Joe Costanzo, Chief Technlogy Officer (CTO) for Zencos Consulting, recently outlined findings from a performance study conducted by Zencos on SAS Scalable Performance Data Server (SPDS) on the new Sun Fire X4500.  Joe presented the findings in a Net Talk webcast on Sun's web site.   To view the webcast, click here or visit: https://communications.sun.com/dialog/singleeventpage.do?eventId=18222.

With a business relationship that has been going strong for 19 years, Sun and SAS Institute have developed a long, proven track record of delivering open, scalable, and reliable technology solutions.

SAS has successfully ported data integration, business intelligence and analytics software to Sun’s Solaris 10 operating system running on x64 servers. Customers benefit from enhanced performance and manageability of data with a total cost of ownership that is less than for Windows or Linux systems.

The collaborative effort allows users to use data mining and data integration solutions in a grid-enabled environment. SAS® software programs run seamlessly on multiple Sun Solaris servers, improving both productivity and performance. By coordinating efforts, the two companies ensure hassle-free implementation of a seamless software and hardware solution for customers.

"The Sun Fire X4500 unit is an ideal platform for optimal SAS data storage in that it provides parallel access to multiple drivers while giving SAS’ product the ability to control drive utilization," said Joseph Costanzo, CTO at Zencos Consulting LLC. "We achieved excellent performance and read times in the range of 1GB per second, proving to us that the Sun X4500 is well-suited for SAS software based on cost, control and performance. We couldn’t be more pleased with the results and what it means for our clients."

For more information on the Sun Fire X4500 click here to view the data sheet.