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Sun and Greenplum develop world's most cost-effective high-performance Data Warehousing solution

Set to transform the economics of data warehousing, this is the industry's first super-capacity, cost-effective appliance that integrates database, server and storage components into one easy-to-use system.

Sun and Greenplum have developed a Data Warehousing solution that uses 90 per cent less storage, consumes 91 per cent less energy and generates less heat and carbon dioxide than conventional solutions.

Built on open source software - Solaris 10 and PostgreSQL - in one year of operation Sun's Data Warehouse solution can deliver:
  • More than 10x the annual savings on your electricity bill
  • 10x reduction in annual CO2 emissions
  • Reduced storage footprint by a factor of 6x
(A)As of August 2007, the electric rate of $0.11 per KWh is used based on the Energy Information Administration
(B)Typical pollutant factor of 1.34 lb. of CO2 per KWh.
(C)Based on the average weight of the storage and server equipment that would be needed.

Changing the economics of data warehousing

The world's largest Data Warehouse solution combines the Sun Fire X4500 server and the Greenplum Database into a single appliance. It is faster and cheaper than any alternative solution and can analyse hundreds of terabytes of data.

This purpose-built, high-performance solution offers:

  • Performance: 10 to 100 times faster than traditional data warehouse solutions
  • Scalability: Dynamic provision to scale terabytes
  • Openness: Best-in-class open source software
  • Ease of use: Plug and play system
  • Reliability: Robust failover and mirroring delivers continuous uptime
  • Price: 1/10th of the price of traditional competitors
  • The world's largest data warehousing solution

    The solution supports over one petabyte source data - 34 times more than the industry standard benchmark and twice the size of the largest commercial data warehouse.

    This is enabled by the Sun Fire X4500 which is a four-way x64 server that delivers high data throughput at around half the cost of traditional solutions:

  • Fast, energy efficient dual core AMD Opteron processors
  • Up to 24 terabytes of high-density storage
  • Runs virtually any operating system - Solaris OS, Linux, and Windows
  • Greenplum's MPP PostgreSQL database enables parallel processing to distribute data across all disks in the system and streamline complex data demands.

    A revolution in data warehousing

    With the power of two, Sun's Data Warehouse Appliance is cost-effective and offers global support and technical expertise. Importantly, it provides the scalability, flexibility and efficiency required from today's data warehousing solutions.

    Around the globe, organisations such as a leading Asia Pacific wireless service provider, Smart Communications, have selected the Sun Data Warehouse solution for superior performance.

    With more than 22 million subscribers generating an average of 700 million text messages per day, the carrier needed a highly scalable storage solution. The Data Warehouse Appliance will increase performance and scale to enable better understanding of customers and their needs.

    Learn more about Sun's Data Warehousing solutions, from features and benefits to videos and whitepapers

     

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