Fujitsu adds versatility to PRIMERGY Cloud eXtension Server Portfolio

Fujitsu today introduces globally the PRIMERGY CX122 S1, the first new addition to its portfolio of dual-socket cloud server nodes for the PRIMERGY CX1000 Cloud eXtension Server, the platform for cloud computing, high performance computing and large scale-out computing server farms.

“The scale-out applications of businesses such as managed hosting and Infrastructure-as-a-Service, HPC or Private Cloud providers, bring the added headache of energy, cooling and data centre density problems within their current infrastructure and premises, and so they need cost-efficient, massive scale-out hardware,” says Richard Sutherland, Portfolio Manager Dynamic Infrastructures at Fujitsu. “Early evidence from customers around the world, partners, and independent benchmarking shows us that the PRIMERGY CX1000 Cloud eXtension Server excels in meeting this need. Fujitsu will continue to push at the boundaries of scale-out computing, and the added versatility of the PRIMERGY CX122 S1 and the PRIMERGY CX1000 Efficiency Assessment Service will help us and our customers in that goal.”

The PRIMERGY CX1000 is designed from the ground up to deliver as much computing power as possible per square metre, at the lowest-possible price, packing 38 server nodes into a rack to provide minimum savings of 20% in power and cooling in comparison to a standard rack server assembly.

Eighteen memory DIMMs in the new PRIMERGY CX122 S1 server node provide capacity for up to 144GB of main memory, and a wide selection from the Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 processor series enable it to implement more challenging and versatile customer requirements. In addition, the CX122 provides one PCIe-x16 expansion slot, with a choice of powerful new networking controllers such as 2 port 10Gbit Eth, 4 port 1Gbit Eth , dual port CNA converged Network Adapter or Infiniband HCA 2 x 40Gb controller. This enables the setup of scale-out CX122 server farms connecting to demanding, advanced network topologies that are used in HPC environment or in converged network cloud scenarios.