FlexFrame Infrastructure simplifies dramatically the complex issue of dynamic server resource management within a data centre - enabling carefree IT operations with a few mouse clicks.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, today announced the first standards-based service-oriented infrastructure (SOI).
FlexFrame Infrastructure is a future-proofed dynamic IT platform for service-oriented architecture-based application platforms. Delivering the rock-solid reliability, flexibility and virtualisation capabilities only previously available to large system customers, but at open systems price points, the new FlexFrame Infrastructure design from Fujitsu Siemens Computers redefines the rules in a data centre.
It is designed as a generic, standardised platform that supports both physical and virtual hardware resource services. FlexFrame Infrastructure will be released in several functional steps throughout 2008.
The key point of FlexFrame Infrastructure and what sets it apart is that physical and virtualised system resources can be assigned to applications with a few mouse clicks. FlexFrame Infrastructure is the next milestone towards the Dynamic Data Centre and it represents a new operating principle: the IT administrator defines the needed resources for a particular application which will then be allocated automatically. The complexity of managing physical and virtual resources is encapsulated in the system, which enables carefree operations for the user.
FlexFrame Infrastructure dramatically simplifies the complex issue of dynamic server resource management within a data centre. As an ideal platform for consolidation tasks it is inherently environmentally conscious and is a solution which responds the growing concerns for cost, cooling, power consumption and space management in data centres.
FlexFrame Infrastructure from Fujitsu Siemens Computers has been developed on the SOI philosophy, since it takes automated dynamic resource allocation to the next level - all based on existing industry standards, in a move that will accelerate the adoption of virtualisation within data centres. It takes the risk and complexity out of service-oriented infrastructures, leaving companies free to concentrate on new enterprise applications and the benefits of SOAs.
For IT managers, meeting new and changing user demands will become as simple as "make a wish" - a welcome respite from the shifting playing field on which most IT departments are struggling to maintain service-oriented demands, such as internal service level agreements (SLAs) for system uptime. This means FlexFrame Infrastructure continually monitors system availability and provides near-instantaneous response in case of failures.
FlexFrame Infrastucture is the ideal platform to develop the IT infrastructure to the next levels.
* It is ideal for consolidation tasks.
* Many servers are consolidated in a pool with central management of resources and high-availability.
* It makes it easy to support the dynamic shift of resources.
* And finally, it is the perfect foundation for service-oriented architectures on the application level.
Key advantages are that server resources are pooled and shared to increase utilisation, embedded high availability for maintaining service levels and increased business agility through the easy shift of real and virtualised resources between applications.
Underpinning its first-to-market advantage, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is able to draw on deep customer-based experience from its track record, with more than 1 000 installations, enabling customers throughout EMEA to design, implement and operate dynamic computing infrastructures uniquely customised to their needs.
Dieter Herzog, Executive Vice-President of Infrastructure Products at Fujitsu Siemens Computers, says: "In building the FlexFrame Infrastructure, our goal was to base complete service-oriented IT infrastructure for enterprise applications on industry-standard architectures. FlexFrame Infrastructure is the industry`s first application-agnostic out-of-the-box approach. Customers can embrace virtualisation and reap the benefits of a truly dynamic IT infrastructure, without risk and without any downtime, simply by adapting their present-day infrastructures."
Built on standard PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers from Fujitsu Siemens Computers, and running independently of operating systems and applications, FlexFrame Infrastructure adds a software layer, the ServerView PAN Manager that takes full control of industry-standard server, virtualised servers and I/O resources.
ServerView PAN Manager provides a new level of intelligence for FlexFrame Infrastructure which ensures all servers within the fully-virtualised environment are always running at optimal performance levels - and thanks to I/O-level virtualisation capabilities, these can be adjusted on-the-fly.
This involves adding a layer between network connection points by virtualising the connections, which is handled by the ServerView Virtual I/O manager (VIOM).
As a result, workloads can easily be moved from one server to another without having to navigate SAN/LAN addressing issues. I/O virtualisation avoids compatibility problems with existing network equipment and means that network administrators do not have to manage changes within the servers.
FlexFrame Infrastructure from Fujitsu Siemens Computers is agnostic of applications and base operating system as well as fully compatible with all available Hypervisor-level operating systems from vendors such as VMware and Xen.
ServerView PAN Manager is built on Egenera PAN Manager software, which has recently been released by the US-based technology company to other hardware vendors.
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT Infrastructure Provider with a strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Dynamic Data Center products, services and solutions. With a platform and services portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from notebooks through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions and services offerings. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a presence in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with infrastructure services extending coverage approximately 170 countries worldwide. Leveraging the strengths, innovation and global reach of our joint shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, we make sure we meet the needs of customers: large corporations, small and medium enterprises and private users. The company is a pioneer in providing environmentally conscious technology and processes, throughout the life cycle of each product, and is a member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative and Green Grid organisations. To meet stringent international standards for corporate social responsibility, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a member of the United Nations Global Compact.
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