Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/storage/tape_storage/tape_libraries/sl500/perspectives.xml

Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System

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Award-winning scalability and value add up to your most flexible solution for midrange data protection and archiving requirements. Start saving money and getting results right now with the StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System.

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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.

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Migrating to or Integrating New Tape Drive Technologies in Existing Libraries

Press Releases

Sun Achieves Industry Milestone with 10,000th Tape Library Shipment

Sun Microsystems, Inc., May 28, 2008
Sun Microsystems announced a significant milestone in the IT industry: over 10,000 Sun StorageTek SL500 tape libraries have been shipped since 2004, demonstrating Sun's continued leadership in tape storage automation solutions.

Customer Success Stories

Tessenderlo Group

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Oct 16, 2008
Sun Storage Virtualization Solution Boosts Performance of Chemical Giant’s Mission-Critical ERP Systems

Globalia Corporación Empresarial

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Oct 05, 2007
Travel Conglomerate Achieves Optimum Use and Superior Performance from New Production Environment Thanks to the Solaris 10 OS

Career Education Corporation

Sun Microsystems, Aug 13, 2007
The Sun Virtual Tape Library has decreased our restore times by 90 percent and saved us approximately $200,000 annually in media costs.

Cork City Council

Sun Microsystems, Aug 23, 2006
Growing Irish City Uses Sun Storage Solution to Improve Public Services and Lower Costs

Corrections Corporation of America

Sun Microsystems, Feb 09, 2007
Sun Fire T2000 and Solaris 10 Cut Backup Window by 41 Percent, Accommodate Rapid Growth of Data

Kinderspital Zürich (Zurich Children's Hospital)

Sun Microsystems, Jun 01, 2007
Sun StorageTek Archiving Solution Skillfully Manages Data and Keeps Hospital Competitive

King's Daughters Medical Center (KDMC)

Sun Microsystems, Jun 21, 2006
Sun teams with Philips Medical Systems to consolidate storage and lower upgrade costs for regional hospital

Awards

Most Valuable Product Awards

InfoStor, Jul 01, 2006
Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System wins InfoStor Backup Hardware of the Year Award 2006.

Award Winning Tape Libraries

Storage Magazine, Feb 20, 2006
Sun StorageTek enterprise and midrange tape libraries win Diogenes Labs & Storage Magazine Quality Awards!