Category: Always up

Hybrid Storage

Blending flash-based solid state disk and hard disk drives to provide high performance at an affordable price seems to be a trend in the marketplace today.  It seems as if every vendor offers a solution that meets this criteria. Bear in mind these systems are not the typical SAN storage arrays with a couple of SSD […]

Nexsan E48VT vs Nexsan E48 and Nexsan E60VT vs Nexsan E60

The Nexsan E48™/E48V™/E48VT™  and the Nexsan E60™/E60V™/E60VT™ are: 4U , rack-mountable RAID storage systems which can hold up to 48 or 60 SATA, SAS, or SSD data disks. The base models of the Nexsan E60™ and Nexsan E48™ use: 3Gb/s SAS for internal communication between the RAID Controllers and hard disks. The V and VT variants use 6Gb/s SAS for internal communication. The VT variants also have a turbo card installed in each RAID Controller which optimizes sequential writes in parity-based RAIDs. There is no upgrade path between the base models and either the V or VT variants. Aside from the difference in internal communication speed and the presence of the turbo card in the VT units, there is no operational difference between the base models and either the V or VT variants. Nexsan E48VT and Nexsan E60VT are available for purchase from Sunstar Company. For addition information please call (800) 663-5523 or contact us online

Scale your Kaminario FLASH Array

Are you aware that Kaminario is the Only All-Flash Array that… Scales Right: Does BOTH Scale-Up and Scale-Out Globally adapts to applications block-size Supports global inline selective deduplication Allows to mix & match Controllers and SSDs Has highest capacity utilization (87.5% with K-RAID™) and highest density (up to 64 TB/U) This is super important because as […]

Consider Unitrends for your backup

We all need to backup our data. Organizations and Corporations can not “live by hope” alone. Scrambling to find hard copies is no longer an option. We do not print all the documents that we receive by email. But where and how should backup? Are you comfortable with your present backup process? Consider Unitrends. Unitrends […]

Nexsan E Series

Looking for that perfect SAN? Is there such a solution? Consider  The Nexsan E-Series V storage arrays and expansion units offer mid-size organizations affordable enterprise-level Fibre Channel, SAS and/or iSCSI SAN storage used for a variety of capacity-optimized and performance-driven applications. E60VT (360 TB in 4U) E48VT (288 TB in 4U) E32V (38.4 TB in […]

VDI Boot Storms can be a pain.

    Deploying Flash Storage for VDI Keeping users productive and satisfied is critical to the success of any VDI deployment. Solving this problem can be easily achieved by implementing a solid flash solution – Kaminanrio’s K2. Kaminario’s K2’s consistent low latency and predictable high IOPS/throughput deliver responsive virtual desktops and ensures both IT and […]

Save power when purchasing a new SAN

So you have a need to purchase a new SAN. Tired of your boss complaining about how much power the IT department is consuming. Shrink your storage footprint Save on power and cost Spend less time administrating storage. Imation’s Nexsan E-Series SAN storage solutions are: Ultra dense Super efficient Increase capacity while consuming less than one-third the […]

Moving forward with Unitrends Cloud

The Cloud. Vendors are constantly trying to sell you their cloud-washed product which offers little in terms of additional benefit from the cloud versus your on premise solution. Vendors are attempting to force you into their cloud services without taking into account limited available WAN bandwidth, SLAs you need for recovery of data, your systems, […]

The Cloud is it ideal for backup?

The Cloud. Vendors are constantly trying to sell you their cloud-washed product which offers little in terms of additional benefit from the cloud versus your on premise solution. Vendors are attempting to force you into their cloud services without taking into account limited available WAN bandwidth, SLAs you need for recovery of data, your systems, […]

Hardware Maintenance

Sunstar Company, Inc provides post warranty hardware maintenance on all of your disk storage, tape storage and servers manufactured by IBM, HP, Dell, Oracle/ Sun/STK, Quantum, Qualstar, Overland, Tandberg and more. We provide two core maintenance offerings: From our southern California office we are able to dispatch a technician to site for same day service […]

