Catalogs >
Oracle >
sun-zfs-storage-family-ds-173238

sun-zfs-storage-family-ds-173238
8Pages

Catalog excerpts

ORACLE DATA SHEET SUN ZFS STORAGE APPLIANCE DELIVERING BEST-IN-CLASS PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY, AND ORACLE INTEGRATION KEY FEATURES Advanced, intuitive management tools Real-time analysis and diagnostics for optimal performance Support for Oracle Hybrid Columnar Compression with Oracle Database delivers 10x to 50x compression ratios Sun ZFS Appliance Monitor for Apple iPhone/iPad remotely monitors multiple appliances Active-active cluster option Data compression and inline deduplication Optimized storage hierarchy with Hybrid Storage Pools containing dynamic random access memory (DRAM), flash cache, and hard disk drives (HDDs) High-performance NAS storage appliance with extensive SAN storage capabilities (unified storage) Seamless multiprotocol integration and secure data sharing between Microsoft Windows, Linux, and UNIX environments Exceptional results for all three major standard benchmarks: SPC-1, SPC-2, and SPECsfs KEY BENEFITS Reduced complexity and simplified storage management High performance and high availability Reduced storage footprint, energy use, and cost with Oracle Hybrid Columnar Compression for Oracle Database Storage efficiency with integrated software Increased management efficiency with remote monitoring through iPhone/iPad Extreme performance and compelling economic advantages Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliance meets the most demanding enterprise storage requirements while delivering compelling economic advantages. Intelligent Hybrid Storage Pool architecture, a feature of the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance, and advanced compression technologies enable significant performance advantages while lowering capital costs. A unique set of management and analytics tools reduce time and complexity, lowering operating costs and simplifying management. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is an enterprise storage system offering extreme performance and efficiency. Meeting Today’s IT Challenges Storage requirements are exploding for databases, virtualization, unstructured content, and data protection. One of the top requirements of today’s storage applications is that they must provide both high performance and the ability to preserve and manage large volumes of filebased and/or block-based data. IT managers are being asked to continuously meet these growing storage capacity needs on flat or declining IT budgets—all while continuing to support high service levels for more and more users. Sun ZFS Storage Appliance The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is Oracle’s preferred NAS storage system with unified storage capability for enterprise tier 1 environments. It offers a rich set of enterprise-class data services, industry-leading performance, and Oracle Hybrid Columnar Compression—for Oracle Databases. These systems also feature a comprehensive and intuitive user interface and analytics environment that is unmatched in the industry in terms of its ease of use and simplicity. This reduces operating expenses by dramatically reducing management time and complexity. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance design automatically optimizes performance over storage tiers, delivering breakthrough performance and simplifying storage management. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance offers compelling economics along with extreme performance and efficiency for enterprise storage.

Open the catalog to page 1

ORACLE DATA SHEET Storage That Is Easy to Deploy, Analyze, and Optimize Provisioning and management are dramatically simplified in the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance through the browser user interface that takes the guesswork out of system installation, configuration, and tuning. Figure 1. Real-time analytics increase storage optimization and reduce down time. Administrators have all of the tools they need to quickly identify and diagnose system performance issues and debug live storage and networking problems before they affect the application infrastructure. Real-time analysis and monitoring...

Open the catalog to page 2

ORACLE DATA SHEET Performance and Scalability to Meet Business Needs To deliver high performance, the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance file system, Oracle Solaris ZFS, seamlessly optimizes performance. It is designed to recognize I/O patterns automatically and place data on the best storage media using Hybrid Storage Pools. For example, Oracle Solaris ZFS transparently executes writes to low-latency solid-state drive (SSD) media so that writes can be acknowledged quickly, allowing the application to continue processing. Then, Oracle Solaris ZFS automatically flushes the data to hard disk drives as...

Open the catalog to page 3

ORACLE DATA SHEET Easy on Your Budget The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance family offers configurations that deliver higher performance at costs lower than traditional storage solutions by using cost-effective components managed under the high-performance Hybrid Storage Pool architecture and providing a rich set of base software features. The configurations offer economic value by reducing energy consumption and data center space requirements through the use of 7,200 RPM drives and flash. Configurations with 3.5” 15,000 RPM and 2.5” 10,000 RPM drives are offered for customers who want to maximize...

Open the catalog to page 4

ORACLE DATA SHEET Available in single or cluster configurations, it can expand to nearly 2.6 PB of raw capacity for extreme scalability. Cluster Configurations For customers who require maximum protection against downtime, Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage 7320 and Sun ZFS Storage 7420 appliances also support a two-node cluster configuration with no single points of failure. These cluster configurations feature activeactive architecture that enables high performance and high availability to maximize business productivity. Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Software Included Features File system Oracle...

Open the catalog to page 5

ORACLE DATA SHEET Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Configurations Key Requirement Maximum Storage Capacity Write Optimized Cluster Option Read Optimized Flash (Rack Units) Low-priced entry-level system with enterprise features Mid-level enterprise storage with advanced capabilities Best price/ performance high-end enterprise storage Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Specifications Sun ZFS Storage 7120 Single controller only with integrated storage and optional disk shelf expansion. Single controller or dual controller HA cluster with external disk shelf storage (stated specs assume active-active cluster)...

Open the catalog to page 6