Fujitsu: Enterprise Integrated Backup Appliance Eternus CS200C

The Fujitsu storage Eternus CS200c integrated backup appliance delivers mid-market customers with hardware, backup software and services in a single integrated system – flexible capacity – including backup software licencing – and enterprise data protection functionality are key benefits, via a single point of contact for hardware, software and services.

Fujitsu Ltd. makes the planning, implementation and operation of backup easy for mid-sized businesses and those with branch offices and distributed operations. The Eternus CS200c appliance delivers customers a complete backup and archiving solution in a box. This integrated system  enables channel partners to take advantage of high business growth rates for backup in the mid-market.

Data protection is an essential yet laborious and time-consuming task that every organization must perform, or face the penalties in lost business, damaged reputation, or worse. Identifying, implementing and operating the right hardware and software – often in a range of different ‘cocktails’ needed to fulfil different functions around the organization – is fraught with potential problems, especially for organizations with a distributed network, limited IT budgets and specialized IT skills.

Designed to meet these needs – and based on Fujitsu’s heritage in developing products, services and solutions that make storage and backup simpler, reliable and efficient – the Eternus CS200c joins its comprehensive portfolio of business-centric storage systems and its  Eternus CS Data Protection Appliances. The company offers an in-depth training program to its select channel partners enabling them to serve mid-sized companies with a simple to deploy backup solution.

Available in different scalable configurations, this all-in-one backup appliance integrates certified hardware from Fujitsu with the CommVault Simpanabackup software, synchronized and pre-installed into a comprehensive backup solution which saves customers time and money. The appliance enables a quick start-up and integration across the customer’s IT environment – fulfilling many of the specialized needs that in the past have required a range of different solutions. This makes it ideal for the SME market as well as for VM environments.

The Eternus CS200c addresses future growth and investment protection and comes licensed to ensure that capacity can be expanded quickly and cost-effectively during the life span of the appliance – and without the added worry of which licences to purchase. It uses mainstream functionality of Simpana software with built-in deduplication and can be extended with enterprise functions like snapshot, application support and tape management.

Fujitsu acts as a single point of contact for server, storage, software and services. Due to the nature of the solution, a minimum level of maintenance and professional services are required. A range of maintenance support options will be available for 1, 3 or 5 years, while professional services support deployment and assessment on behalf of customers.

Bernhard Brandwitte, VP global storage business, Fujitsu, said: “Fujitsu’s business-centric Storage solutions enable organizations of all sizes to allocate storage resources for backup processes at any time – in line with business priorities and while fulfilling SLAs in terms of speed, capacity and data availability without hassle and with minimized costs. The new  Fujitsu Storage Eternus CS200c Integrated Backup Appliance sets new market standards by now offering the complete and certified infrastructure in a box for mid-sized and distributed businesses.“

Ralph Nimergood, VP WW channels and alliances, CommVault, said: “Customers are demanding flexibility and choice in the consumption models and packaging when deploying their strategic data management solutions. As part of our enterprise strategy to deliver the solution and form factor they desire from the partner they trust, the combination of Fujitsu’s new enterprise integrated appliance with CommVault’s holistic data management approach accelerates time to value. By consolidating backup, archive, eDiscovery and self-service access into a single, easy-to-use platform, this flexible architecture allows customers to quickly deploy the right data management solution to match their business requirements.“

The Eternus CS200c Integrated Backup Appliance is orderable in Europe, Middle-East, Africa and India. First customer shipments will be available from November 2014, depending on the availability of mandatory maintenance and professional services in the participating countries. The appliance can be ordered direct from Fujitsu, or via its channel partner network. Pricing varies by configuration and country.

Flexible Eternus CS200c is available as an entry model and scale model, both of which offer capacity scalability. In addition, functionality can be expanded easily, for example, with application support, snapshot and replication or tape management features.