Performance SAN Storage with 2½” Drives

      Reliable High Density Storage Arrays Turbocharged for High Performance. The Nexsan E32V 32 x 2½”  Drives in 3U, Single or Dual Controller SAN, Active / Active Controllers Innovative ease-of-use functionality makes deploying and managing dense storage a simple task for the resource constrained IT administrator. Simply pull out a drawer to service drives […]

Reasons to consider Imation’s Nexsan Assureon Archive

The Nexsan Assureon is a tamper-resistant system, purpose-built with multiple layers of safeguards to prevent, even with administrator-level access to the system and detailed understanding of its technology, any attempt at file deletion or modification. In the unlikely event that an information asset archived on Assureon ever becomes corrupted, the system, when using a redundant configuration, will automatically and transparently […]

Looking to evaluate SAN Storage, Consider Nexsan

Why Nexsan? Nexsan and Imation Company has been around ~14 years and manufacturers terrific storage solutions. Consider the Nexsan E Series V and their Nexsan NST Series . E Series V High Density Storage Imation’s Nexsan® E-Series SAN storage solutions are ultra dense and super efficient Reduces power use and cost, needs less space, and […]

Tips for Implementing Data Storage Tape

According to the Active Archive Alliance, nearly 250 million Linear Tape Open (LTO) tape cartridges have been shipped since the format’s inception. (100,000 PB of data on LTO.) The realities of a Big Data world and the advances in tape technology, density, reliability and usability have brought the realization to many that we should not […]

AssuredSAN 4000 from Dot Hill

Consider the Dot Hill AssuredSAN™ 4000 SAN storage arrays for your storage needs. Offering up to 6400 MB/s sequential reads, and 5300 MB/s sequential writes. Designed with a powerful processor, these SAN storage systems are tuned for sequential workloads. Ideal data storage solutions for high performance computing, oil and gas siesmic data analysis, telecommunications data capture, […]

Private Cloud!

Complete Data Privacy, Total Control of Data Location and Redundancy, Significantly Faster than Public Cloud, Automated Replication and Synchronization, Compatible with Your Backup Infrastructure The Cloud Experience Employees Want Transporter is private cloud file storage delivered in a powerful, easy to deploy appliance. For the user, the experience is just like Dropbox with all of the benefits you’d […]

Data Protection Strategy

Let me get straight to the point. The sheer volume and variety of ways in which data can be breached is daunting, including: silent data corruption due to hardware failure and software failure, malicious attacks from cybercriminals or human error such as accidental file deletion or overwriting by employees, etc. Yet for all too many data center managers, their […]

Nexsan Capacity update – 8TB Drives are now supported

Nexsan recently announced that 8TB NL-SAS 7,200 drives have been certified for the following E Series: Nexsan E18V Nexsan E48VT Nexsan E60VT    E18V E32V E48VT E60VT System Form Factor 2U 18 drives 2U 32 drives ** 4U 48 drives 4U 60 drives Capacity (Max. per shelf) 144TB 38.4TB 384TB 480TB Max. Number of Drives […]

Nexsan NST2000 and NST4000

A fully unified, enterprise-class, unified hybrid storage solution that simultaneously supports block and file traffic eliminating the need for organizations to invest in separate SAN and NAS storage systems. The NST4000 and NST2000 from Nexsan support Fibre Channel in addition to iSCSI, 10GbE and NAS . Hybrid Storage  =  a combination of solid-state disk (SSD) […]

Dense SAN Storage

Consider the Nexsan line of Reliable High Density Storage Arrays Turbocharged for High Performance  Excellent quality, performance and cost. Call (800) 663-5523 for a quote or contact us on-line Nexsan E48VT, 48 Drives in 4U, Single or Dual Controller SAN, Active / Active Controllers E48VT with 8 x  16GB Fibre, Dual Controllers ** E48VT with 8 […]

Nexsan Assureon Storage Required

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization’s documents, and other content, that relate to the organization’s processes.The term encompasses strategies, methods, and tools used throughout the lifecycle of the content. A trusted system is a system that is relied upon to a specified extent to enforce a specified security […]

