NEW DELHI: Sun Microsystems launched the Sun StorageTek modular storage family and the first two products in the family- the Sun StorageTek 6140 and 6540 arrays.

The StorageTek 6140 array delivers 2x the density and the StorageTek 6540 array delivers 2x the performance of competing solutions. For midsize-to-enterprise customers who need to support business-critical applications, Sun's quick-deploy modular storage line delivers non-disruptive flexibility, complete system availability, lower overall costs, and fast time to business benefit.

As the first new products to be released under the combined Sun StorageTek roadmap, the modular family incorporates the best of both companies - heterogeneous service and support expertise from StorageTek and end-to-end systems expertise from Sun.

The StorageTek modular storage family is designed for customers seeking to support business-critical applications and for Service Providers looking for a cost-effective, easy-to-use enterprise-class platform with the ability to confidently handle large data sets. Through common storage modules, common array management, and common data services, Sun's new modular storage line helps customers preserve the investments they've made in people, processes and infrastructure. This new family also delivers a full suite of data services and enterprise-level data protection capabilities for the midmarket.

"Storage managers are looking for solutions that scale in performance, capacity and capability," said John McArthur, group vice president and general manager at IDC. "The new Sun StorageTek modular storage family provides an open, standards-based system with the scale to support a wide variety of data and storage services for business critical applications."

The StorageTek 6140 array starts at $25,000 and is available from Sun and its authorized resellers. The StorageTek 6540 array starts at $85,000 and will be available in the next 30 days.

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