The Current State of Tape at Sun

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The Current State of Tape at Sun

• Gavin Cole
• Storage Consultant SEE
• Sun Microsystems

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The Sun StorageTek Tape Portfolio
Tape Drive Technology
Sun StorageTek libraries are based on the
enterprise class, industryleading SL8500. Sun
StorageTek drives are designed for
24x7 enterprise use with both fast access and
high capacity solutions. Sun StorageTek tape
products are part of a broader portfolio
of technical innovation, including virtual,
software, and services.
VirtualizationSystems
VSM
VTL
T10000
T9840
Tape Automation
LTO
SL8500
SL3000
SL500
SL48
ArchiveSolutions
Tape Media(VolSafe, Sport)?
SL24
Storage Management
EncryptionSolutions
Services
Remote and On-site Management Services
Infrastructure Integration Services
Educational Services
Multi-vendor Support Services
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Good News Facts about Libraries

• Since the Sun acquisition of StorageTek...
• We've enhanced the SL8500 with redundant
  robotics, partitioning, T9840D, T10KB, LTO 4,
  expanded the max slot count from 19,500 to
  70,000, dual and multi- TCP/IP control path,
  increased the robotic speed (20 to 100), and
  more.
• Launched the new SL3000 library, taking
  enterprise technology into the midrange.
• We've enhanced the SL500 with LTO4, partitioning,
  and SLC enhancements, including advanced SNMP
  traps, media event reporting, and more.
• Library Partitioning across the family

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Good News Facts about Tape

• Since the Sun acquisition of StorageTek...
• Launched the T9840D, setting a record for
  investment protection with the 4th generation of
  media re-use, dating back to 1998!
• Launched the T10KB, the world's first 1 TB native
  tape capacity cartridge.
• Launched KMS 2.0, making encryption simple and
  scalable across T10KA/B, T9840D, and HP LTO 4.

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Sun StorageTek Tape in the Movies!
Can you find the SL8500 in this picture? Photo
from Get Smart!
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What's New with Tape
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What's NewT10000 B FC and FICON

• Overview
• First 1 TB native tape drive
• Media re-use of T10KA at 1 TB
• Backward-read of T10KA
• Enterprise-class reliability
• 32 channels (vs. 16 for competition) gt fewer
  passes to fill tape
• Long tape path with backside guiding
• 120 MB/s native (1TB in 2.5 hr)?
• Encryption ready

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What's NewHP LTO 4 Encryption

• Overview
• Can upgrade existing HP LTO 4 FC drives for
  encryption
• Can buy new HP LTO 4 FC drives that have the
  hardware (purchase the encryption hardware kit
  Dione card)?
• Requires license key for each drive enrolled in
  the system
• Encryption can be enabled on any HP LTO4 with the
  addition of KMS interface board.
• Released for SL8500, SL3000, and SL500

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What's New with Libraries
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What's New Partitioning across all Libraries

• It is a complex world out there Libraries
  aren't just for backups anymore
• Cartridge capacity growth keeps library hardware
  current
• Partitioning extends your investment in the
  library
• Share between different applications, backup
  archive
• Share between physical and virtual environments
• Partitioning for the Enterprise available for a
  long time
• Partitioning now available for Midrange and
  Workgroup environments

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What's Old SL8500 Partitioning

• Provides independent access and control
• Mainframe and open environments
• Production and test environments
• SL8500 frame can be segregated into 2, 3 or 4
  partitions
• Rail boundaries
• One rail or group of adjacent rail per partition

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What's Old SL3000 Partitioning

• Example
• 3,000 Physical Slots (six physical modules
  installed RealTime GrowthTMtechnology)?
• 1,000 Licensed Slots (licensed slots highlighted
  Capacity-on-Demand technology)?
• Choose any slots to fulfill your 1,000 slot
  license (Any Cartridge Any SlotTM technology)?

