Tokyo, February 16, 2001 --- Fujitsu Limited today announced a new ultra-thin (1U, 4.4cm high), mass rackable compute node in its Solaris-based PRIMEPOWER UNIX server range. Called PRIMEPOWER 1, it provides significant floor-space savings for business-critical data center environments. The new server will be initially marketed in Japan, Asia-Pacific and North America, with worldwide sales to follow.
In today's new Internet-based business models, server functionality is increasingly being concentrated in large data centers, where the keys to success are low overhead costs, configuration flexibility and service reliability. In addition, such information systems must be able to adapt to rapid changes in transaction types and volumes, requiring a more modular approach to system configuration
Designed to meet these requirements, Fujitsu's new PRIMEPOWER 1 is a space-saving 1U height, rack mountable SPARC processor-based server. A maximum of 36 of these servers can be mounted in an industry standard 1800mm PRIMEPOWER rack. Equally important is PRIMEPOWER 1's ability to be used either as a single entry-level dedicated server or in flexible and scalable server performance clusters. Now the growing demands on e-business systems from increased Internet traffic can be efficiently met by the simple addition of another single processor server node.
In addition to systems management functions available with Solaris, each unit comes with a range of high availability and system automation features. These include an operational calendar function, power management, temperature management and status indication LEDs for fast identification in the rack.
Filling out Fujitsu's comprehensive UNIX server line-up, the new PRIMEPOWER 1 front-end servers complement the company's mid-range application servers (PRIMEPOWER 200/400/600) and very large back end DB servers (PRIMEPOWER 800/1000/2000). Overall, PRIMEPOWER server systems span from 1 to 128 processors units.
The SPARC processor used in the new PRIMEPOWER 1 servers is the UltraSPARC II E, developed by Sun Microsystems Inc., which operates at 500MHz. This processor, with its excellent heat minimization properties, adds to the overall operational efficiency and reliability of PRIMEPOWER 1.
- The specification of PRIMEPOWER 1 follows:
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| Processor: | UltraSparc II E |
| Frequency: | 500MHz |
| No. of processors: | 1 |
| CPU cache-memory: | Instruction: 16KB + data: 16KB
Level 2: 256KB |
| Memory: | 128MB to 2GB |
| Disk capacity: | 2 Internal Bays containing 9.1/18.2/36.4GB HDDs |
| On board I/O: | 2 x 10Base-T/100Base-TX LAN, 1 x UltraSCSI-SE |
| I/O slots: | 1 x PCI slot |
| Dimensions (mm): | 440W x 511D x 44.2H. |
Fujitsu expects to ship 30,000 of these units worldwide over the next two years.
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About Fujitsu
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of Internet- based information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide -- including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting -- it had consolidated revenues of 5.26 trillion yen ($49.6 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's pace-setting technologies, world-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and global corps of over 60,000 systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has 188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries.
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