The Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY RX300 S8 is a 2U dual socket rack server, optimized for all types of business applications by focusing on versatility and scalability that supports up to 16 harddisk drives, up to 7 PCIe Gen 3 cards and up to 1536 GB RAM. Thanks to top performance of the new Intel® Xeon® E5 product family and the available upgrade kits, the RX300 will also ensure the demands of tomorrow are met.
Features & Benefits
| Features | Benefits |
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| Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 product family with up to 12 core processors and Turbo Boost 2.0 | High performance for an efficient datacenter50% more cores compared to the previous generation enables to run significantly more virtual machines
Optimized for business applications, cloud and virtualization |
| Expanded scalability of up to 24 DIMMs with 1536 GB memory, up to 16 hard disk drives and 7 PCIe slots Gen3New modular concept for the base unit as well as a choice for LAN controller, RAID controller and power supplies
Upgrade kits for hard disk drives, backup devices as well as LTO drives |
Maximum scalability to meet future demandIndividual and cost-saving configuration of the server according to the need of today with upgrade option to meet the demand of tomorrow
Upgrade kits save budget as the system can be upgraded when the company grows and thus protect the investment Ability to protect the data by integrating LTO drives |
| Comprehensive power management including pre-defined power profiles and a scheduled mode to switch between the profiles automatically2 hot-plug PSU with 94 % efficiency (96 % planned)
Cool-safe® Advanced Thermal Design enables the operation in a higher ambient temperature Fujitsu ServerView Suite offers tools for installation and deployment, permanent status monitoring and control. A wide range of integration packs allow a seamless and easy integration in widely-used enterprise management systems |
Simplified power management that adjust the power consumption accordingly to the current usage or to the given power policy5 °C higher ambient temperature enables savings of up to 27% on power and cooling
Fujitsu ServerView Suite provides all the functions for fail-safe, flexible and automated 24×7 server operations and improves end-user productivity via intelligent and innovative system management solutions. |
Technical Details
| Chipset | Intel® C600 (Intel® Patsburg A) |
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| Mainboard type | D2939 |
| Product Type | Dual Socket Rack Server |
| Processor | Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family |
| Memory | 4 GB – 1536 GB, DIMM (DDR3) |
| Memory protection | Advanced ECC, Memory Scrubbing, SDDC (Chipkill™), Rank sparing memory support, Memory Mirroring support |
| Drives (optional) | DVD Super Multi, slimline, SATA ILTO4HH Ultrium, 120 MB/s, 800 GB, SAS 6Gb/s
LTO5HH Ultrium, 140 MB/s, 1,500 GB, SAS 6Gb/s Blu-ray Disc™ Triple Writer, slimline, SATA I RDX Drive, 100 MB/s, 320 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB , USB 3.0 LTO6HH Ultrium, 160 MB/s, 2,500 GB, SAS 6Gb/s |
| PCI-Express 3.0 x8 | 5 x Low profile |
| PCI-Express 3.0 x16 | 2 x Low profile (2nd processor required) |
| Slot Notes | One PCIe Gen3 x8 slot may be occupied with a Modular integrated on-board LAN controller if configured.One PCIe Gen3 x8 slot may be occupied with a Modular RAID controller if configured.
