14 DAY TRIAL // With Intel releasing its Xeon 7500 Series of processors with up to eight cores, it is hardly surprising to see system makers releasing their respective configurations based on them. In fact, Dell and NEC have already shown off their offerings and are now joined by Fujitsu. The company has completed the development of a number of new, quad-socked PRIMERGY high-end servers based on x86 technology, including the Nehalem-EX Xeon 7500-based RX600 S5 rack, all of which target large-scale system consolidation and business-critical applications.
“Today marks the day when the balance shifts in favor of x86 technology,” stated Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice-President x86 Server Product Unit at Fujitsu Technology Solutions. “Our new PRIMERGY models build on the groundswell towards x86 servers as the new number one choice for tasks where previously, only UNIX machines were up to the job. The new generation quad-socket PRIMERGY servers really deliver on performance and set new standards in terms of reduced energy consumption. These attributes enable enterprises to meet the competitive challenges in today’s business environment, and to ensure an early return on their investment.”
The PRIMERGY RX600 S5 and PRIMERGY BX960 S1 are described as “consummate all-rounders,” the former getting special recognition for having set a new world record. Fujitsu proudly revealed that, under the SAP Business Intelligence-Data Mart (BI-D) standard application benchmark, the RX600 S5, running Oracle Database 11g Release 2 on Linux, delivered a result of 854,649 query navigation steps per hour.
“Intel welcomes Fujitsu’s next generation PRIMERGY platform built on the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series. Fujitsu’s high-end enterprise market reputation and expertise, coupled with the scalable performance and advanced reliability capabilities of the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series, will help allow IT managers to run their most demanding, scale-up workloads,” said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group.
The PRIMERGY RX600 S5 and PRIMERGY BX960 S1 x86 servers will become available in May. Fujitsu has also added the BX960 S1, which is the first quad-socket machine for the PRIMERGY BX900 blade system and runs Xeon 7500 processors.