Private Cloud Model

Private cloud is a marketing term for an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall. Private cloud (also called internal cloud or corporate cloud) is a marketing term for a proprietary computing architecture that provides hosted services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. Advances in virtualization and distributed computing have allowed […]

Unitrends replaces Symantec Backup Exec more than any other competitor.

       vs         Unitrends offers: Cost Effective Capacity-Based Model & Simple Pricing – No hidden fees and no-limits appliance licensing coupled with flexible UEB software licensing models Lowest Total Cost of Ownership through a broad and cost effective family of all-in-one appliances 12 Granular Physical Appliances Supporting 0.4TB – 50TB Maximum Backup Instant Recovery: Physical On- and Off-Host […]

Unified Storage, Fibre Channel Option

The Nexsan NST2000 by Imation expands the availability of fault-tolerant FASTier™ DRAM caching and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity, and puts them in reach of mid-range businesses Use SSD to increase the cache memory pool so that I/Os are accelerated before they go through the controller to the back-end disk drives. The larger the cache memory […]

Secure Data Movement Architecture

Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, announced it has unveiled its new Secure Data Movement Architecture (SDMA™) to give organizations a holistic approach to actively manage their high-value data files and protect them from tampering, destruction, loss or leakage through their entire lifecycle. SDMA empowers end users to manage their own […]

All-in-One Backup Appliance

Backup with a  single solution, single management interface and with a single line-item in your budget. Protect over 100 versions of computers, storage devices, operating systems, hypervisors and applications with the Unitrends Recovery Series BACKUP, ARCHIVING, INSTANT RECOVERY & DISASTER RECOVERY All-in-One Backup Appliance                         […]

Looking for a reliable SAN Manufacturer

If you have a need for a SAN Storage Solution, perhaps there is a need for: Density and /or Performance and /or Future Growth Consider NEXSAN: E-SERIES V :  The Nexsan E-Series V is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for […]

IBM releases the new IBM FlashSystem V9000

The new IBM FlashSystem V9000 delivers up to 57TB per building block. Scales to four building blocks  – four additional 57TB V9000 Storage Enclosure expansion units for large scale enterprise storage system capability. FlashSystem V9000, including its MicroLatency Flash Modules, is covered by up to seven years of hardware support. Software support for the FlashSystem V9000 […]

Archive your data adhearing to regulatory requirements

Nexsan’s Assureon advanced archive system is ideal for freeing up primary storage, reducing the size and cost of backups, or complying with governmental regulatory requirements including HIPPA, SOX, and SEC-17. Also corporate regulators have introduced stringent compliance archiving requirements regarding electronic communications in response to the explosive growth of email & instant messaging (IM) as principle […]

Nimble News

Just four and a half years after shipping its first Adaptive Flash platform, Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the flash storage solutions company, today announced that more than 5,000 customers worldwide have adopted the Nimble Storage Adaptive Flash platform. Achieving this significant milestone underscores the company’s vision to deliver the industry’s most efficient flash storage platform. […]

Cloud Backup

Unitrends Cloud is a disaster recovery and business continuity offering that takes the capabilities of their Recovery-Series and their Unitrends Enterprise Backup backup products and enhances them with our cloud capabilities. You get the recovery and recovery assurance technologies that you would traditionally achieve from their appliances. Offerings: Metered No Limits Cloud Disaster Recovery as […]

How to get optimal performance from Oracle Database servers.

Getting optimal performance from Oracle Database servers, can be challenging for their supporting storage infrastructure. Our goal; get Oracle Databases to run at optimum levels of performance even when faced with challenging workloads Production systems must be able to: Quickly process revenue-producing transactions around the clock Simultaneously executing demanding I/O operations like backups, database replication/failover, and […]

Looking for a Backup Solution?

At some point in time a backup solution will be deployed in all organizations. Sure there is a wide choice of offerings and we are not just talking about disk or tape.  For the most part a number of vendors are required for a backup solution to be deployed. More likely both software and hardware […]

Why deploy flash Storage?

