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Fujitsu Unveils Revolutionary Scale-Out ‘Cloud eXtension’ Architecture

17.03.2010

Fujitsu today rewrites the datacenter rule book in introducing the revolutionary PRIMERGY Cloud eXtension server. The PRIMERGY CX1000 provides unprecedented levels of scale-out capability, ideal for Cloud environments, and sets new standards in datacenter economics by optimizing the operating cost drivers of power, heat and space.

Millenium promocija is the official public relations agency of Fujitsu in Croatia.

The PRIMERGY CX1000 is designed from the ground up to deliver as much computing power as possible per square meter, at the lowest-possible price, packing 38 server nodes into a rack to provide minimum savings of 20 percent in power and cooling in comparison to a standard rack server assembly. The PRIMERGY CX adds a new class of server to the current Fujitsu x86 line-up of PRIMERGY blade (BX), rack (RX) and tower (TX) models, and becomes a cornerstone of Fujitsu’s overall Infrastructure-as-a-Service strategy with which we take another step on the way to a service-oriented, platform-based delivery model for IT services.

With the PRIMERGY CX1000, Fujitsu unveils a creative new Cool-Central™ architecture that also saves space by removing the need for the datacenter "hot aisle" – the space behind racks where hot air is blown out of the back of running servers. Instead, the PRIMERGY CX1000 features an internal chimney that funnels hot air through the top of the standard-size rack. This allows for rows of PRIMERGY CX1000 racks to be placed back-to-back, resulting in floor-space savings alone of up to 40 percent.

This revolutionary approach also translates into significant carbon reductions for datacenter operators. Fujitsu Group has embarked on a global Green ICT initiative, Green Policy Innovation, aimed at helping customers achieve their environmental commitments. Breakthrough technologies like the PRIMERGY CX1000, designed to dramatically reduce environmental footprints, will be an important part of achieving this mission.

"Cloud computing demands have caught datacenter operators in a vicious circle of performance and cost", says Tomas Pukljak, director of Fujitsu in Croatia. "Today, the battles are being won and lost on the plains of price-performance. With the PRIMERGY CX1000 we’re introducing a solution that goes beyond the scale-out performance envelope of rack servers – without blowing budgets – which is especially compelling in Cloud computing environments."

"New products require new services, and new services are realized by new products. The PRIMERGY CX1000 introduces a new hybrid approach ensuring that we meet every customer’s unique demand: cost efficiency gains from implementing standardized services such as IaaS, plus the flexibility to add customized services such as Managed Services", concludes Pukljak.

The PRIMERGY CX1000 system features the new generation Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series, which delivers unprecedented levels of processing power. Raejeanne Skillern, Director of Cloud Computing Marketing at Intel Corporation, says: "Intel and Fujitsu have a long and successful history of partnering to bring valuable combinations of Intel-based PRIMERGY servers to the IT server marketplace. With the launch of Intel’s new Xeon 5600 processor series (code name Westmere-EP), Intel welcomes the next generation of broad server offerings from Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY product line, and Intel is especially delighted with Fujitsu’s new PRIMERGY CX1000."

Pictures of the new Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 are available here.