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ORACLE DATA SHEET

SUN ZFS STORAGE APPLIANCE
DELIVERING BEST-IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY, AND
ORACLE INTEGRATION
KEY FEATURES
Advanced, intuitive management tools
Real-time analysis and diagnostics for

optimal performance
Support for Oracle Hybrid Columnar

Compression with Oracle Database
delivers 10x to 50x compression ratios
Sun ZFS Appliance Monitor for Apple

iPhone/iPad remotely monitors multiple
appliances
Active-active cluster option
Data compression and inline

deduplication
Optimized storage hierarchy with Hybrid

Storage Pools containing dynamic
random access memory (DRAM), flash
cache, and hard disk drives (HDDs)
High-performance NAS storage

appliance with extensive SAN storage
capabilities (unified storage)
Seamless multiprotocol integration and

secure data sharing between Microsoft
Windows, Linux, and UNIX
environments
Exceptional results for all three major

standard benchmarks: SPC-1, SPC-2,
and SPECsfs
KEY BENEFITS
Reduced complexity and simplified

storage management
High performance and high availability
Reduced storage footprint, energy use,

and cost with Oracle Hybrid Columnar
Compression for Oracle Database
Storage efficiency with integrated

software
Increased management efficiency with

remote monitoring through iPhone/iPad
Extreme performance and compelling

economic advantages

Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage
Appliance meets the most
demanding enterprise storage
requirements while delivering
compelling economic
advantages. Intelligent Hybrid
Storage Pool architecture, a
feature of the Sun ZFS Storage
Appliance, and advanced
compression technologies enable
significant performance
advantages while lowering
capital costs. A unique set of management and analytics tools reduce time and
complexity, lowering operating costs and simplifying management. The Sun
ZFS Storage Appliance is an enterprise storage system offering extreme
performance and efficiency.
Meeting Today’s IT Challenges
Storage requirements are exploding for databases, virtualization, unstructured content, and
data protection. One of the top requirements of today’s storage applications is that they must
provide both high performance and the ability to preserve and manage large volumes of filebased and/or block-based data. IT managers are being asked to continuously meet these
growing storage capacity needs on flat or declining IT budgets—all while continuing to
support high service levels for more and more users.

Sun ZFS Storage Appliance
The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is Oracle’s preferred NAS storage system with unified
storage capability for enterprise tier 1 environments. It offers a rich set of enterprise-class
data services, industry-leading performance, and Oracle Hybrid Columnar Compression—for
Oracle Databases. These systems also feature a comprehensive and intuitive user interface
and analytics environment that is unmatched in the industry in terms of its ease of use and
simplicity. This reduces operating expenses by dramatically reducing management time and
complexity. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance design automatically optimizes performance
over storage tiers, delivering breakthrough performance and simplifying storage
management. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliance offers compelling economics along with
extreme performance and efficiency for enterprise storage.