancements in capacity, throughput and media reusability.


Podcast

Wright State University Podcast on Encryption Success

Dec 18, 2007
Phil Neff, Associate Director of Computing and Telecommunications Services at Wright State University, discusses how the Sun StorageTek encryption/tape backup solution is helping protect and archive University data while achieving performance improvements and reducing data center costs.


In the News

Researchers Wrangle Petabytes of Data Storage with NAS, Tape

SearchStorage.com, Aug 02, 2007
Think that disk systems outperform tape? Read how researchers at a physics laboratory in Switzerland used Sun StorageTek tape drives to manage petabytes of data at one of the largest data producing facilities in the world. You may be surprised to learn that tape drives had performance advantages over LTO, and the ability to repurpose media more than covered the higher cost of the libraries.


White Papers

Tape The Digital Curator of the Information Age


Tape won't go away, but its role is expanding from a pure backup solution to that of a premier long-term storage technology.

Digital Archiving Solutions for the Media and Entertainment Industry


Get the details on how Sun servers, tape libraries, disk storage, and management software can help you meet the challenges of long-term media content archiving.

Reliability Matters


This paper describes the design elements of the Sun StorageTek T10000 tape drive, a high-duty-cycle enterprise-class tape drive. This drive makes use of several unique features and new technologies that allow for heavy data retrieval in a robotic environment with excellent data availability, reliability, and performance.

Raising the Bar of Performance: A Performance Comparison Test

Percept Technology Labs, Inc., Jan 02, 2007
The Sun StorageTek T10000 fibre channel tape drive is a high duty-cycle enterprise-class storage solution that achieves industry-leading data throughput rates – even in today’s most demanding storage environments.


Press Releases

Sun Delivers Device-Level Encryption on the Sun StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive, Expands Virtual Tape Library Family

Sun Microsystems, Sep 13, 2006
New Products Showcase Security in Sun's Storage Portfolio; new Sun StorageTek VTL Plus Leverages the Power of the Solaris Operating System to Outperfrom Competitors

Sun StorageTek SL8500 Chalks Up Its 1000th Customer Shipment

Sun Microsystems, Jul 27, 2006
SL8500's Shipped to Date Capable of Storing 10,000 Petabytes – All the Data Created in the Last Two Years

Sun Microsystems Advances Enterprise Storage Automation With Next-Generation Tape Drive

Sun Microsystems, Mar 14, 2006
Sun Microsystems Announces Availability of StorageTek T10000 Enterprise Tape Drive


Customer Success Stories

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Sun Microsystems, Aug 27, 2007
Leading U.K. Research Organization Harnesses High-Energy Physics Data with Sun Storage Technology

Thought Equity Management, Inc.

Sun Microsystems, Jan 22, 2007
Thought Equity Delivers Film and Video Content Four Times Faster with Sun StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

Sun Microsystems, May 10, 2007
Sun StorageTek Tape Drive Technology Cost-Effectively Handles Huge Data Volume for Major Scientific Undertaking

Wright State University

Jan 31, 2008
Providing for Data Protection and Faster Backups with Sun


Feature Stories

Sun delivers new solutions to take on today's top IT challenges

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Sep 13, 2006
Today Sun is announcing affordable, open, world-class solutions that address our customers' needs for efficiency, security, and simplicity better than anyone else. Our latest products deliver exceptional value by cutting costs, improving performance, securing IT infrastructures, and making businesses more efficient.