FLASH STORAGE! All organizations would like to deploy new applications and capabilities faster and provide a more agile and a more  scalable infrastructure. Application performance and predictability and the ability to raise operational efficiency while reducing  cost is very attractive to the administrators that work with the likes of Oracle Databases, SQL Server Databases, VDI, Server […]

Scale Up and Scale Out All Flash Array

5th Generation Scale-Up and Scale-Out All-Flash Array Kaminario K2 All-Flash Array delivers consistently high performance combined with cost effectiveness and capacity efficiency no matter what the platform or workload. Learn how K2 can help make all of your IT deployments perform better and at a significantly lower effective cost than other storage architectures. With K2 all […]

Imations Nexsan E18V SAN Storage

18 Drive Bays in just 2U, Two drawers, each supporting 9 drives, Mix and match drives Choice of drives: SSD, SAS 15K, SAS 10K and NL-SAS 7.2K Single or Dual Controller Four 16Gb FC and four 1GbE iSCSI connections Four 8Gb FC and four 1GbE iSCSI connections Four 10GbE (SFP+) and four 1GbE iSCSI (RJ45) connections Four […]

SAN Storage Required?

It seems as if at some point in time we all need to purchase some SAN Storage (Block). In some cases we can make do with a NAS (File) but if you need to run a database of some significance a SAN will be required. So what is a SAN? A storage area network (SAN) […]

Nimble Storage Issues an Adaptive Flash Challenge

Flash certainly has disruptive potential in the data center, but do you really need to pay for flash-only storage, when you could realize better price-performance and capacity with the Nimble Storage Adaptive Flash platform? That’s a crucial strategic question facing enterprise storage buyers today, who must support more and more performance-intensive applications and workloads – […]

Storage Migration

Sunstar Company can help with the movement of your data! At some point in time a business will choose to take advantage of more efficient storage technologies. The result; move physical blocks of data from one tape or disk to another, often using virtualization techniques. The data format and content itself will not usually be changed in […]

Archive to Tape

Too much data and not enough primary storage to retain all the data? Unstructured data, seldom reviewed? Tired of backing up the same data (unchanged) time and time again. Reduce backup Secure your data in more than one location, Need to retain data for a many years Consider archiving your data to either LFT media […]

Assureon Archive

Imations’s Nexsan Assureon Archive Assureon is an archive storage solution from Nexsan that is suitable for primary storage optimization, regulatory and corporate compliance, and the secure, long-term retention of files. The Assureon offloads data from primary storage, freeing up capacity for active data and greatly reduces the size, cost and complexity of backups. Security features comply […]

Do we really need Unified Storage?

Unified Storage is RAID storage device that provides consolidated BLOCK and FILE SERVICES services to system clients, physical and virtual servers shared network. Unified storage uses standard file protocols such as CIFS, NFS, FC and iSCSI to allow users and applications to access the data on the common platform. Managing numerous storage systems and platforms […]

Should we consider Hybrid Storage

Hybrid Storage  is defined as a combination of solid-state disk (SSD) and hard disk drives (HDD) in a single storage system. Two approaches; the first being the more common method of placing SSD drives behind the controller as a capacity tier within the storage system.In the case of Nexsan, their E Series, fits this option […]

IBM 3592-E07 TS1140 Tape Drive

 Library and standalone and dektop TS1140 drives available for shipment today. New and Refurbished Drives are sold with warranty. IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive Model E07 (machine type 3592) is the fourth generation of the highly successful IBM 3592 Enterprise Tape Drive. The IBM 3592 TS1140 Model E07 has a native cartridge capacity of 1.6 […]

Nexan High Density Storage – E60VT

Nexsan E60VT is a super dense RAID array that supports 60 Drives in 4U, choice of controllers, single or dual. Ideal for unstructured data, backup ballooning data growth. Designed with energy conservation in mind. Choice of connectivity:  8GB Fibre 16GB Fibre 10GbE iSCSI 6GB SAS Expansion: Easy with the E60X (Max 2), Supporting a total of […]

We All Need To Archive Our Data

Can you afford to loose your data? None of us wish to loose data, and hopefully we backup our data on a regular basis. For many of us we find that we tend to be backing up the same data time and time again, Ask yourself the following. How much of your Corporate Data changes […]

Dternity’s Archive – Total Storage Solution

Can we really afford to keep all our data on spinning disk? Offload data from primary storage, consider the Dternity Archive from Fujifim. Dternity is Fujifilm’s data protection and archival solution for organizations seeking to preserve and protect their critical data. Combining cost-effective data tape with seamless onsite and online content protection, Dternity’s holistic approach to […]

Unified Storage Explained?

