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What is Open Storage Initiative?
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Open Storage Initiative is a strategic Sun initiative to combine open source software with industry standard hardware to change the way the world stores, accesses, and manages its data. Open Storage Initiative reduces storage costs by up to 90% when compared to costly, proprietary and closed storage systems.
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Why would an ISV care about Open Storage Initiative?
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Our respective Enterprise customers face relentless pressure from data growth, rising energy costs, and regulated or self-imposed requirements for data retention. Open Storage Initiative systems enable our joint customers to consolidate and optimize their storage infrastructures to realize significant cost, administration and eco savings, while mitigating the vendor lock-in risk associated with conventional proprietary architectures.
ISV applications deployed on Open Storage Initiative infrastructure provide customers with lower cost, more choice and greater flexibility. Demonstrating application performance and scalability with Open Storage Initiative systems will be important to customers. And, Sun is the company to help you develop a compelling alternative to compete with data services on proprietary platforms. Also, some ISVs may choose to build their own "appliances" based on Open Storage Initiative or OEM's may choose to leverage Open Storage Initiative systems. Stay tuned for announcements through the Sun Partner Advantage Program to learn more about OpenSolaris, Open Storage Initiative and additional resources. Also, ISVs that commit to support their data services applications on Open Storage Initiative systems will be highlighted through Sun Partner Advantage Program.
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What technologies are available under Open Storage Initiative?
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You can find an extensive list of Open Storage Initiative technologies on the Open Storage Initiative Community website.
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Where do I start learning about Open Storage Initiative?
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The best place to learn about Open Storage Initiative is at the Open Storage Initiative website. Start by watching the Open Storage Initiative webcast, and listen to the thought leaders at Sun talking about the objectives of Open Storage Initiative.
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Can I build my own storage solutions based in Open Storage Initiative?
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Sure. The Open Storage Initiative strategy calls for a proliferation of Open Storage Initiative technologies beyond the wall of Sun Microsystems. Check out Nexenta, who already build their product offerings on Open Storage Initiative technologies.
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I am excited about this, and would like to play a more active role. How can I contribute?
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Best place to start is the Open Storage Initiative Community website.
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I could do with some help on figuring out if Open Storage Initiative is for me. Where can I go?
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Sun's storage savvy experts can apply decades of experience to some or all of your project. From architectural design and data migration to flexible support and ongoing management, Sun can help accomplish the transition while mitigating the risk of downtime, data loss and costly delays. View more details.
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OK, I understand the basics. Where do I go for a deep dive?
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White Paper: Open Storage Initiative Adoption Learn how Open Storage Initiative leverages industry-standard components and open software to build highly scalable, reliable, and affordable enterprise storage systems
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