Fujitsu Eternus CS800 and CS8000 Appliances for Backup, Archiving and Tier-2 Storage

Fujitsu Ltd. announces the next gen of its Eternus CS800 and CS8000 data protection appliances for backup, archiving and second-tier storage.

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Delivering storage advanced data protection features and software integration, Eternus CS enables organizations to create one unified data protection storage layer across hybrid IT environments.

Compelling cost and convenience factors of cloud computing have driven a shift in how businesses run applications and manage data – which is now spread from the core data center to the cloud as well as across edge locations. Hybrid IT landscapes are a reality in many organizations, forcing a change in how they manage the critical topic of storage. Today, this is no longer just about capacity, as the ability to create and access stored data has become a business service.

In order to gain back control of the data from distributed sources,the company has updated its data protection appliances to meet these new storage needs. The latest models of the Eternus CS800 and Eternus CS8000 appliances provide a consolidation platform for data management – spanning backup and recovery, archiving, compliance and BC. As a result, the new-gen Eternus CS appliances improve the availability, protection, sharing and interoperability of data for applications in hybrid environments.

Tight integration with data management software T
Thanks to inbuilt features and integration with data management software from Veritas, Veeam and Commvault, Eternus CS appliances create an unified storage layer. This is guaranteed to boost the performance of any hybrid IT landscape, while also ensuring that storage costs are under control.

The combination of Eternus CS appliances with data protection software means the customers can classify data, which is then automatically held on the correct media (SSD, HDD, cloud or tape) in line with business and service level requirements. Data copies are handled automatically at a storage level, helping organizations take advantage of a media mix of all storage formats.

The appliances also free up the data protection software for other strategic data management tasks, as they fulfill key storage and data protection functions such as replication, deduplication and tape management. This helps reduce workloads for servers and networks, in turn helping reduce administration efforts.

Eternus CS data protection solutions for small and large environments

Eternus CS800

Eternus CS800 ⁽¹⁾ is an easy-to-operate, disk-based appliance providing the data consolidation platform for small to mid-sized backup environments, with a price performance ratio. It is scalable, with automated deduplication, integrated replication and support for all major backup software. It provides foundations for a data protection strategy, maximizing the availability of applications and reliably protecting vs. data loss and disaster.

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Eternus CS8000

Eternus CS8000 ⁽²⁾ is a versatile storage solution for backup, archive, second-tier and object data , providing protection and recovery performance for mission-critical data. It is designed for large and demanding environments including financial institutions, telecom service providers and transport network operators.It is a backup appliance in terms of scale and an appliance that can consolidate data from mainframe and open systems. Its versatility, efficiency and flexibility – combined with easy administration – helps reduce the TCO for complex backup environments by up to 60%. Using intelligent process automation and pooled storage capacities, data and copies are automatically managed between different storage tiers and media, including SSD, HDD, deduplication and tape technology, depending on the required performance and availability levels.

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Complementing the Eternus CS data protection appliances, the Eternus LT tape storage portfolio provides cost-efficient offline backup for mid- to long-term data retention or archiving.

Facilitating new services
This unified approach to data protection, consolidating data from sources including cloud, applications and the data center, addresses the challenge of how to handle growing data volumes. It provides the flexibility and scalability needed to manage huge data pools and cope with changing service demands. It also facilitates the introduction of new, enterprise-wide services such as archiving, searches, analytics and data governance.

Christian Leutner, head, product sales Europe, Fujitsu, says: “Hybrid IT environments have become the new norm, with services and delivery models coming from a variety of sources, from on-premises and the cloud, as well as the network edge. As this diversity grows, it is becoming harder to consolidate all data. The new Eternus CS appliances create a single, seamless storage layer across all data sources. By consolidating storage services and decoupling storage from the application layer allows businesses to implement long-term data management strategies. Consolidated storage also means a chance to improve data security and governance, and – importantly – to keep the door open to adding future application services, which is where the Eternus CS appliances bring real business value, both today and into the future.“

The Eternus CS800 and CS8000 are available to order from the company and its partners. Pricing varies according to configuration.

⁽¹⁾ The Eternus CS800 includes new features such as improved performance for data protection up to 37TB/hour with SPEED mode, reporting for clarity and ease of application management, enhanced scale-out capacity upgradable to 1.02PB on an incremental basis, and multi-protocol access: CIFS/NFS, VTL, OST, and VDMS.
⁽²⁾ It offers object interfaces to allow organizations to consolidate data on the appliance. Object interfaces provide a target system for applications using S3 and SWIFT protocols. Tightened front-end integration with Veritas NetBackup software enables advanced options such as client-side deduplication and Oracle RMAN integration. In addition, the new Storage Matrix feature allows the connection of several Eternus CS8000 systems in one cluster with unified management and administration.

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