NEC Express5800/ft Series Fault Tolerant Servers
Offering continuous availability with enhanced support for virtualization
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on October 23, 2015 at 3:03 pmNEC Corporation announced two Express5800/ft series of servers based on the Xeon E5-2600 v3 product family; the mid-range Express5800/R320e-M4, and the Express5800/R320e-E4 entry model.
Express 5800 R320e front
Express 5800 R320e rear
The Express5800/ft series consists of Fault Tolerant (FT) servers that incorporate duplex CPU and memory in order to reduce the risk of system stoppage caused by hardware failures.
The R320e-M4 model is equipped with the 12-core Xeon processor E5-2670 v3 CPU, and has achieved a processing performance 20% higher than the existing model (1). In addition, its improved communication performance with external storage systems and enhanced memory capacity enable an increase in the number of virtual servers that can be run on a single server by 1.2 times, thus reducing installation space and operating costs.
Express 5800 R320e internal
The optimized cooling design of the new models now supports operation in an environment of 40°C (104°F), five degrees higher than the existing models. This enables data centers to operate at a higher temperature, thereby reducing operating costs for air conditioning and contributing to energy savings.
The R320e models are equipped with USB 3.0 ports to support the Removable Disk Exchange system (RDX) for backup. Users may choose between the RDX media or conventional tape medias.
“In enterprise IT, virtualization has become a mainstream method for reducing installation space and operation costs. In this sense, it is necessary to further improve the support for virtualization in the fault tolerant server field,” said Shigeru Matsuura, deputy GM, global platform division, NEC. “With a 20% higher processing performance than conventional models, the latest NEC fault tolerant servers enable greater use of virtual servers and accommodate user needs for system virtualization.“
Company’s fault tolerant servers will be available on October 23, 2015 in Asian markets and progressively distributed worldwide. Shipping dates differ according to model and country.
(1) Compared with the existing Express5800/R320d-M4 model
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