Technical Videos
The following in-depth technical videos describe the key features of Sun Storage 7000 Management Software in an interview format with Sun's senior development engineers.
Sun Storage 7000 Management Software: Analytics
Our experts explain the analytics feature of the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System, demonstrating how the software uses DTrace technology with a real-time graphical interface. Distinguished Engineers Mike Shapiro and Bryan Cantrill explain how storage administrators can answer performance and capacity questions while examining production workloads. 13:26
Sun Storage 7000 Management Software: Availability and Clustering
Learn the in-depth details about high availability and clustering on the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System. Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Keith Wesolowski demonstrate how the software automatically synchronizes nodes through a simple management interface. 11:29
Sun Storage 7000 Management Software: Storage Features and Configurations
Learn how administrators can configure the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System in just a few minutes! Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Eric Schrock demonstrate detailed ways to use a wide range of data services, protocols, compression, snapshots, clones, and more. 21:29
Sun Storage 7000 Management Software: Dashboard
Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Brendan Gregg demonstrate the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System dashboard, providing administrators with a unified view of storage system activity. 7:22
Sun Storage 7000 Management Software: Flash Technology
Learn the latest techniques for managing flash technology! Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro, Senior Staff Engineer Adam Leventhal and Staff Engineer Brendan Gregg discuss how the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System uses the hybrid storage pool. This new storage architecture incorporates read and write-optimized flash devices to deliver the best performance at the lowest $/G, with the lowest power consumption. 12:07
Hardware Overview: Part 1
Hear the latest technical details from Distinguished Engineers Mike Shapiro and Bryan Cantrill as they demonstrate the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System featuring the Sun Storage 7410 controller. 10:26
Listen to our technical experts describe the features of the Sun Storage J4400 Array including SAS connectivity. Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Keith Wesolowski demonstrate the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System hardware. 7:10
Learn how storage administrators can manage all aspects of system hardware through a powerful real-time graphical interface. Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Eric Schrock demonstrate the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System hardware. 7:05
Learn how software simplifies background technical tasks that used to take hours, making your job simpler! Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and User Experience Designer Todd Patrick walk you through the steps without requiring advanced system knowledge. 5:06
Concerned about data protection? Watch this in-depth video to learn how remote replication on the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System allows administrators to prepare for disaster recovery and protect your data. Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Senior Staff Engineer Adam Leventhal demonstrate the technical details! 9:13
Our technical experts explain how to manage users, roles and security using the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System. Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Bill Pijewski explain the details when multiple administrators have access to the system. 5:26
Hear the details on using CIFS and iSCSI protocols with the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System. Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro and Staff Engineer Bill Pijewski explain how to share data with Windows clients and VMware instances. 10:04 |
Comments (13)
Nov 12, 2008
columbia108 says:
Wrong link for Availability and Clustering. Please change it ASAP. Thanks in adv...Wrong link for Availability and Clustering.
Please change it ASAP.
Thanks in advance!
Nov 16, 2008
podman says:
Still the wrong link almost a week later . . . you deleted all the earlier posts...Still the wrong link almost a week later . . . you deleted all the earlier posts about the incorrect link but you didn't fix it? Nice. Hopefully the actual product is more reliable than whomever manages this content.
Nov 17, 2008
craigm says:
Actually, the wiki did get updated last week to correct the incorrect link in th...Actually, the wiki did get updated last week to correct the incorrect link in the 'CIFS and SCSI' entry (I posted the correct URL in the comments) and I've verified that the change is done (see versions), it looks like a nasty side-effect of this wiki implementation that comments are getting cleared on versioning of the page ... at least I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt first, until proven otherwise.
I've searched for the correct link for the 'Availability and Clustering' movie, also, but it does not seem to be a simple typo/substitution, so short someone on the team consulting their records and posting the link, we'll have to wait.
It looks like possibly the wrong movie was uploaded, so it appears in 2x locations on brightcove ... so we might have to wait until the original artifact can be retrieved.
Nov 17, 2008
Kemer says:
Sorry, folks. We seem to have a problem with the video storage service. Believe ...Sorry, folks. We seem to have a problem with the video storage service. Believe it or not, at several times (however briefly) everything was okay. We are working on solving this rather strange problem.
Nov 18, 2008
peterb_2008 says:
All fixed now. Thanks for your patience. It was indeed a problem with the video...All fixed now. Thanks for your patience. It was indeed a problem with the video hosting service.
Nov 21, 2008
Matt_Hosanee says:
Guys, the videos are waaaay too low resolution - 360x250?! It is impossible ...Guys, the videos are waaaay too low resolution - 360x250?! It is impossible to view what is being shown on screen.
Are there HD videos or even something larger to make out what is actually being shown?
Thanks in advance,
Matt
Nov 21, 2008
Kemer says:
Matt, your point is well-taken, but unfortunately the size reflects the classic ...Matt, your point is well-taken, but unfortunately the size reflects the classic challenge of balancing resolution against (average) bandwidth. I think these videos really are best for the dialog between the engineers. To get a closer look at the interface itself, you might want to check out the interactive demonstration at link in the right column above (Sun+Storage 7000 Management Software Demonstration): this is pretty cool, as it simulates the various components at a higher resolution (even there, we were directed to keep the resolution down so that it wouldn't clog the ether...)
Nov 21, 2008
podman says:
. . . plus you can download the virtual appliance and actually use the interfac.... . . plus you can download the virtual appliance and actually use the interface! http://www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/unified_storage/resources.jsp
(btw, thanks for fixing the videos).
Nov 21, 2008
Matt_Hosanee says:
@500Mb@500Mb
Nov 21, 2008
Kemer says:
Which is why the interactive demo (incidentally, created by engineer Nick Kloski...Which is why the interactive demo (incidentally, created by engineer Nick Kloski using Adobe Activate) is pretty handy. (Also, you might note that the virtual appliance also currently requires VMware, so you have a lot to download and install just to kick the tires.)
Nov 21, 2008
Matt_Hosanee says:
Thanks for the quick reply Although I expected that answer. The interactive i...Thanks for the quick reply
Although I expected that answer. 
The interactive is certainly viewable, it's a shame about the videos though - when so many other companies & sites achieve this fine.
A MP4 (H264) download would be a great option.
Apr 04, 2009
depasseg says:
Another vote for increased resolution. Any thought to using YouTube (HD)? I'm ...Another vote for increased resolution. Any thought to using YouTube (HD)? I'm playing with the appliance, and I would love to see exactly how the smart guys giving the demo are entering data.
Nov 29, 2008
dalesears says:
Fantastic information available here. Great interviews which enlightened me to ...Fantastic information available here.
Great interviews which enlightened me to subtle features that were easily overlooked or omitted from the internal project pages available.
Thank you very much!
One enthusiastic System Support Engineer