What is Unified Storage? Often we at Sunstar Company are asked by prospective clients questions such as, “can you tell me the difference between SAN, NAS and Unified Storage?” A simple explanation about Block and File Storage and the different connectivity options often suffice. The looming questions, what about unified?” Unified Storage is a storage system […]

Ideal Backup for Small Business

  BACKUP, ARCHIVING, INSTANT RECOVERY & DISASTER RECOVERY All-in-One Backup Appliance:                                                              Call (800) 663-5523 FREE for a Quote or Additional Information Purpose-built physical backup appliances for enterprise-class virtual, deep virtual, physical protection, and unified […]

Nexsan Assureon Features and Benefits

80 Percent of data on primary storage is unstructured and never changes or changes infrequently. This data can be moved easily and transparently to a more cost-effective archive storage platform. With the Nexsan Assureon Archive Solution from Imation, data can be moved one time and recalled as needed. With the assistance of shortcuts the original […]

Purchase Online from Sunstar Company

Sunstar Company’s Web Site Has Been Refreshed! Today we added additional content for our customers that have a need for additional hardware and or software that traditionally would be purchased at a higher cost. PURCHASE ONLINE Sometimes there is no need to engage with your Sunstar representative when you know exactly what you want and […]

Nexsan E48VT RAID Array can expand to 864TB in 12U

Do you need fast, reliable storage that can support vast quantity of capacity? The Nexsan E48VT can do just that and more. Add two expansion shelves, now 864TB in 12U. Using active drawer technology the disk drives are easily accessible as are the Dual Active-Active Controllers, Power Supplies and Fans. (We are told that 8TB […]

Large Companines need the Unitrends Recovery-936S for backup!

BACKUP, ARCHIVING, INSTANT RECOVERY & DISASTER RECOVERY All-in-One Backup Appliance: Purpose-built physical backup appliances for enterprise-class virtual, deep virtual, physical protection, and unified computer protection. No need to backup to tape, simply backup to disk, no software required; includes Bear Metal Restore! Option: Replicate data either to a second unit to to the cloud   Unitrends Recovery 936S 73TB of Storage capacity […]

Block Storage – Nexsan E18V and Nexsan E32V

Nexsan’s 18 and 32 drive bay storage arrays have a reputation as being super reliable, fast and easy to expand storage arrays. The Nexsan E18V supports 3½” disk drives whilst the Nexsan E32V supports 2½” disk drives. maximum capacity at this time, 324TB behind a single controller. E-Series V features an advanced active/active controller design, […]

How Safe is Your Data?

Do you know if all your files are in the “backup” or archive? Is there a copy of all your flies at your remote site? What is the health (integrity) of your files at each site? If they are different which one is correct? Imation’s Nexsan Assureon will allow your Data Center Manager to state […]

Unitrends New Recovery Appliance

Unitrends is making waves again. Yesterday they announced the release of the 3rd generation, all-in-one integrated appliance models New to these models: Faster CPU clock speeds AES-NI hardware encryption Increased I/O bandwidth Scales from 1TB to 97TB of raw storage 8GB to 256GB Memory in an appliance 2 to 16 CPU Cores in an appliance. Solid State […]

Unitrends RC824 to be delivered

BACKUP, ARCHIVING, INSTANT RECOVERY & DISASTER RECOVERY All-in-One Backup Appliance:   Delivering a new RC824 to one of our clients today. The Unitrends Recovery-824 possesses backup, archiving, and disaster recovery capabilities. The 824 can protect up to 16 TB of data and applications. Standard features are instant recovery and deduplication. Interested to learn more about the Unitrends Recovery […]

