What are the RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability features of SUN Fire T2000 Server?

The Sun fire T2000 is with the out-of-the-ordinary UltraSPARC T1 CPU. 16 DIMM slots support up to 32Gbytes of DDR2-533 memory. Internally, there is room for 4 SAS 73GB, 2.5″ disks. These server grade disks are fast 10.000 RPM Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives. With SAS, the user can also use SATA disks but probably limited to 7200 RPM disks.

Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) are aspects of a system’s design that affect its ability to operate continuously and to minimize the time necessary to service the system. Reliability is a system’s ability to operate continuously without failures and to maintain data integrity. System availability is the ability of a system to recover to an operational state after a failure, with minimal impact. Serviceability is the time it takes to restore a system to service following a system failure.These three features provided for continuous system operation.

The following features provide the high levels of reliability, availability, and serviceability to the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server.
Two Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies: This enables the system to continue operating should one of the power supplies fail or if one power source fails.
The SPARC Enterprise T2000 server also has a single hot-swappable blower unit that works in conjunction with the power supply fans to provide cooling for the internal disk drives.

Hot-swappable components: Hot-swap technology significantly increases the system’s serviceability and availability by providing the ability to replace hard drives, fan units, and power supplies without service disruption. SPARC Enterprise T2000 server hardware is designed to support hot-swapping of the chassis-mounted hard drives, fan units, and power supplies. By using the proper software commands, you can install or remove these components while the system is running.

The SPARC Enterprise T2000 server features three hot-swappable system fans. The fans make the system to continue operating with adequate cooling in the event that one of the fans fails.
The SUN Enterprise T2000 Servers server features an environmental monitoring subsystem protects the server.It protects against extreme temperatures, lack of adequate airflow through the system, power supply failures, and  Hardware faults.

Temperature sensors are located throughout the system to monitor the ambient temperature of the system and internal components. If the temperature observed by a sensor falls below a low-temperature threshold or rises above a high-temperature threshold, the monitoring subsystem software lights the amber Service Required LEDs on the front and back panel. If the temperature condition persists and reaches a critical threshold, the system initiates a system shutdown. If there is a failure of the system controller, backup sensors protect the system from serious damage, by initiating a forced hardware shutdown.
If a power supply problem is detected, an error message is logged in the ALOM CMT event log and optionally sent to the SC system console. Additionally, LEDs located on each power supply light to indicate failures.

The user can set up a hardware RAID 1 (mirroring) and hardware RAID 0 (striping) configurations for any pair of internal hard drives, providing a high-performance solution for hard drive mirroring.
By attaching one or more external storage devices to the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server, the user can use a redundant array of independent drives (RAID) software application such as Solstice DiskSuite™ or VERITAS Volume Manager to configure system drive storage in a variety of different RAID levels.
The UltraSPARC T1 multicore processor provides parity protection on its internal cache memories, including tag parity and data parity on the D-cache and I-cache. The internal 3MB L2 cache has parity protection on the tags and ECC protection on the data.

The Solaris 10 OS architecture provides a means for building and deploying systems and services capable of predictive self-healing. Self-healing technology enables systems to accurately predict component failures and mitigate many serious problems before they actually occur. This technology is incorporated into both the hardware and software of the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server.
These capabilities, along with UltraSPARC processor-based server binary compatibility, provide customers with unmatched agility, efficiency, and investment protection.

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Which is the fastest server designed for high-efficiency Web-scale and virtualized computing?

servers are scalable, reliable, high-performance, entry-level servers, optimized for enterprise data centers. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server is the first 64-thread, general-purpose server powered by UltraSPARC T2 “system on a chip” processor. It packs eight cores and 64 simultaneous threads onto a single piece of silicon, together with the key functions of an entire system on a single chip—computing, networking, security, and I/O. It’s all delivered in a compact 1RU form factor. The Sun SPARC® Enterprise T5120 server is the fastest server designed for secure, high-throughput, high-efficiency Web-scale and virtualized computing, with a combination of world record performance, performance per watt, and price/performance

It is the world’s first server with integrated, open-source, no-cost virtualization technology, enabling more than 2,500 isolated domains per rack. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server is also the industry’s most open platform, built on open-source technologies and open standards, packaging the only mainstream processor and virtualization hypervisor offered under the GPL, and having a choice of open-source operating systems and preinstalled Sun Java™ Enterprise System middleware.

