Disk Storage Systems Case Studies

Shiga bank (Japan)
Linux replaced the mission critical system for cost efficiency as well as flexibility, scalability and robustness. ETERNUS8000 configured with mirroring function was used as shared storage for both the accounting system, GS21 500 mainframe, and the information system, PRIMEQUEST 580. In addition the Advanced Copy function significantly shortened the required backup operation system downtime.

Tsu Municipal Government
With a PRIMEQUEST 64-bit mission critical IA server eliminating system bottlenecks, ETERNUS3000 was introduced for storage of 300,000 citizens' records. The result was stable and secure operation with improved services from the data duplication mechanism.

ETERNUS8000

(Includes ETERNUS6000 and GR740, predecessors of ETERNUS8000.)

• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ETERNUS6000 (Japan) - ETERNUS6000
  Reconstruction of the corporate Internet banking service was undertaken using a combination of PRIMERGY Servers, the Linux operating system, ETERNUS6000 as the consolidated storage system and Oracle RAC. The resulting system is flexible, scalable, and able to handle the rapid increases in service users.
• PDF Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, (Japan) - ETERNUS GR740
  Fujitsu's BASIS service and Solaris™ Operating Environment PRIMEPOWER server contribute to a reliable SAP R/3 infrastructure. ETERNUS GR740 helps keep operation downtime to minimum with it’s OPC function.
• PDF Japan Meteorological Agency, (Japan) - ETERNUS6000, ETERNUS3000
  ADESS (Automated Data Editing and Switching System for meteorological information).
  New mission critical system for weather observation and forecasts across Japan was built in just eighteen months. ETERNUS6000 and ETERNUS3000 were chosen to support 24 x 7 continuous operation where no interruption is allowed.

ETERNUS4000

(Includes ETERNUS3000 and GR700 series [except GR740], predecessors of ETERNUS4000.)

• Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) - ETERNUS3000 Model 700
  Development and implementation of a new Storage Area Network (SAN) and e-mail archiving and management solution, based on Symantec's Enterprise Vault software and Fujitsu's ETERNUS SAN Storage System.
• Kirin Brewery Co.,LTD. (Japan) - ETERNUS3000 Model 200
  The new PRIMERGY, ETERNUS3000 and MySAP SRM purchasing information system has greatly reduced the cost of indirect material's procurement and successfully improved business application efficiency.
• Maruzen Co., Ltd (Japan) - ETERNUS3000 Model 80
  Creation of a One-Stop-Shop web shopping site, based on the high availability and future scalability of Linux on PRIMERGY. ETERNUS3000 provides high reliability as the shared storage.
• PDF Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd., (Japan)
  Through the renovation of POS systems in branch offices to web-based systems and by consolidating all the entry data to the data center, where PRIMEPOWER connected to ETERNUS supports as a key database server, this major travel service company came to have an effective system environment.
• Modern Terminals Limited, (Hong Kong) - ETERNUS3000
  Hong Kong's leading container terminal operator benefits from cost efficiencies and higher response to user demands in operational applications following server consolidation to Fujitsu, including adoption of ETERNUS3000.
• PDF Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc., (Japan) - ETERNUS3000
  For high accuracy and precision in forecasting system delivery, a business critical strategy was constructed with Fujitsu's support.
• PDF The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange, (Japan) - ETERNUS GR700 series
  The new system consisting of PRIMEPOWER, ETERNUS and PRIMERGY guarantees fast product development and mission critical system support for International Futures trading.
• PDF TUV Rheinland, (Japan) - ETERNUS GR720
  PRIMEPOWER was chosen to build the cluster system together with ETERNUS GR720 following the migration of SAP R/3 systems, OS and platforms.