Important: 5 PCIe x8 slots are supported with the first processor. 7 PCIe slots (including 2 PCIe x16) are supported with two processors. Possible slot length described in relevant system onfigurator. |
| Accessible drive bays | 1 x 5.25/0.5-inch for ODD, 1 x 5.25/0.5-inch for Local Service Display , 1 x 3.5/1.6-inch for backup devices, 1 x 5.25/1.6-inch for backup devices |
| Optional accessible drives | 1x 3.5/1.6-inch bay for backup devices (occupies 2x 3.5-inch HDD)LTO 5.25″ or DAT/RDX 3.5″ possible
All possible options described in relevant system configurator. |
| Storage drive bays | 2.5-inch base unit (max. 16 x 2.5) or 3.5-inch base unit (max. 6 x 3.5)Max 6 x 3.5-inch
Max 8 x 2.5-inch Max 12 x 2.5-inch Max 16 x 2.5-inch |
| Storage drives | HDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 1 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business criticalHDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 2 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical
HDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 3 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical HDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 500 GB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical HDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 1 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, business critical HDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 250 GB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, business critical HDD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 500 GB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 300 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 450 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 600 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 146 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 300 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 450 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 600 GB, 15,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise PCIe-SSD, 1.2 TB, MLC, Flash drive, 7.7 DWPD (drive writes per day) PCIe-SSD, 365 GB, MLC, Flash drive, 6 DWPD (drive writes per day) PCIe-SSD, 785 GB, MLC, Flash drive, 7.7 DWPD (drive writes per day) SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 100 GB, MLC, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 400 GB, MLC, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 1 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 500 GB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 1 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 2 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 3 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 4 TB, 7,200 rpm, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, business critical HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 1.2 TB, 10,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 300 GB, 10,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 450 GB, 10,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 600 GB, 10,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise HDD SAS, 6 Gb/s, 900 GB, 10,000 rpm, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 1.6 TB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 200 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 400 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 800 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 100 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 200 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 400 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 800 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 2.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 1.6 TB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 200 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 400 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SAS, 12 Gb/s, 800 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 100 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 200 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 400 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise SSD SATA, 6 Gb/s, 800 GB, Mainstream Endurance, hot-plug, 3.5-inch, enterprise |
| I/O controller onboard | Intel® C600, 1 x SATA channel for ODD4 port for internal 3G SATA and SAS (as upgrade option with SAS enabling key) for HDDs with RAID 0/1/10 or SAS LTO device (Intel C600), additional RAID controller options are described under Components RAID controller
Intel® Ethernet Controller I350 2 x 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet (I/O acceleration) Integrated Remote Management Controller (iRMC S4, 256 MB attached memory incl. graphics controller), IPMI 2.0 compatible |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) | Infineon / separate module; TCG V1.2 compliant (option) |
| Hot-plug power supply output | 450 W (94 % efficiency); 800 W (94 % / 96 % efficiency) |
| Power supply configuration | 1-2x 450 W / 800 W hot-plug power supply |
| Active power (max. configuration) | 830 W |
| Weight | up to 25 kg |
| Rack (W x D x H) | 482.6 mm (Bezel) / 445mm (Body) x 770 x 86.9 mm |
| Mounting Depth Rack | 735 mm |
| Server Management | Server Management |
| Standard | ServerView Suite – DeploySV Installation Manager
SV Scripting Toolkit, ServerView Suite – Control Operations Manager incl. PDA and ASR & R (Prefailure and Analysis; Automatic Server Recovery and Restart) Agents and CIM Providers System Monitor RAID Manager Capacity Management Power Management Storage Support, ServerView Suite – Maintain Remote Management (iRMC) Update Management (BIOS, Firmware, Windows Drives and SV Agents) Performance Measurement Asset Management Online Diagnostics, ServerView Suite – Integrate Integration packs e.g. for Microsoft System Center, VMware vCenter, Nagios, HP SIM and others, Deployment Solutions and others |
| Option | ServerView Suite – MaintainiRMC Advanced Pack incl. Advanced Video Redirection (AVR), video capturing and Virtual Media, ServerView Suite – Dynamize
