New FT Server provides a robust platform for "guaranteed" 24/7 availability and operational simplicity combined with a complete offer of services packages including Mirrored HotSwap HDDs and Rapid Disk Resync (RDR)
Middle East - 17 January 2008 - NEC Computers ("NEC") has announced the general availability of its NEC Express5800/320Fc. This new model enhances the complete range of NEC's Fault Tolerant (FT) servers. With outstanding performance, this FT server provides a robust platform for continuous availability and operational simplicity combined with a complete offer of services packages. 4th generation of NEC FT servers, the NEC Express5800/320Fc is the optimum choice for large accounts to medium-sized corporations running critical systems and data centres.
"The Express5800 Fault Tolerant servers, when combined with VMware Infrastructure 3 provide a leading platform for Windows Server 2003 applications designed for continuous availability," said David Reine, analyst, The Clipper Group. "Along with outstanding performance, the Express5800/320Fc delivers the availability and reliability that your mission critical applications demand in a cost-effective package that minimizes TCO. If your enterprise is looking for a fault tolerant system, you will find that the NEC Express5800 is fast to implement, easy to maintain, and fits within your budget."
NEC's FT servers address planned and unplanned downtime through complete hardware redundancy, which enables the active and physically replicated modules to process the same instructions simultaneously. In the event of a hardware failure, the replicated module continues normal operation, ensuring transparent failover and system integrity. The faulty module is separated automatically, but there is no need to interrupt system operation during replacement. The NEC Express5800/320Fc server takes part into the risk management of today's businesses and provides the customer with a robust IT infrastructure uptime.
CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY
Risk Management is a chief concern for today's businesses. This new FT server generation is ideal for messaging applications, critical or order management systems. It guarantees a business continuity to avoid any financial impact in case of system failure.
Active UpgradeTM services: address planned server downtime to guarantee minimal disruption
Mirrored HotSwap HDDs and Rapid Disk Resync (RDR): enable quick copies of only the data that has changed, enabling rapid resynchronization of internal HDDs and faster system recovery
Support NEC ExpressCluster to secure critical applications: emails, data bases and applications are highly important for the smooth running of any business. The NEC new fault tolerant server combined with the NEC ExpressCluster solution delivers excellent high availability for applications by minimizing unplanned hardware failures.
OPERATIONAL SIMPLICITY FOR A COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
The NEC Express5800/320Fc extends the line of NEC FT servers by bringing
The support of standard Microsoft and Red Hat operating systems: This enables a wide range of Open Source applications to run on Red Hat Linux on the high availability ft server.
The support of Virtualization environments: VMware® certification is planned for CQ1 08.
There is no need to modify the OS or application, which eliminate complexity of conventional HA system deployments and allow the IT team to focus on strategic projects.
"A fundamental benefit of VMware virtualization is the advanced business continuity protection it affords together with high availability for critical applications," said Brian Byun, vice president of global partners and solutions at VMware. "This solution from NEC on the NEC Express5800/320Fc platform goes a step further by ensuring the resiliency of the actual hardware platform to minimize unplanned downtime. For those environments where nothing less than continuous application availability is acceptable, fault tolerant servers running VMware Infrastructure is an excellent option."
A CONCENTRATE OF NEW FAULT TOLERANT TECHNOLOGY
The NEC Express5800/320Fc delivers:
The latest Intel® Xeon® Quad core processors: 200 percent performance gain over third-generation Dual-Core models (performance metric specific to the Quad-Core version) thanks to the record performance and energy efficiency of the Quad-Core Intel®Xeon® processor 5300 series.
Faster Front Side Bus (1333 MHz FSB): fast front-side bus with up to 66 percent greater CPU Input/Output (I/O).
Increased memory capacity up to 24GB: 50 percent increase in memory capacity and PCI-Express expansion for 25 percent faster I/O and compatibility
Supports SAS HDDs to improve the scalability of the system.
"Intel and NEC continue a long collaboration in delivering high availability systems to the market," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group and general manager of the Server Platforms Group. "The new generation of NEC ft servers offer enterprises new levels of availability and reliability with the record performance and energy efficiency of the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 Series."
GUARANTEE THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 24/7
Johan Degroote, Regional Director, EMEA, said, "In the Middle East, an increasing number of companies are calling for operational stability to minimize the risk of business disruption due to hardware failures, along with high-speed processing capabilities to handle a massive amount of data. With high processing power and reliability, the NEC Express5800/320Fc server is designed for large accounts to medium-sized corporations running critical systems and data centres."
That's why NEC complete its fault tolerant servers range with new high added value services to answer to the customers needs of prevention and pro-activity. With its NEC Express5800/320Fc buying, the customer has to choose between 2 services packs:
UltraCare FT Service Advantage* : Packaged Service to guarantee a high level of availability for FT Solution (phone support, modules delivery, NEC FT Web Portal Access, Software and Hardware assistance access, automatic FT remote alert, proactive FT remote monitoring)
UltraCare FT Service Premium* : Personalized Service with high added value, providing optimal availability to answer to 24/7 critical activities (Management Priority Escalation, Emergency Intervention Service D+0, Direct Access to NEC FT Center of Expertise, phone Support 24/7, modules delivery CRU D+1)
The NEC Express5800/320Fc server has been designed not only to offer high availability through hardware redundancy, but also to deliver enhanced system continuity and cost performance with high computing power. The complete offer, server including a service package, delivers the best high availability solution while enabling costs reduction (easy deployment, administration and maintenance).
* In the Middle East, UltraCare FT Service Avantage and Premium packs will be provided by NEC channel networ, via a NEC Preference 320Fc certified partner.
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About NEC Computers
http://www.nec-computers.com
A subsidiary of the Japanese NEC Corporation, NEC Computers is a leading supplier of state of the art servers, desktops and notebook computers, designed and manufactured for the business user. Design, assembly, marketing, support and system integration activities all take place at the technological and industrial facility, based in Angers. Target markets include Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
The Japanese group NEC, reached a $39 billion turnover (fiscal year ended March 2007) with more than 150,000 employees worldwide. As illustrated by the strapline "Empowered by Innovation", over 6.5% of its turnover is dedicated to R&D, from bioplastics to high performance calculators, NEC Corporation brings technological innovation directly to its clients.
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