Dump your backup software when you purchase the Unitrends Backup Appliance

Offered in shrink-wrapped packages based on an integrated, scalable architecture, the Unitrends Appliances offer flexible deployment options and No Limits Licensing™, giving you maximum protection at the industry’s lowest TCO. Supporting 100+ versions of computers, storage devices, operating systems, hypervisors and applications, work alone or in tandem with Unitrends Enterprise Backup virtual appliances, and can extend from […]

Data Storage Solutions

Imation’s Nexsan portfolio features solid-state optimized unified hybrid storage systems, secure automated archive solutions and high-density enterprise storage arrays. Nexsan solutions are ideal for mission-critical IT applications such as virtualization, cloud, databases, and collaboration; and energy efficient, high-density storage for backup and archiving By Application Data ProtectionProtecting your company’s data is as important to Imation as […]

Disaster Recovery

Ensuring continuity is an important consideration for maintaining a healthy and prosperous business. If recovery is ever required by your organization, you would  expect a simple, fast, and ultra-reliable data disaster recovery solutions. more The process, policies and procedures that are related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure which are vital to an […]

Archive – solving problems

Data storage is too expensive and exceeds current budget Fixed content is still being backed up Archival data requires online file access Unstructured data management is too complex Disaster Recovery (DR) – second copy and/or off-site copy, compliance/regulatory requirements  The Solution StrongBox is a NAS appliance designed for unstructured data StrongBox is primary storage with […]

Digital Imaging

Digital Imaging continues to drive up demand for storage capacity. Three reasons: High Definition (HD) cameras produce denser images Data Retention polices require longer term storage of images and video Data Replication – multiplies images as business seek to protect valuable archives. As archives grow, storage performance must keep pace so that valuable files are […]

Archive your Data

Offload NAS: Data such as photographs, video, medical records, scanned documents, court evidence, reports, experimental results and email messages do not change. Rather than fill expensive primary storage with this data, and then wasting time and media backing it up repeatedly, it is best offloaded onto a data archiving storage system where it will be better […]

Not all data was created equally!

The data you create, maintain and destroy will have different use cases. Some of these use cases will involve the near daily access of this data, but in most cases the data is never accessed again until some event triggers its restoration need.  Structured and Unstructured Data. For the most part, structured data refers to […]

Unitrends Cloud Backup & Recovery

Sunstar Company, Inc is pleased to offer our client Unitrends Cloud. Unitrends Cloud is a disaster recovery and business continuity offering that takes the capabilities of our Recovery-Series and our Unitrends Enterprise Backup backup products and enhances them with our cloud capabilities. It means that you get the recovery and recovery assurance technologies you’ve come to expect from our […]

Nexsan E Series V

The E-Series V is offered in four core configurations: E60VT (360 TB in 4U), E48VT (288 TB in 4U), E32V (38.4 TB in 2U, all 2.5″ drives), and E18V (108 TB in 2U).    Each can be easily expanded with additional capacity by adding the corresponding expansion unit: E60XV, E48XV, E32XV, or E18XV. E-Series V Key Benefits Reliability – features […]

IBM TS1150 Tape Drive – aka 3592-E08

  IBM TS1150 Model E08 (3592-E08) is the fifth generation of the highly successful IBM 3592 enterprise tape drive and is designed to provide higher levels of performance, reliability, and cartridge capacity than the TS1140 Model E07 tape drive. The TS1150 has a high-technology, 32-channel GMR head design to deliver a native data rate performance […]

Nimble Storage CASL Architecture

Nimble Storage’s Adaptive Flash platform is the first storage solution to eliminate the flash performance and capacity tradeoff. The Adaptive Flash platform is based on Nimble’sCASL™ architecture, and InfoSight™, the company’s data sciences-based approach to the storage lifecycle. Flexible scaling of storage resources to satisfy the changing demands of business-critical applications Five times greater performance and capacity […]

STORAGETEK TAPE DRIVES: 9840, 9940 AND 10000

Available from Sunstar Company. Refurbished Oracle StorageTek (STK)  enterprise tape drives StorageTek T10000D Tape Drive StorageTek T10000C Tape Drive StorageTek LTO Tape Drives Legacy StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive StorageTek T9940B Tape Drive StorageTek T9940 Tape Drive StorageTek T9840D Tape Drive StorageTek T9840C Tape Drive StorageTek T9840B Tape Drive StorageTek T9840A Tape […]

