Fujitsu has introduced Dynamic Infrastructures Blocks (DI Blocks), which enable enterprises to take a modular, step-by-step approach towards consolidating and reshaping their data centres. Enterprises gain a competitive edge from DI Blocks by ensuring that their IT operations are always available to meet changing business needs, and ready for on-premise private cloud infrastructures.
A powerful but simple interface to fully-automated data centre resources, DI Blocks are comprised of orchestrated server, storage, network and virtualisation technology, wrapped with integrated dynamic resource management software. Pools of infrastructure resources in data centres enable enterprises to quickly and easily provision IT services.
As the needs of enterprise business change, DI Blocks provide an escape from the complexity and rigidity of last-generation silo technology. Data centres are transformed into highly-flexible, powerful automated pools of computing resources. Furthermore, integration and lifetime services, including hardware and operating system maintenance, can be provided by Fujitsu's consulting and operations support services.
Pre-integrated, factory-configured, customised DI Blocks enable enterprises to move towards scale-out private cloud-based computing environments. Total cost of ownership is reduced by improving the overall use of server, storage, software and networking components. IT resources are allocated on-demand, delivering improved productivity by provisioning logical infrastructure environments within minutes.
Simple management by orchestration software
Enterprises can dynamically assign computing components as and when needed, with management software such as Fujitsu's ServerView Resource Orchestrator managing all physical and virtual elements, including leading virtualisation technology from Fujitsu partners VMware and Microsoft.
ServerView Resource Orchestrator supports the flexible and rapid utilisation of IT resources in private clouds through dynamic resource management for physical and virtual computing resources and levers Fujitsu's public cloud expertise.
Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice-President, Product Development Group at Fujitsu Technology Solutions, says: “For enterprises, it is impossible to predict future resource requirements from IT systems, but with DI Blocks it is possible to create flexible, future-proof systems that are flexible and agile enough to meet ever-changing needs. This represents a major shift in how forward-looking companies are making the move to IT that supports their needs, rather than being restricted by rigid, outdated systems.”
DI Blocks are dedicated appliances for enterprise virtualisation and private cloud infrastructures. The first set of DI Blocks will be commercially available in early 2012. Availability may vary by region. Pricing varies according to configuration.
Starting at 48 cores, DI Blocks system configurations scale to more than 1 700 Intel Xeon 5600 series cores, with memory of up to almost 21 000GB and disk storage capacities of more than 900TB, requiring 10GB Ethernet or 8GB Fibre Channel networks.
Further information about DI Blocks is available online at: http://www.global-cloud.ts.fujitsu.com/fujitsu-cloud-infrastructure/fujitsu-cloud-solutions/.
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