Kawasaki City Selecting Fujitsu Eternus Storage Systems

Fujitsu
Ltd announced that the entry-level disk arrays in its ETERNUS series of
storage systems, consisting of ETERNUS DX60 S2, ETERNUS DX80 S2, and ETERNUS
DX90 S2, have been selected by Kawasaki City to be included in its Low
CO2 Kawasaki Brand for fiscal 2012.

It is a program
instituted by the city of Kawasaki, Japan to support manufacturing for a
low-carbon society. The program recognizes Kawasaki-originated products and
technology that contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions throughout their
lifecycles. After three years of experimental period, the city government of
Kawasaki is now officially implementing the Low CO2 Kawasaki Brand starting
this fiscal year.

Reason
for the Selection
The ETERNUS DX60 S2, ETERNUS DX80 S2, and
ETERNUS DX90 S2 entry-level disk arrays in the ETERNUS series offer a
standard-feature eco-mode with a technology called ‘massive array of idle
disks’ (MAID)(1) that rotates the disks only when necessary. They also
employ efficiency power units, and vary the frequency of fan rotations in
stages to minimize power consumption when in use without sacrificing
performance.

On the performance front, the ETERNUS DX80
S2 has achieved the highest performance in its class (2) according to the SPC
Benchmark (3). Furthermore, intelligent use of energy-saving technologies
ensures that the array will reduce CO2 emissions over its lifecycle by 46% (4)
per GB of storage capacity compared to the previous model.

(1) Massive array of idle disks: By
stopping the rotation of disks that are rarely used, less electricity is
consumed and disk lifespan is increased.

(2) Highest performance in class: Based on
the SPC- Benchmark-1, which measures random access performance and the SPC-
Benchmark-2, which measures sequential access performance. According to
Fujitsu research, as of January 28, 2013. The URLs below link to benchmark
results.
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc1#a00111
http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2#b00055

(3) SPC Benchmark: A benchmark established
by a non-profit organization that evaluates the performance of storage from
participating companies in the storage industry.

(4)
46% reduction: Calculated in accordance with the standards of Low CO2 Kawasaki
Brand ’12.