FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8900 S4

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8900 S4 is the perfect platform to consolidate storage in data centers by providing leading performance headroom, business continuity and automated operation capabilities. It facilities the transition to full flash-configurations and allows the efficient management of flexible data service levels in terms of capacity, speed and costs.

Features & Benefits

Features	Benefits
Flexible scalability in capacity and performance	Future-proof scale-out architecture and upgrade options meet current and future business requirements Flexible combination of flash and disk media for different workloads of deployments Data center storage consolidation Superior performance by design Turbocharge performance via NVMe cache
Relentless Business continuity	Replication and Storage Cluster to avoid planned or unplanned downtimes Transparent failover for 100% data insurance and non-stop operations Intelligent snapshot functionality for backup Non-disruptive migration System availability of 99.9999%
Automated Management of Data Service Levels	Manage data service levels by business objective Automation of monitoring and adjustment Guaranteed service levels Data compression without performance impact
Transition to a Full Flash Data Center	Flash-optimized data center storage system Complete management compatibility using ETERNUS SF Management software

Technical details

Type	High-end disk storage system for large enterprises
Random access performance	10M IOPS (8KB Random Read Miss)
Host Interfaces	Fibre Channel (16 Gbit/s, 32Gbit/s) iSCSI (10 Gbit/s, 1 Gbit/s)
Maximum Disk Drives	6,912 SSD, SAS and Nearline SAS in a mixed configuration (3.5" / 2.5")
Maximum Storage Capacity	141,558 TB
No. of host interfaces	4-384 ports [FC(32Gbit/s, 16Gbit/s)], 4-192 ports [iSCSI(10Gbit/s, 1Gbit/s)]
Max. no. of hosts	8,192
Supported RAID levels	0, 1, 1+0, 5, 5+0, 6
Drive interface	Serial Attached SCSI (12 Gbit/s)
Thin Provisioning	Yes
Automated Storage Tiering	Yes
Remote Copy functionality	Synchronous and asynchronous

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Case Studies

United Kingdom , Industry: Financial Services

Construction industry training specialist CITB now benefits from a Microsoft Office 365 and Sharepoint landscape running on Azure, and is well-prepared to integrate Microsoft Dynamics and CRM applications in future

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RCC chose Fujitsu to upgrade to SAP S/4HANA, doubling performance speeds, increasing productivity, improving visibility, automating workflows and adding mobility.Tags: Data Center , ETERNUS CS Virtual Tape Sol., SAP HANA
United Kingdom , Industry: Education

St Albans High School for Girls counts on PRIMERGY and ETERNUS for its virtual desktop infrastructure

Working with long-term IT partner, Cutter, the school decided that Fujitsu provided the best price-performance ratio and deployed three servers to support the VDI, two for applications and one for disaster recovery.Tags: IT infrastructure
Asia , Philippines , Industry: Automotive

Honda Parts Manufacturing Corporation profits from new PRIMERGY and ETERNUS virtualized infrastructure

HPMC had a traditional physical server infrastructure which was energy-intensive and took up lots of space. When this hardware approached end-of-life, the company decided to modernize its approach to IT and introduce a virtualized environment.Tags: Database Management
United Kingdom , Industry: Education

Priestley College switched over to a virtualised PRIMERGY and ETERNUS platform to implement a disaster recovery concept and gain higher performance

With a student body of just under 2,000 pupils and 280-plus faculty members, Priestley College generates huge amounts of data relating to their education. Managing this information securely while ensuring optimal availability is an ongoing challenge. Previously, the college had installed a FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100, however, it was fast running out of capacity. The college needed to find a flexible replacement solution toTags: Storage Solutions

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