Cloud Computing with Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliance from Acardia

A cost effective cloud computing infrastructure storage solution that reduces costs, improves productivity, and simplifies datacenter management

Overview

The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance seamlessly integrates with Oracle VM and VMware features providing a powerful breakthrough solution for deploying storage in a cloud computing infrastructure. Key features such as thin provisioning, compression, and de-duplication work in concert with Oracle VM and VMware to eliminate duplicate data blocks and to compress data to avoid the over-allocation of storage capacity, which increases capital costs. DTrace analytics provide insight into virtual machine storage workloads, keeping the cloud computing storage environment reliable and available while improving overall business productivity.

Key Benefits

• Rapid responses to cloud storage and application reliability and availability through storage analytics
• Enhances business-critical application and storage agility with ZFS Storage Appliance interoperability with VMware, VMware vSphere, and Oracle VM
• Reliable disaster recovery plans can be established when the ZFS Storage Appliance is integrated with VMware Site Recovery Manager through replication
• Improves data availability and user productivity through instantaneous backup-and-restore using snapshots and clones, as well as with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service
• Extends the functional life of your storage through ZFS Sun Storage Appliance storage efficiency features
• Simplifies administration, reduces operating costs, improves data protection, and boosts operational efficiency

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