The PRIMERGY CX400 Cloud eXtension servers are Fujitsu´s platform for Cloud computing, HPC High Performance Computing, Service Provider

The PRIMERGY CX400 Cloud eXtension servers are Fujitsu´s platform for Cloud computing, HPC High Performance Computing, Service Provider and large scale-out computing server farms. They focus on providing large datacenters with massive scale-out x86 server power while at the same time delivering new datacenter economics for server density, energy consumption, heat optimization and lower overall operational costs. The PRIMERGY CX400 server family has everything customers need to achieve a new dimension of cost- effectiveness with a cloud data center. Due to their innovative scale-out design, the PRIMERGY CX400 servers require less space per rack and less energy & heat per server as compared to conventional rack servers. They pay dividends in significantly lowered operating expenses, easier installation and more aggregated computing power in the datacenter at lower all around investment.

Enterprise customers of all sizes are increasingly looking for improved energy efficiency, higher platform density, better management effectiveness and overall lower investment when realizing their scale-out Cloud Computing, High Performance Computing or Virtualization strategies.

The Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY CX400 S1 Multi-Node cloud server system provides a new condensed form factor, enabling to Scale-out Smart by packaging 4 independent dual socket server nodes and up to 24 local storage drives into a consolidated 2U rack enclosure.

Its new “4 in 2U” granularity results in half of the rack space used, lower hardware investment and consolidated efficiency in management for the same performance as compared to standard rack servers. Using shared fans and redundant power supplies, energy consumption is significantly minimized while providing enhanced availability and higher effectiveness of management with hot- plugging of server nodes, power supplies and local storage drives.

Cost-effectiveness is granted by conventional front- to-back cooling, rear-side external connectivity, installation and operation in existing datacenter rack and air conditioning infrastructures, proving easy rack-wide team play with already existing servers and components. Two or four half-wide server nodes can be individually configured and independantly serviced, enabling a great flexibility to easily match different solution stacks.

The PRIMERGY CX400 S1 acts as a replicable  Smart Scale-Out building block with conformity to conventional 19-inch rack infrastructure, providing a new compact server node density to realize large scale-out solutions for HPC and Cloud Computing at lower overall costs.

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