Fujitsu Eternus SF

The Fujitsu company announced in the spring of 2012 release of the latest version of managing software of Eternus SF with support of the Automated Storage Tiering (AST) function for disk storage systems of data of Fujitsu Eternus DX. Thanks to software of Eternus SF V15 the functionality of a corporate class designed to provide efficiency of storage systems is available in all Eternus DX family — now including the systems of the initial and average level — regardless of capacity.

As noted in Fujitsu, the AST technology allows the companies of any size to improve management of constantly growing amounts of data and more effectively to use storage resources. It is reached due to automatic placement of data at the different levels of storage system (types of disks) depending on the specifications set by the administrator, for example, from system performance of storage, its capacity and also data storage cost. Besides, AST reduces complexity of operation and, thereby, costs, at the same time increasing performance of applications, for example, of databases, Exchange or VMware. Also considerably the volume of manual transactions at service and administration of storage systems decreases.

The companies of small and medium business can use functions of a corporate class in the systems of initial level thanks to support of AST technology by all Fujitsu Eternus DX family, emphasized in Fujitsu. Large enterprises will also be able to pick up the suitable system of initial level with the same functionality of AST for the branches.

As noted, such functions as AST and Thin Provisioning approved and the unified design of managing software of Eternus SF, the graphic user interface of the Eternus DX systems allow customers to manage more effectively the data processing centers, to reduce the operating costs, labor inputs of use and costs connected with training of IT administrators and at the same time to receive higher performance. Thanks to unification of architecture of the Eternus DX family customers can easily upgrade systems to higher level by simple replacement of controllers.