The Sun StorageTek 5800 System (

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: Honeycomb) is an object-based storage system from

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that uses a symmetric clustered design with both processing and storage functions within a system cell. It is designed for data archive,

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, and distribution applications used by institutions to store large amounts of digital information such as medical information, e-Research,

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, and digitized historical records. With a customer-definable metadata schema, the system offers the ability to program the entire indexing schema used to tag and search data. This solution combines a fully native design with systems expertise to create a storage system that runs the Solaris operating system and leverages

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development tools to drive a closer integration between compute and store assets in a

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References

External links

Sun StorageTek 5800 System - Overview

White Paper: Sun StorageTek 5800 System Architecture

Honeycomb: Sun StorageTek 5800 at SC07 (YouTube video)

HoneyComb Fixed Content Storage at OpenSolaris.org
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