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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW), Mountain View, Calif., in conjunction with Veritas Software (NASDAQ:VRTS) and Storage Technology Corp. (NYSE:STK), has announced record-breaking results of a jointly-conducted backup demonstration of a multi-terabyte database.
The companies backed up alive, Oracle 7 database at a sustained rate of 941 gigabytes (GB)/hour, posting faster results than any competitive demonstrations to date.
During the portion of the backup process in which data is streamed from all devices in parallel, the companies were able to demonstrate raw disk backup rates of more than one terabyte (TB)/hour, giving rise to new strategies for very large database backups. Now, backups of multi-terabyte databases can be accomplished in a short few hours, enabling information technology organizations to provide more continuous access to data while safely securing the information that is so critical to success in today's competitive marketplace.
"Databases one TB and larger have become increasingly common as companies stockpile more and more business information in data warehouses," said Kathleen Holmgren, vice president and general manager of Sun's storage business unit.
"The record-breaking backup results achieved by Sun and our enterprise allies are a direct testament to the superior scalability and performance of the Sun(TM) storage,...