Fujitsu ETERNUS Leveraging NetApp Software

Today Fujitsu announced that it was enhancing its strategic partnership with NetApp for data management. The Companies announced that the four new storage series of Fujitsu ETERNUS leveraging NetApp data management software. The companies state that the deepening or their partnership can help make customers more efficient at management and the rapid us of data, which in turn, help with their digital transformations.

Fujitsu ETERNUS Leveraging NetApp

As part of the partnership, Fujitsu is release four new ETERNUS models that are aimed at entry and midrange: ETERNUS AB, ETERNUS HB, ETERNUS AX and ETERNUS HX. All four of these storage products will leverage NetApp data management software. The new models not only help customers leverage their data faster, they are said to lower operational management costs as well.

The Fujitsu ETERNUS AB and ETERNUS HB series are aimed at database usage and HPC. These systems maximize the performance of SSDs to realize High-Speed Data Processing and High-Volume Data Communication with servers by supporting advanced data transaction protocol. The ETERNUS AB and ETERNUS HB series can be leveraged in hybrid cloud environments where they can help to cut operating and administrative costs by transferring data for backup archives to public clouds.

Fujitsu ETERNUS AB Specifications

Model	AB2100	AB5100	AB6100
Number of controllers	2
Max. system memory	64GB	128GB	256GB
Max. storage capacity	1,468TB	1,836TB	367TB
Max. No. of SSDs installable	24	120	96
Max. No. of host interfaces	12 Port [FC (4, 8, 16Gbit/s)] 8 Port [FC (32Gbit/s)] 12 Port [iSCSI (10Gbit/s)] 8 Port [iSCSI (10GBase-T)] 8 Port [iSCSI (25Gbit/s)] 8 Port [SAS (12Gbit/s)]	4 Port [FC (4Gbit/s)] 12 Port [FC (8, 16Gbit/s)] 8 Port [FC (32Gbit/s)] 8 Port [NVMe over FC (32Gbit/s)] 12 Port [iSCSI (10Gbit/s)] 8 Port [iSCSI (25Gbit/s)] 4 Port [IB (100Gbit/s)] 8 Port [NVMe over InfiniBand (100Gbit/s)] 4 Port [NVMe over Ethernet(100Gbit/s)] 8 Port [SAS (12Gbit/s)]	16 Port [FC (8,16,32Gbit/s)] 16 Port [NVMe over FC (32Gbit/s)] 8 Port [NVMe over InfiniBand (100Gbit/s)] 8 Port [NVMe over RoCE (100Gbit/s)]
Drive interface	SAS 12 Gbps NVMe 100 Gbps
Supported RAID	0, 1, 1+0, 3, 5, 6, DDP (Dynamic Disk Pools)
No. of drive shelves (DE) connected	3	6	0

Fujitsu ETERNUS HB Specifications

Model	HB1100/HB1200	HP2100/HB2200/HB2300	HP5100/HB5200
Number of controllers	2
Max. system memory	16GB	64GB	128GB
Max. storage capacity	HB1100: 288TB HB1200: 122.4TB	HB2100: 1,951.2TB HB2200: 2,174.4TB HB2300: 2,160TB	HB5100: 5,407TB HB5200: 5,760TB
Max. No. of HDDs installable	48 (HB1200) 24 (HB1100)	180 (HB2300) 168 (HB2200) 156 (HB2100)	480 (HB5200) 444 (HB5100)
Max. No. of SSDs installable	8	120	120
Max. No. of host interfaces	4 Port [FC (4, 8, 16Gbit/s)] 8 Port [FC (32Gbit/s)] 12 Port [iSCSI (10Gbit/s)] 8 Port [iSCSI (10GBase-T)]	12 Port [FC (4, 8, 16Gbit/s)] 8 Port [FC (32Gbit/s)]12 Port [iSCSI (10Gbit/s)]8 Port [iSCSI (10GBase-T)] 8 Port [iSCSI (25Gbit/s)] 8 Port [SAS (12Gbit/s)]	4 Port [FC (4Gbit/s)] 12 Port [FC (8, 16Gbit/s)] 8 Port [FC (32Gbit/s)] 8 Port [NVMe over FC (32Gbit/s)] 12 Port [iSCSI (10Gbit/s)] 8 Port [iSCSI (25Gbit/s)] 4 Port [IB (100Gbit/s)] 8 Port [NVMe over InfiniBand (100Gbit/s)] 4 Port [NVMe over Ethernet(100Gbit/s)] 8 Port [SAS (12Gbit/s)]
Drive interface	SAS 12 Gbps
Supported RAID	0, 1, 1+0, 3, 5, 6, DDP (Dynamic Disk Pools)
No. of drive shelves (DE) connected	1	3	6

The Fujistu ETERNUS AX and ETERNUS HX series are aimed at virtualized systems and file servers. The companies state that these offerings have both the high response performance required by virtualized systems through block access and simplified data management with file access, all in one storage.

Fujitsu ETERNUS AX Specifications

Model	AX1100	AX2100
Number of controllers	2-24
System memory	768GB (1 HA: 64GB)
Cache data backup method	Data write back to Flash memory
Host interface (SAN)
FC	16 Gbps/8 Gbps/4 Gbps
iSCSI	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
FCoE	16 Gbps/8 Gbps
Host interface (NAS)
Ethernet	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
Number of host ports (SAN)
FC	48/48/48 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8/8)
iSCSI	48/48 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8)
FCoE	48/48 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8)
Drive interface	SAS 12 Gbps
Supported RAID	4, 6, TEC
Number of drive shelf (DE) connected	0	60 (1 HA-Pair: 5)
Max. number of SSDs installable	288	1728

Fujitsu ETERNUS HX Specifications

Model	HX2100/HX2200
Number of controllers	2-24
System memory	768GB (1 HA: 64GB)
Cache data backup method	Data write back to Flash memory
Host interface (SAN)
FC	16 Gbps/8 Gbps/4 Gbps
iSCSI	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
FCoE	16 Gbps/8 Gbps
Host interface (NAS)
Ethernet	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
Number of host ports (SAN)
FC	48/48/48 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8/8)
iSCSI	48/48 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8)
FCoE	48/48 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8)
Number of host ports (NAS)
Ethernet	96/96 (1 HA-Pair: 8/8)
Drive interface	SAS 12 Gbps
Supported RAID	4, 6, TEC
Number of drive shelf (DE) connected	120 (1 HA-Pair: 10)
Max. number of HDDs installable	1728 (1 HA-Pair: 144)
Max. number of SSDs installable	1728 (1 HA-Pair: 144)

Moving forward, Fujitsu will be adding more solutions (including AI, hybrid cloud, and HPC) that will leverage NetApp software. It is also interesting to note that NetApp is getting more into the software/licensing arena. While lots of companies are going the all software route, NetApp is not looking down that road. It is taking some of its more popular software and working with other companies, such as Fujitsu and Lenovo.

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