Fujitsu PRIMERGY Servers Powered by Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors Offer New Options for Data Center Scaling and Virtualization29 June 2006
the Dual Core Intel®Xeon® 5000 and 5100 Sequence which delivers increased performance andpower efficiency. PRIMERGY servers combine these processors with upgradeddisk and memory subsystems to provide the performance demanded by datacenter customers. Built-in virtualization technology in these new Xeon®processors will provide data center administrators with new options forconsolidating their infrastructures to address power, cooling, and realestate cost challenges.
These PRIMERGY servers also include a new integrated Remote ManagementController for more powerful remote management that simplifies servermanagement in today's increasingly complex and virtualized environments.
"With integrated management and increased power and flexibility, these newPRIMERGY servers will play a key role in the Fujitsu TRIOLE® strategy tooptimize the IT infrastructure," said Richard McCormack, senior vicepresident of marketing at Fujitsu Computer Systems. "PRIMERGY blade serverchassis also have the ability to mix both current and future-generationIntel® Xeon® servers in a single environment. This enables data centersto implement an optimal consolidation-based growth strategy withoutcompromising their ability to leverage new technologies as they areintroduced."
"To avoid the cost of building new data centers, companies are increasinglydemanding solutions that allow them to wring more computing power fromtheir existing real estate," said Vernon Turner, Group Vice President &General Manager at IDC. "Virtualization is the key enabling technology ofa consolidation strategy that not only conserves real estate, but also hasthe potential to drive down data center power and cooling costs."
The PRIMERGY S3 generation of servers integrate a powerful SAS (SerialAttached SCSI) RAID controller together with hot plug SAS hard disks toensure high system performance, even with heavy I/O traffic. PCI-Expressexpansion slots give customers the choice of powerful system upgrades toincrease scalability. The new PRIMERGY servers offer almost double theperformance of the previous generation dual-core processor based PRIMERGYplatforms. This increase in processor and I/O performance enable these newPRIMERGY servers to offer the performance required by both current andfuture generations of virtualization solutions from vendors such as VMware,Xen and Microsoft.
The models also continue the PRIMERGY legacy of world-record benchmarks.The PRIMERGY BX620 S3 blade server has established two new world recordsand holds both first and second place in the MAPI Messaging Benchmark 3(MMB3). A two-socket/dual-core PRIMERGY platform even managed to outpace acompetitor's four-socket/dual-core system.(1) The PRIMERGY RX300 S3achieved top results in March for the SPECcpu2000, SPECweb2005 andSPECjbb2005. Intel presented the three results at its spring IntelDeveloper Forum in San Francisco to demonstrate the superior performance ofits latest processors.(2)
Pricing and Availability
The new S3 generation of PRIMERGY servers will be available in July 2006with pricing starting at $2,100.
Service and Support
Professional services from Fujitsu Computer Systems ensure successfulimplementation and support of the most complex operating environments.
About Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Fujitsu Computer Systems is a whollyowned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) committed to the design,development and delivery of advanced computer systems, applicationinfrastructure software products, and managed services for the businessenterprise. Through its TRIOLE strategy, the company offers a completeline of scalable and reliable servers, storage and middleware solutions,high-performance mobile and client computers, as well as professionalservices. Fujitsu Computer Systems has established itself as a strategicsolutions provider to the world's leading organizations by offeringtechnology innovation, customer choice, exceptional product quality andreliability, as well as outstanding customer service. Seehttp://us.fujitsu.com/computers for further information.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communicationssolutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies,highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwidecorps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to delivercomprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for itscustomers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702)reported consolidated revenues of about 4.8 trillion yen (US$40.6 billion)for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. See http://www.fujitsu.com forfurther information.
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(1) The MAPI Messaging Benchmark 3 (MMB3) is the benchmarking standard formeasuring the performance and scalability of computers running ExchangeServer 2003. Its benchmarking workload and methodology serves as thestandard for Exchange Server 2003 MAPI server comparison. The MMB3 workloadis characteristic of a medium corporate mail environment.
(2) With two Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5080 processors and 8GB of 4200FDDR2 SDRAM the PRIMERGY RX300 S3 achieved the following SPECcpu2000results: 1) SPECint_rate_base2000 = 81.2; 2) SPECfp_rate_base2000 = 64.2.For SPECweb2005, the server was equipped with the same two processors, 16GBof PC2-4200F DDR2 SDRAM and 2 Intel® PRO/1000MT dual port networkcontrollers. Using the Accoria Rock Web Server on the RedHat RHEL4 Linuxoperating system an overall score of 6400 SPECweb2005 was reached.Complete information can be found at www.spec.org.
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