Imation’s Nexsan NST6000

Imation’s Nexsan NST6000 along with NestOS 3.0 is highly scalable unified storage solution in a compact footprint that uses a caching technology called FASTier® to accelerate reads and writes I/O requests. FASTier intelligently and automatically moves data through solid-state and spinning disk to speed your virtual and cloud environments. Built with the time-constrained IT administrator […]

Data Storage Equipment Upgrades

If your company’s IT needs have outgrown your current data storage systems, ISC can help you upgrade your equipment. We can also assist you in reconfiguring and re-deploying your old data storage equipment to be used in another company area or location if you’re not ready to decommission it just yet. We can also assist […]

Archive to LTFS

Data is exploding across the digital universe faster than ever before. While new information may need to be preserved for 2 or 20 years, data always needs to be accessible and accurate. StrongBox solves data storage and protection challenges at a low cost while keeping your files fully accessible and simplifying long-term preservation. StrongBox Key Benefits: Reduces […]

Nexsan NST Hybrid Storage

Imation’s Nexsan® NST® combines high performance, high capacity and Imation’s innovative FASTier® caching technology to provide scalable performance for mixed application workloads and virtualized environments. NST fulfills changing application and storage needs with unified NAS and SAN access capabilities in a single hybrid solution. This lets you right-size your initial acquisition by scaling storage, performance, or both as […]

NEXSAN NST4000 UNIFIED STORAGE WITH FIBRE OPTION

NEXSAN NST4000 UNIFIED STORAGE WITH FIBRE OPTION   If you prefer Fibre Channel to other SAN protocols, this scalable storage is built for you. The Nexsan NST4000 by Imation expands the availability of fault-tolerant FASTier™ DRAM caching and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity, and puts them in reach of mid-range businesses The introduction of NST4000 and NestOS 3.1 […]

Media & Entertainment Storage Solutions

Video production and distribution is evolving at a faster pace than ever before. Post-production activities require massive amounts of storage. Editors cut and coordinate raw content from multiple feeds. Staying on top is all about asset management and the ability to scale storage on the fly. To learn more about the storage offerings available to […]

Imation Nexsan NST Hybrid Storage

    Imation’s Nexsan® NST combines high performance, high capacity and innovative FASTier® caching technology to provide scalable performance for mixed application workloads and virtualized environments. Fulfills changing application and storage needs with unified NAS and SAN access capabilities in a single hybrid solution Lets you right-size your initial acquisition by scaling storage, performance, or […]

Digital Imaging

Digital Images are electronic snapshots taken of a scene or scanned from documents, such as photographs, manuscripts, printed texts, and artwork. The digital image is sampled and mapped as a grid of dots or picture elements (pixels). Each pixel is assigned a tonal value (black, white, shades of gray or color), which is represented in […]

Ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient SAN storage

The Nexsan E48VT is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 240 terabytes of capacity in […]

Ultra48 SAN from Dot Hill

The Dot Hill Ultra48 SAN storage arrays provide high-density SAN storage options for HPC, Cloud, and Big Data applications. Taking advantage of high-performance SAS and SSD drives and ultra computing power to deliver 6.4 Gibabytes/second performance, the Ultra48 can house up to 48 drives, increasing storage performance density by 200 percent within a 2-rackunit space. These high-density […]

Nexsan NST at VMworld Europe

Nexsan™ NST™ hybrid storage appliances combine high performance, high capacity and innovative caching technology to meet mid-sized enterprise application and storage needs OAKDALE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 10, 2014– Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced that it will feature its innovative Nexsan™ storage appliances – including the new NST4000 – at next week’s […]

Compliance-capable, easily managed, cost-efficient archive solutions do exist.

