January 24, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sun Microsystems (sun.com) announced on Monday that the Sun StorEdge 9990 System is now capable of virtualizing EMC storage, a move the company says is part of its strategy to make it easier for customers to migrate from proprietary technology, protect existing storage investments and simplify data management.
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With the announcement, Sun now offers virtualization support for EMC Symmetrix DMX 800, 1000, 2000, 3000 and Symmetrix 3000, 5000 and 8000 series storage devices on the StorEdge 9990 system. Sun said EMC CLARiiON CX series storage systems would be supported on the StorEdge 9990 later this month.
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“We are delivering on our promise to bring open virtualization solutions to a broad cross-section of customers,” says James Whitemore, vice president of marketing at Sun network storage. “These new solutions, coupled with Solaris 10, the most storage-friendly operating system in the industry, and Sun’s systems approach to solving data center problems, will help customers simplify their infrastructure and get the best application performance for their money.”