The Solaris™ Operating System is free, open, and the only open-source UNIX®-based OS to run on more than 900 platforms on multiple x86 and SPARC® processors. The user can maximize the investment in the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server by leveraging the SunSM Eco Services Suite to optimize the datacenter power, space, and cool, or Sun Consolidation and Virtualization Services to help in architect and deploy the consolidation and virtualization projects.

The SPARC Enterprise T5120  is a 1U server featuring  One UltraSPARC T2 multicore processor with 4 cores (32 threads); 1.2 GHz or  8 cores (64 threads); 1.2, 1.4, or 1.6 GHz. It provides high levels of system uptime through the processor and memory reliability-availability-serviceability (RAS) features, coupled with the redundancy of some systems components, support for hardware RAID (0+1), and the predictive self-healing features of the Solaris™ 10 Operating System (Solaris OS). The UltraSPARC T2 processor improves throughput while using less power and dissipating less heat than conventional processor designs.
Additional processor components, such as L1 cache, L2 cache, memory access crossbar, memory controllers, and the I/O interface have been carefully tuned for optimal performance.

The Sun Sparc Enterprise T5120 server offers investment protection with SPARC V9 binary application compatibility and the Solaris 10 OS. The Solaris 10 OS also provides features such as Solaris Predictive Self-Healing, Solaris Dynamic Tracing, and support across UltraSPARC platforms.

Unified server management through the use of the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) system controller interface. ILOM integrates and manages CoolThreads and x64 platforms with the same toolset, and in heterogeneous environments, using industry standard element management tools and enterprise frameworks.
Each of  Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server provides an Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) service processor, compatible with Oracle’s x64 servers. Integrated Lights Out Manager provides a command-line interface (CLI), a Web-based graphical user interface (GUI), and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) functionality to aid with out-of-band monitoring and administration. Integrated Lights Out Manager also provides an Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM) backward-compatibility mode for administrators familiar with Sun Fire and Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000 and Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 servers.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server is also the industry’s most open platform. It is built on open source technologies and open standards, packaging the only mainstream processor and virtualization hypervisor offered under the GPL, and pre-loaded with Oracle Solaris Operating System and pre-installed software tools.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server offers extreme efficiency and security for the Web infrastructure
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What are the advantages of HPE Storage works MSL 4048 Tape Library?

The HP MSL4048 Tape Library has Exceptional storage density with up to 38.4 TB of compressed capacity in 4U (48 slots).It provides a choice of One or two Ultrium 960 SCSI or FC tape drives, One to four Ultrium 448 tape drives, One to four Ultrium 920 SCSI or 920 SAS tape drives. The MSL4048 can easily manage the media in and out of the library with a standard and Integrated bar code reader and 12 -slot removable magazines with load port.The MSL 4048 has Easy-to-use Web-based GUI. Additional performance or capacity is added to theMSL4048 tape library with tool-free drive upgrade kits.

Advantages:

      Reduce installation time with rack-ready units.

      Manage the library from across the room or across the globe with browser-based remote management interface

       Extensive compatibility testing to ensure the MSL4048 works with industry-leading servers, operating systems and backup software

       Automated data protection tasks to leave more time for other business issues.

      Single cartridge or bulk loading of media with removable magazines and user-configurable load port.

       Increase capacity and performance easily with tool-free drive upgrades.

       Hot swap drives make upgrading or replacing a drive quick and easy. Simply power down the current drive and remove from the library. Insert new drive and power up from the front panel or remote management interface.

Modular in design, the MSL4048 Tape Library has easily replaceable components minimizing the MeanTime-to-Repair on the unit. Replaceable components include the tape drive, the magazines, and the chassis, robot, power supply, and controller board.

The rack mount hardware included with the library allows installation in a variety of HP racks which include the 10000 series, 9000 series, 5000 series or System/E racks.