Virtual-IO Manager (VIOM) Resource Orchestrator Virtual Edition (ROR VE) Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition (ROR CE), ServerView Suite – Integrate Integration pack for Fujitsu ManageNow® solution |
| Standard Warranty | 3 years |
| Service Level | Onsite Service |
| Service Lifecycle | 5 years after end of product life |
| Service Weblink | http://www.fujitsu.com/fts/services/support |
Components
| PRIMERGY LTO-4HH Ultrium (F3626) V2 | |
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The tape drive LTO-4 HH (Linear Tape Open technology) with its 800 GB (1.6 TByte compressed) saves twice as much data as its predecessor LTO-3. It is smaller, saves space and has the same performance and reliability as the LTO-4 full height tape drives. |
| PRIMERGY LTO-5 HH Ultrium | |
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For the first time, the fifth generation of the Linear Tape Open (LTO-5) tape drive offers uncompressed storage capacity of 1.5 TB per tape and a transfer rate of up to 280 MB/s. With enabled compression up to 3000 GB can be backed up on a single drive. |
| PRIMERGY RDX USB3.0 | |
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The PRIMERGY RDX (Removable Disk) drive provides professional data backup which everyone can afford. This drive is a new method to backup, archive and transport data. The PRIMERGY RDX drive combines the best features of hard disks and tape drive technology. |
| PRIMERGY LTO-6 HH Ultrium | |
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For the first time, the sixth generation of the Linear Tape Open (LTO-6) tape drive offers uncompressed storage capacity of 2.5 TB per tape and a transfer rate of up to 160 MB/s. With enabled compression up to 6250 GB can be backed up on a single drive with up to 400 MB/s transfer rate. |
| ioDrive®2 Solid-State Storage devices | |
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The ioDrive®2 storage devices from Fusion-io® is an advanced storage device that uses solid state technology directly on the PCIe bus, by using PCIe form factor.This new solid state technology provides high read and write data rates and accelerates application performance. |
| QLE2560 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter | |
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The QLE2560 is a PCI Express, single port, Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter. The HBA offers the next generation 8Gb Fibre Channel technology, meeting the business requirements of the enterprise data center. A wide range of supported Operating Systems and certifications for storage devices ensure a broad set of application scenarios. |
| QLE2562 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter | |
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The QLE2562 is a PCI Express, dual port, Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter. The HBA offers the next generation 8Gb Fibre Channel technology, meeting the business requirements of the enterprise data center. A wide range of supported Operating Systems and certifications for storage devices ensure a broad set of application scenarios. |
| LPe1250 Fibre Channel card | |
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Streamlined installation and management, unrivaled scalability, and industry-leading virtualization support make the single-channel LPe1250 Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) an ideal solution for mixed-OS SAN environments. With powerful management capabilities and broad platform support, it delivers maximum performance in the broadest range of applications and environments. |
| LPe12002 Fibre Channel card | |
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Streamlined installation and management, unrivaled scalability, and industry-leading virtualization support make the single-channel Emulex LightPulse LPe12000 and dual-channel LPe12002 Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBA) ideal solutions for enterprise, mixed-OS and virtual server environments. |
| LPe16000 / LPe16002 Fibre Channel cards | |
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The new 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBA) for the PRIMERGY servers are optimal Fibre Channel HBAs for virtualized, cloud and mission critical deployments. The Fibre Channel HBA LPe16000/16002 take performance to a new level with PCIe 3.0 support, data integrity capabilities, cloud scale reliability, and ease of use. Organizations looking to improve performance, protect against data corruption, and simplify operations of FC SANs in cloud or high performance environments can benefit from deploying the LPe16000/16002. |
| RAID Controller – SAS 6Gb/s RAID 5/6 512MB (D2616) | |
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The 8 port Fujitsu D2616 SAS/SATA RAID controller sets new standards in the fields of speed and data security for internal server memories. With a data transfer of up to 6Gb/s per port the PRIMEGY Modular RAID Controller family is extended to included the latest technology. |
| D2607 SAS/SATA RAID controller | |
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The Fujitsu D2607 SAS/SATA RAID controller, based on the LSI SAS2008, offers small businesses exactly the low-cost data safety unit which they have been looking for. The D2607 enables increased read/write performance thanks to its RAID 0, 1 and 10 implementation. |
| RAID Controller SAS 6Gbit/s 1GB (D3116C) | |
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The 8 port Fujitsu RAID Controller SAS 6Gbit/s 1GB (D3116C) sets new standards in the fields of speed and data security for internal server memories. With a data transfer of up to 6Gbit/s per port the PRIMEGY Modular RAID Controller family is extended to included the latest technology. |
| MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8e SAS RAID 5/6 controller | |