The Nexsan Assureon line of products is specifically designed for long-term retention and adherence to compliance requirements. Archive File Shares Offload File shares and reduce storage overhead. Take advantage of de-duplication and advanced federated search across File and Exchange servers. Full support for hybrid and dedicated cloud infrastructures to improve cost-efficiency and accessibility. Offload File Servers […]

Nexsan E60VT SAN Storage

The Nexsan E60VT is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 360TB of capacity in just 4U and […]

Nexsan E48VT in 4U

The Nexsan E48VT is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 288TB of capacity in just […]

Nexsan Assureon archive

The Nexsan Assureon™ is an archive system that is ideal for primary storage optimization and the secure long-term retention of files. Assureon offloads data from primary storage to free up space for active data and greatly reduces the size, cost and complexity of backups. Stringent data integrity features like file-fingerprinting ensure the file you save […]

Data Storage and Management

Sunstar Company, Inc. partners with the best hardware and software vendors in the industry. Our extensive experience means we can identify and assess products as they come onto the market, and select the leading technologies for integration onto existing or upgraded storage solutions. We constantly review new products to provide our customers with the best […]

Unitrends RC833

Good news, Sunstar client …… has ordered yet another Unitrends RC833.  What I can assure you is that the Unitrends Recovery Appliance does what the document states, the client is happy as are we. Backup to the Unitrends RC Appliance. To learn more about Unitrends: Contact sales at Sunstarco.com or call 310.330.2900  

Nexsan E32V

Imation debuted the Nexsan E32V – an expansion of our E-Series V storage array family. The E32V is a 32-bay enclosure for 2.5″ hard drives and solid state drives that requires just 2U of rack space, bringing new value to datacenter professionals that require the very highest storage performance within a small footprint.  The E32V is a perfect […]

Nexsan E Series VT

The Nexsan E-Series V is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 240 terabytes of capacity […]

Nimble CS300 and CS500

Nimble Storage has released two new hybrid storage arrays, the CS300 and CS500. The new units refresh Nimble’s lower and mid-range offerings, boasting a 50% increase in performance over the CS200 and CS400 models they’re replacing. Like the high-end CS700, the new systems leverage Nimble’s Adaptive Flash technology which allows for independent scaling of capacity and performance. […]

Nimble CS700 Series Arrays and All-Flash Shelf

Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the flash storage solutions company, is redefining the storage market by enabling enterprises to meet performance and capacity requirements for any workload in virtualized datacenters and cloud environments. Nimble Storage’s Adaptive Flash platform provides the performance of flash-only arrays and the capacity of hybrid arrays with the introduction of the CS700 Series arrays […]

LTFS

LTFS has impacted tape’s modern role in data storage. But, what is LTFS? And more importantly, why does it matter? LTFS Facts Linear Tape File System (LTFS) refers to both the format of data recorded on magnetic tape media and the implementation of specific software that uses this data format to provide a file system interface to data stored on magnetic tape. […]

Nexsan Assureon

The Nexsan Assureon™ is an archive system that is ideal for primary storage optimization, regulatory and corporate compliance, and the secure, long-term retention of files. Assureon offloads data from primary storage to free up space for active data and greatly reduces the size, cost and complexity of backups. Security features comply with corporate and governmental regulatory requirements including HIPAA, SOX and SEC-17. Stringent data integrity features […]

Nexsan NST6000

Enterprise Classs Unified Hybrid Storage- fully unified, enterprise-class, unified hybrid storage solution that simultaneously supports block and file traffic eliminating the need for organizations to invest in separate SAN and NAS storage systems. The Nexsan NST6000 unified storage system is the newest member of the NST family, offering new high performance controllers and an expanded […]

Unified Storage

Hybrid Storage for NAS & iSCSI The NST5000 is Nexsan’s line of Hybrid Storage systems offering NAS, iSCSI or both (Fibre soon). The NST5000 uses Nexsan’s FASTier® technology to provide the speed of solid-state at the price of spinning disk. FASTier intelligently and automatically moves data through solid-state and spinning disk in-concert for up to 10X performance […]

Data Archive with LTFS

Crossroads Systems has developed a storage appliance leveraging the LTFS standard, which has been getting a lot of attention lately. StrongBox is an enterprise NAS gateway that writes to LTO-5/LTO-6 tape media and operates at the file level, giving users access to a network share with a disk experience while drastically reducing the storage, power, and […]