Tape Storage at Sun Dwayne Edling Manager Archive Development Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Agenda Overview > Leveraging our heritage > Current position > Competitive strengths > Roadmaps
Choice Our broad end-to-end portfolio Virtual Tape Primary Disk 9990V 9985V Data Protection and Archiving NEW SVA VSM 4e/4/5 Secure Data Encryption NEW NEW NEW T9840D T10000B T10000 SL3000 SL8500 VolSafe Software NEW Key Management Station T9840D Support Consulting
Sun's Continued Investment How do the competitors stack up? Portfolio Infrastructure Recent mainframe and open systems storage introductions State-of-the-art engineering storage lab > > > > > > > > VTL Plus 2.0 VTL Prime (de-dupe) VSM enhancements SL3000 T9840D T10000B IAS Encryption KMS 2.1 > 250,000 sq. ft > Over $70M Tape industry's only dedicated recording head wafer fab operation 4
Competitive strengths Tape Drives T9840D T9840 World's fastest data access drive 4X faster than closest competitor 4 generations of media investment protection T10000B T10000 Industry's first 1TB tape
Competitive strengths Tape Libraries SL8500 SL8500 No one comes near performance and reliability 10x more scalable, storing up to 70PB SL3000 SL3000 Best scalability True mixed media capability
SL-Series Cartridge Capacities Cartridge Slots
Hold/Reduce Costs Mainframe Footprint Comparison IBM 3494 w/ 3592 STK 9310 w/ T9x40 STK SL8500 20,900 slots; 180 3592 drives 13 slots/ft 2 (136 slots/m 2) 20,984 slots; 200 T9x40 drives 25 slots/ft 2 (270 slots/m 2) 19,500 slots; 192 drives 50 slots/ft 2 (538 slots/m 2)
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SL3000 Following the Tradition 2008 Single Dual Robotics T9840C, D T10000 gen 1 LTO3,4 200-3000 slots RealTime Growth HSC/ACSLS support 9840D VSMSupport 4e, 4, 5 VSM VTL 2010 2009 Expansion Module Safety Door Bulk Load Non-disruptive robotics replacement Improved code download Redundant Electronics T10000B T9840D, T10000, HP LTO4 Encryption Support Future Future LTO and Sun drives Future Virtual Tape (MF / Open) Performance enhancements Partitioning enhancements Media / drive reporting 10
SL8500 Continuous Innovation 2004 LTO for T9840/T9940L AS/400 TO2 support 6600 slots SDLT600 LTO 3 per library support 2007 PtP Up to 3 libraries Near LTO Continuous SDLT Operation HSC/LS ACSLS/HSC support 2007 2008 Increased performance Enhanced z/os tape drive preferencing Robotics Elevator Performance Data: Comparison with 9310 1200 1100 1000 701 633 580 500 450 450 438 402 450 402 291 0 0% Elevator 50% Elevator [3.11b] 8-bot Base + 5 frames [3.11b] 5 Frame with Drive Preference 8 robots Redundant 10,000 slots IP Safety per library Interface Door (5 frames) DLT S4 Partitioning 2nd LTO 4 per CAP Rail support Non Sun LTO tape drives Tray conversion Multiple TCP/IP within ACS complex LTO WORM support PtP Up to 7 T10000 Encryption Support libraries support Future Improve code download 10+ libraries via PtP Future LTO and Sun dr ives Performance enhancements Partitioning enhancements Non-disruptive code download Media / drive reporting 9840D Encryption T10000B 100% Elevator [3.11b] Base with Drive Preference Powderhorn Performance 11
Tape Technology 100 T10000 gen6 10 T10000 gen5 Capacity T10000 gen4 TB > 300 MB/sec T10000 gen3 T10000 gen2 1 T10000 gen1 120 MB/sec 0.5TB 0.1 2006 2007 > 120 MB/sec 1TB 2TB 16TB > 400 MB/sec 8TB 4TB LTO6 270 MB/sec 3.2TB * T10000 provides media re-use, LTO does not * T10000 provides encryption after compression starting with gen 1 LTO5 180 MB/sec LTO4 120 MB/sec 800GB 2008 > 200 MB/sec > 500 MB/sec 1.6TB 2009 2010 2011 2012 Year 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Next Generation Tape Technologies Expect cartridge capacities to double at approximately 2 year intervals > $/GB reduces by roughly ½ every two years Up to 5 TB cartridge capacities demonstrated at Sun > Higher track and bit densities Improved media > New smaller particles for particulate media New head technology > MR (magneto resistive) -> GMR (giant magneto resistive) New recording channel technology 14
Power/CO 2 Energy and Storage Systems (1PByte of Data for 1 yr) 500,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 TA P A P ffl O M an ua in e lt A T ed om at ut A E E E P M S V ID A M 00 45 X A TA R A ID 0 S lbs of CO2 400,000
Tape Path and Cartridge Types Dual hub Single hub 9840 Design Internal tape path Mid-point load 9940, T10000 Design External tape path Higher Capacity
T10000B is the second generation T10K First in the industry with 1TB native capacity! > RR Q3CY08 Built on years of Proven Sun StorageTek design leadership (T9840,T9940 and T10000A) Encryption solution with an advanced Key Management solution (KMS 1.X/2.0) Most advanced MP media from two media vendors Fuji-film and Imation Superior data and drive reliability 18
Encryption In Device In-device Based Encryption Solutions Data can be encrypted on a tape drive device, making it easy to validate and eliminating the performance penalty on the server Most secure solution It is easier to implement Allows compression to occur in the drive Bottom line: This is a good fit for heterogeneous environments and long term storage, with minimal changes to the IT infrastructure In Device 19
Thank you Dwayne Edling Dwayne.Edling@sun.com