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The RAID controller MegaRAID® SAS 9286CV-8e is released in the current PRIMERGY server for connection of the ETERNUS JX40. The RAID stack is based on the LSI MegaRAID® and offers a high data throughput performance, comprehensive error tolerance function and user-friendly management options. |
| PRAID EP400i / EP420i | |
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The 8 port Fujitsu PRAID EP400i sets new standards in the fields of speed and data security for internal server memories. With a data transfer of up to 12Gbit/s per port the PRIMEGY Modular RAID Controller family is extended to included the latest technology. |
| SAS9200-8e 6Gb/s 8ext PCIe FH/LP | |
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The LSI SAS9200-8e, dual port, host bus adapter provides high performance connectivity for external JBOD and external RAID enclosures. The LSISAS9200-8e provides 8 lanes of 6Gb/s SAS connectivity to 8 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 5Gb/s performance to eliminate bottlenecks. |
| Intel® CT Desktop LAN Adapter | |
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Specifically, the Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter uses auto-negotiation to ensure the adapter runs at the highest available network speed (10, 100, or 1000 Mbps), and it maintains full bandwidth capacity with the dedicated bandwidth of a PCI Express input/output (I/O) bus to provide connectivity you can count on. |
| Converged Network Adapter | |
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As a member of the Emulex OneConnect Universal CNA family, the OCe10102-F uses a 10Gbps DCB or Enhanced Ethernet infrastructure for networking and storage, reducing capital expense (CapEx) for adapters, switches and cables, and operational expense (OpEx) for power, cooling and IT administration. |
| PRIMERGY 10Gb Modular LAN Adapter | |
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The new Fujitsu Ethernet D2755 Server Adapter is the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapter for today’s demanding data center environments. The Fujitsu Ethernet D2755 Server Adapter addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center by providing unmatched features for virtualization, flexibility for LAN and SAN networking, and proven, reliable performance. |
| X540-T2 2x 10GBase-T LAN Adapter | |
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The X540-T2 adapter hosts Intel’s latest Ethernet silicon, which uses a single chip solution for “LAN on Motherboard” (LOM) to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) on the latest server platforms. 10GBase-T simplifies the transition to 10 GbE and it can be deployed anywhere in your data center. |
| InfiniBand HCA 40 Gb 1/2 port QDR enhanced | |
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The InfiniBand HCA 40 Gb/s single/dual port adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) and Ethernet connectivity provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. |
| InfiniBand HCA 40Gb 1/2 port (QDR) | |
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Designed specifically for HPC, the Intel® QLE7340 single-port and QLE7342 dual-port host channel adapters use an advanced “host onload” design that delivers performance which scales with core count, making them the ideal choice for most demanding applications. |
| InfiniBand HCA 56 Gb 1/2 port FDR | |
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The InfiniBand HCA 56 Gb/s single/dual port adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) and Ethernet connectivity provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. |
| PLAN CP 2x1Gbit Cu Intel® I350-T2 | |
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Trust the network communication of the new Ethernet LAN adapter. The new Intel® I350-T2 Ethernet LAN Adapter, based on the Intel® 1GbE LAN Powerville chip, offers two Gigabit Ethernet ports for 10/100/1000BaseT. |
| PLAN CP 4x1Gbit Cu Intel® I350-T4 | |
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Trust the network communication of the new Ethernet LAN adapter. The new Intel I350-T4 Ethernet LAN Adapter, based on the Intel® 1GbE LAN Powerville chip, offers four Gigabit Ethernet ports for 10/100/1000BaseT. |
| Converged Network Adapter (CNA)Emulex OCe14102-UX-F | |
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As a member of the CNA 14000 family, the OCe14102 uses a 10Gbit/s DCB (Converged Enhanced Ethernet) infrastructure for networking and storage, reducing capital expense (CapEx) for adapters, switches and cables, and operational expense (OpEx) for power, cooling and IT administration. The OCe14102 adapter increases data center IT agility and scalability, as well as optimation of the server hardware utilization by scaling high density virtualization. |
| PRIMERGY graphics card 512 MB from NVIDIA | |
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The NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300 (512 MB, PCIe x1) is specially designed to supply excellent 2D graphics performance when installed in a PCIe x1-slot, but it is also compatible with PCIe x4, x8 and x16 extension slots. |
Documents
Support Packs
| Support Pack Options | Globally available in major business areas: 9×5, Next Business Day Onsite Response Time 9×5, 4h Onsite Response Time 24×7, 4h Onsite Response Time |
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| Recommended Service | 24×7, Onsite Response Time: 4h – For locations outside of EMEA please contact your local Fujitsu partner. |
Documents
Hardware Maintenance & Software Support Offerings at a Glance
Press Release
- Munich/San Francisco , August 25, 2014
- Fujitsu Introduces Optimized Server Solution for VMware EVO: RAIL
- At VMworld in San Francisco, Fujitsu today announces its first hyper-converged infrastructure optimized for VMware EVO: RAIL. As a scale-out system designed to address the issues of ICT system bottlenecks, the new FUJITSU Integrated System Appliance for VMware EVO: RAIL offers rapid time-to-market and greater business flexibility.
