PLX PCIe 3.0 Switch Integrated by Fujitsu

PLX Technology, Inc. announced that Fujitsu Ltd has selected its ExpressLane PEX8764 switch to deliver high-speed PCIe Gen3 interconnect to the Fujitsu ETERNUS DX S3 disk arrays.

The PEX8764’s 64 lanes and 16 ports empower the ETERNUS DX series with high-speed bi-directional PCIe interconnect throughput of 128GB/s.

“The new generation ETERNUS DX disk systems, supported by PLX’s PCIe switch technology, offer a revolutionary performance architecture that delivers a fivefold increase in performance,” said Shigeo Konno, GM of storage systems business unit, Fujitsu. “Fujitsu has redefined business-centric storage systems, and PLX is an excellent partner in our high standard for reliable high-speed PCIe connectivity.“

“Fujitsu has long been at the forefront of storage innovation and in delivering complete solutions for a global market, and the ETERNUS DX series exemplifies the company’s leadership,” said Gene Schaeffer, EVP of WW sales, PLX. “That the PEX8764 was selected for the series speaks to both companies’ commitment to enabling data centers and cloud environments with the most powerful, efficient and versatile storage solutions possible.“

The ETERNUS DX series includes the scalable entry-level DX100 S3 and DX200 S3 models, and the midrange DX500 S3 and DX600 S3 models. The upgraded series provides support for data consolidation projects, thanks to integrated unified NAS and SAN connectivity. Combining increased performance with business-centric, automated quality-of-service management, the ETERNUS DX systems also deliver performance, running at five times the IO/s, three times the bandwidth and double the bus performance of previous models.

PLX ExpressLane PCIe switches are deployed worldwide in enterprise storage solutions based on HDD drives, SSDs and combinations of the two media. The switches’ success in that market is due to their ability to aggregate storage, devices, connect communications and storage subsystems, provide mid-plane or backplane pathways for storage systems, and enable failover, redundancy and mirroring of those storage systems.