Installation by a Sun Service representative is included in the purchase price. A5x00 Fibre Channel arrays, and significantly increases performance in OLTP, RAID5 and other write intensive applications. Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache allows caching 'on the fly' so that data volumes can be cached or uncached without disruption to existing applications. Existing and new customers will gain the flexibility to choose between cached and uncached system configurations, depending on their specific needs. Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache contains battery back-up to protect against data loss during power cycles.
Dual boards eliminate a single point of failure, further enhancing data availability.
The initial release will support the Sun Enterprise 3x00, 4x00, 5x00 and 6x00 server families. It can be ordered immediately. Installation and configuration by a Sun Service representative is included at no additional cost. In recent lab tests, StorEdge A5200 Fibre Channel storage arrays , combined with Sun's Enterprise 10000 server , delivered ground-breaking results currently unmatched in the industry. The results were achieved even without using Sun's new Fast Write Cache feature.