- Munich , October 16, 2013
- Fujitsu Powers SMEs with Versatile New Server Generation
- Fujitsu today introduces two new optimized FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY Systems tailored to meet the needs of small and medium-sized enterprizes (SMEs) and branch offices, both based on the latest Intel Xeon E3 v3 series mono-processor platform.
- Munich , July 15, 2014
- Fujitsu Delivers Business Centric Data Center Solutions for Point of Sale, Media Processing, as well as Telephone and Control Systems
- Fujitsu delivers Business Centric Data Center solutions that anticipate specific business needs faced every day by millions of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and branch offices worldwide.
- Munich , July 07, 2014
- Fujitsu Protects Business-critical Services with Extended ‘Cluster-in-a-box’ offering
- Fujitsu delivers continuous availability to protect important data and business-critical services for mid-sized organizations and branch offices – at a minimal investment of money, administration skill and time. The complete new generation of Cluster-in-a-box, built on the latest generation of proven FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY technology and the solid-state drive-enabled Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, offers a risk free, ready-to-run, highly available and easy-to-configure solution in a single enclosure.
- Munich , July 07, 2014
- Fujitsu Unveils Major Step Towards Business-centric Data Center with a Comprehensive Line-up of Integrated Systems
- Fujitsu today announces the introduction of its new, comprehensive line-up of Integrated Systems for the data center, helping ICT managers to make immediate progress in focusing on end-user needs in a move towards the data center becoming more business centric.
Case Studies
- United Kingdom , Industry: Aerospace and Defense
- EWS Implements PRIMERGY Scalable Server Platform with LIFEBOOK Mobile PCs for Growth
- Electronic Warfare Solutions (EWS) is an independent and highly specialist company with specific expertise in the domains of electronic warfare and electronic counter measures.
- United Kingdom , Industry: Local Government
- Tendring Council Gain Mobile Experience With ETERNUS Storage and PRIMERGY
- Situated in the East of England on the Essex coast, Tendring District Council is approximately 130 square miles in size, with a population of almost 140,000.
- Serbia , Industry: Retail-Wholesale
- DIS Migrates Private Cloud to Fujitsu PRIMERGY Blade Servers
- DIS is Serbia’s largest domestic retail chain with stores across the country and over 420 franchise partners.
- Germany , Industry: Manufacturing
- AKG Group
- Originally founded in 1919, AKG Group has gone on to become a world leader in unique cooling and heat exchange systems. In 2011, the family company, which today employs around 2,600 people (1,200 at its Hofgeismar headquarters), achieved sales of €270 million. The Group manufactures its high-performance cooling systems at 13 locations in eight countries.
- Germany , Industry: IT Industry
- Unilab Systemhaus GmbH Equipes with ETERNUS, PRIMERGY Solution
- The unilab group of companies was first established 25 years ago as a cooperation between TU Braunschweig (Brunswick Technical University) and the former Nixdorf Computer GmbH.