Technology for High Performance Backups

To evaluate the effectiveness of online, offline, and raw database backups using the latest software and hardware technologies, Sun called upon their internal benchmarking center. The Sun Enterprise Technology Center provides a permanent, multi system facility that serves as a proving ground for scalability and reliability of Sun Microsystems products in large-scale enterprise environments.

Hardware Configuration

The Sun Enterprise Technology Center configured a Sun Enterprise 6000 server with more than one Tbyte of high performance disk storage and 24 of the fastest tape drives available (at the time of this test). For raw device backups, Sun installed an additional five Sun StorEdge DLT 7000 tape drives ...

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