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What's NewSL500 Capacity Licensing

• Overview

Before Licensing
After Licensing

• All DEMs can be divided
• Each DEM is divided in thirds
• H/W comes with first third- S/W Key enables rest
  of slots

• Only first DEM can be divided
• Only in 1/2

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What's NewSL500 Capacity Licensing

• Overview
• Only licensed storage cells can be used for tape
  cartridge storage
• Minimum licensed capacity is 30 storage cells for
  LTO-only libraries, and 24 storage cells for
  mixed-media libraries
• Can purchase additional licensed capacity in
  increments
• License key is a signed file, good only for the
  library with that particular serial number
• Can email the file to the customer and use SLC to
  install
• Gaps in licensed capacity are not supported all
  storage cells must be contiguous

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What's NewSL500 Capacity Licensing

• Customer Benefits
• More price/capacity points
• Buy just what you need
• Save on backup application license fees

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What's ComingSL24/48 Partitioning

• Overview - Partitioning
• The Tape Autoloader or Library appears as
  multiple tape libraries.
• SL24 can appear as two
• SL48 can appear as two, three, or four
• Each logical library must have at least one tape
  drive, so the Tape Autoloader or Library can have
  up to as many logical libraries as it has tape
  drives.
• Each logical library can be separately set to
  random, sequential, or automatic mode
• Customer Benefit
• Consolidation

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What's ComingSL24/48 Set Active Slots

• Overview Set Active Slots
• Can set the active slots to any number from 2 to
  24 for the SL24
• Can set the active slots to any number from 2 to
  48 for the SL48
• Customer Benefit
• Reduce license fees for backup application

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What's New With Virtual Tape
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Suns VTL Plus V2.0Enhanced Manageability,
Performance, and Tape Integration

• Plus Features
• 8 TB to 1.2 PB effective capacity
• Performance up to 2400 MB/s
• High Availability
• Tape Integration
• ACSLS support
• Direct to Tape Copy (NDMP 4.0 support)?
• Tape Shredding

• Hardware Compression
• Sun Server, Disk, Solaris OS, and exclusive
  Solaris based VTL Software
• IBM iSeries/AS400 attach
• IP replication
• Compression
• Encryption
• Secure tape

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Sun's VTL Plus V2.0 familyVTL Plus 2.0
specifications
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Introducing - Sun VTL Prime
VTL and Data De-duplication

• Policy-based data de-duplication ( 201 reduction
  ratio)?
• 50 to 580 TB of effective capacity
• Data replication over IP
• Cabinet or rack mount appliances
• Sun Server, Disk, Solaris OS, and exclusive
  Solaris based VTL Software

VTL Prime
Best Price/perf. value
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Sun VTL PrimeSmall to Large
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Enterprise Capacity Optimizer (ECO)Integrated
VTL Plus and De-duplication

• ECO Optimization
• Store data on disk more economically
• Replicate less over the network
• Fewer drives, less energy required
• No impact on backup performance
• Policy-based de-duplication optimizing backup
  performance
• 20 to 1 reduction
• Single point of management for setup,
  configuration, and data policies
• Independent scalability
• VTL and ECO scale separately
• Backup performance separated from ECO performance
  
• 21 Clustered nodes
• VTL Plus optional software (ex. IP Replication)?

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The Added Value of Sun VTL Prime

• Reduced Costs
• Less bandwidth
• Less disk, less Tape
• Reduction in power and cooling
• Smaller floor space footprint
• Flexibility - Policy based de-duplication
• No impact to the backup PERFORMANCE
• Determine WHEN to De-duplicate
• Determine WHETHER to de-duplicate (ex. video,
  images , encrypted data...)?
• Maximum transfer speed to physical tape prior
  to de-duplication
• Transparent to current backup application and
  processes
• Store and access more data
• Increased reliability of backups and restores

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Thank you!

• Gavin Cole
• gavin.cole_at_Sun.com

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