LTO technology is an open industry standard format; thus data written on HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape Drives can be interchanged directly with Ultrium Tape Drives from other vendors.

Data Rate Matching optimizes backup performance, regardless of the speed of the host or the network. It minimizes rewinding and repositioning of the tape, reducing wear and increasing reliability.

The MSL4048 Tape Library is supported on HP's industry-leading diagnostic tool - HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (L&TT). This robust diagnostic tool is designed for both the experienced professional and the untrained administrator. It ensures product integrity through self-diagnostics and fast resolution to device concerns.

Flexible interface – SCSI and FC interfaces provide options for installing the tape library into a SCSI or SAN environment.

Four 12-slot removable magazines offer bulk loading of media as well as providing for bulk storage of media off-site.

The MSL4048 Tape Library provides unmatched storage density without consuming a large amount of valuable rack space. Perfect for businesses with remote offices, the integrated web-based management features reduce the dependencies on local IT resources, allowing multiple sites to be supported centrally.

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What are the advantages of Dell PowerVault TL 2000 Tape Library?

Dell PowerVault TL 2000 Tape Library is the solution of choice for small and medium businesses that require affordable, easy-to-use, automated tape backup.  With an ease and cost-effectiveness not available in tape autoloaders, the user can help free up IT resources, minimize human error, backup data quickly and predictably, create off-site archive copies of data to meet compliance requirements, and bolster the disaster-recovery strategy.

The PowerVault TL2000 tape library is delivered ready to rack mount and packs tremendous capacity into a small package up to 36TB in only two units of rack space.

 The PowerVault TL2000 tape library is a 2U solution that holds up to 24 tapes for a native capacity of up to 36TB with LTO-5 tape media. LTO-5 backs up a staggering 504GB per hour per drive or 1008GB with 2 drives, making the PowerVault TL2000 tape library ideal for growing data-protection needs.

 Library Managed Encryption is available with LTO-4 and LTO-5 technology for added security. The PowerVault TL 2000 also retains the backward read-and-write compatibility with the prior generation of LTO and read compatibility with two generations back.

The PowerVault TL2000 features an intuitive operator control panel, plus remote Web management — the user can perform setup and diagnostics, check status, monitor operations and logs, and upgrade firmware all from any standard Web browser.

The PowerVault TL2000 features an intuitive operator control panel, plus remote Web management. The user can perform setup and diagnostics, check status, monitor operations and logs, and upgrade firmware all from any standard Web browser.

An iSCSI-to-SAS bridge card for the DellPowerVault TL-2000 Tap library is to supplement the growth in iSCSI SANs. This solution allows users to directly attach a tape backup target to an iSCSI 1 Gb Ethernet SAN utilizing little to no degradation in transfer speed.

The PowerVault TL2000 tape library enables two critical data protection activities like backup and archiving.

Backup: Create on-site backup copies of data, using the rewritable functionality of LTO media.

 Archiving: Create permanent, portable archive copies of data using WORM (Write Once, Read Many) capabilities. WORM enables the user to create data copies that cannot be overwritten, to help the user comply with government and industry data-protection requirements.

Tapes can be imported and exported individually using a mail slot or twelve at a time using one of two magazines.

Tape media is easily portable — it lets the user affordably archive the important data offsite to enhance the disaster-recovery strategy.

The ease and affordability of an autoloader with the performance, capacity, and reliability of a tape library the PowerVault TL2000 tape library is the ideal outgrown autoloader.

Dell™ PowerVault™ TL 2000 tape libraries contain multiple slots for storing tape media and use a robotic mechanism to move media automatically allowing for unattended and independent operation. To keep contents properly organized, a bar code reader inventories and tracks all tapes stored in the library.

 PowerVault TL2000 tape libraries feature an optical cartridge-location technology for precision cartridge handling and inventory.

Dell’s PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library offers simple and affordable tape automation for organizations whose data-protection needs have outgrown autoloader technology. It is the solution of choice for small and medium businesses that require affordable, easy-to-use, automated tape backup.

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