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Fujitsu announces threefold boost to ETERNUS Storage Systems

Extends capacity, increases flexibility and strengthens business critical focus

Hong Kong, November 5, 2002 — Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited announced today that in line with their mission critical computing focus, they have extended their ETERNUS open system storage product line with new state-of-the-art cost/performance benefits. The new ETERNUS3000 models 200 and 400 offer five configuration choices with only one model break for systems scaling from 144GB all the way up to 35TB. These highly reliable disk array systems also support richer non-stop backup, expansion and reconfiguration functions for mission critical operation in non-stop environments.

Everything about ETERNUS3000 shows significant improvement. The host interface is now 2Gbps as standard, there are more drive ports, and with up to 4GB of cache per controller and the latest high-speed disk drives, actual performance is 3 times greater than previous models.

Ensuring the highest levels of reliability all components are multiplexed, even the batteries that maintain cache coherency in the duplex cache during any unexpected power outages.

These are systems for the most demanding data processing situations. With broadband traffic growing at unprecedented rates and 24 x 7 operation becoming the standard, we have produced storage systems that can be expanded, reconfigured, maintained and secured without ever stopping their operation.

New features make it easy to add capacity, change the structure of RAID storage and maintain in-line duplex copies of data without business process interruption. Further the latest self-diagnosis and autonomous features built in to ETERNUS3000 automatically check the performance of all-important components. For example if a disk drive's performance falls below an acceptable threshold, its data is automatically copied to a hot spare disk and the administrator notified to hot swap the drive prior to any failure.

One reason for SAN storage was the Return on Investment (ROI) benefits made by being able to consolidate disk storage previously associated with separate server systems. Spare capacity could then be shared by a number of systems. In keeping with their improved cost/performance, ETERNUS3000 takes this concept to the Logical Unit Number (LUN) level. Now LUN can be concatenated and their capacity treated as a contiguous unit making it possible to share spare capacity across LUN.

ETERNUS3000 come in a number of form factors, for flexible deployment. Pedestal, pre-configured floor-standing models and rackable components are all available. They are equally at home in UNIX® and Intel® environments and make the perfect companion for Fujitsu's other global mission critical product lines including PRIMEPOWER and PRIMERGY servers and SOFTEK storage software.

Further information about ETERNUS3000 and other ETERNUS products can be found at the Fujitsu storage web site at: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/storage/system/eternus3000/

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About Fujitsu Limited

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, high-reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts make Fujitsu uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the broadband Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.
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About Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited

Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, has been in operation in Hong Kong since 1986. To further enhance its leading position in services expertise in the region, it was reorganized in 1997 through a strategic merger with International Computer HK Limited (ICL), which is the first computer firm certified with the ISO 9001 standard in Hong Kong. With its strong background in providing mainframe technology in the territory, Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited has evolved herself into a well-established supplier of IT and Telecommunication solutions, Infrastructure systems and services to the customers in China and Hong Kong. It helps government organisations and companies of all sizes, across all industries, in consultation, design, build and implementation of IT&T solutions, offering competitive advantage in the Internet world.

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