Fujitsu Creates Datacenter Building Blocks

Fujitsu Limited introduces globally Dynamic Infrastructures Blocks (DI Blocks), which enable enterprises to take a modular, step-by-step approach toward consolidating and reshaping their datacenters.

Enterprises gain a competitive edge from DI Blocks by ensuring that their IT operations are always available to meet changing business needs, and ready for private cloud infrastructures.

A powerful interface to automated datacenter resources, DI Blocks are comprised of orchestrated server, storage, network and virtualization technology, wrapped with integrated dynamic resource management software. Pools of infrastructure resources in datacenters enable enterprises to quickly and easily provision IT services.

As the needs of enterprise business change, DI Blocks provide an escape from the complexity and rigidity of last-generation silo technology. Datacenters are transformed into flexible powerful automated pools of computing resources. Furthermore, integration and lifetime services, including hardware and operating system maintenance, can be provided by Fujitsu consulting and operations support services.

Pre-integrated, factory-configured, customized DI Blocks enable enterprises to move toward scale-out private cloud-based computing environments. TCO is reduced by improving the overall use of server, storage, software and networking components. IT resources are allocated on-demand, delivering improved productivity by provisioning logical infrastructure environments within minutes.

Management by orchestration software
Enterprises can dynamically assign computing components as and when needed with management software such as the Fujitsu ServerView Resource Orchestrator managing all physical and virtual elements, including virtualization technology from Fujitsu partners VMware and Microsoft. ServerView Resource Orchestrator supports the flexible and rapid utilization of IT resources in private clouds through dynamic resource management for physical and virtual computing resources and leverages the public cloud expertise of Fujitsu.

Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President, Product Development Group at Fujitsu Technology Solutions, says: "For enterprises, it is impossible to predict future resource requirements from IT systems, but with DI Blocks it is possible to create flexible, future-proof systems that are flexible and agile enough to meet ever-changing needs. This represents a major shift in how forward-looking companies are making the move to IT that supports their needs, rather than being restricted by rigid, outdated systems."

DI Blocks are dedicated appliances for enterprise virtualization and private cloud infrastructures. The first set of DI Blocks will be commercially available in early 2012. Availability may vary by region. Pricing varies according to configuration.

Starting at 48 cores, DI Blocks system configurations scale to more than 1700 Intel Xeon 5600 series cores, with memory of up to almost 21,000GB and disk storage capacities of more than 900TB, requiring 10GbE or 8GB FC networks.