Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60 S3 Overview Manual page 14

Chapter 1 Overview
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Virtualized Environment Integration
Various functions that are provided by Oracle VM, VMware, and Microsoft are supported to configure and op-
erate virtualized environments.
Linkage with software allows the backup of virtual environments (VMware/Hyper-V) without stopping the vir-
tual machines. A more effective use of resources and the integrated management of virtualized environ-
ments can be achieved by offloading the server load to the ETERNUS DX.
The ETERNUS DX has a function that balances writing areas on a volume basis to prevent concentrated access
to a specific RAID group in multiple RAID groups that configure a disk pool.
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Operability
Operation management for the ETERNUS DX can be performed easily.
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Easy Operation Management
Operation management can be easily performed with ETERNUS Web GUI by using a Web browser or with
ETERNUS CLI by using commands and command scripts.
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Power Control
The ETERNUS DX power can be controlled when the servers are powered on and off. Scheduled operations
can be performed according to the server operation.
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ETERNUS SF Express
ETERNUS SF Express is a storage system introduction and operation support software for the user who had
put off the introduction of the storage system up to now because of "Difficulty" and "Introduction and opera-
tion cost increase". ETERNUS SF Express is an easy-to-use software that facilitates management of the ETER-
NUS DX storage systems. ETERNUS SF Express can be used free of charge with the purchase of an ETERNUS
DX.
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Continuous Business
The ETERNUS DX supports continuous business from the two perspectives of "data protection" and "backup".
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Data Protection
The ETERNUS DX can continue to operate even if failures occur because the main components of the ETERNUS
DX are redundant.
If a power failure occurs, power is supplied from the electric double layer capacitors and the data in the cache
memory is backed up to non-volatile memory. This protects the data in the cache memory without there be-
ing any restrictions on the number of days that data is retained.
The components in the storage system are periodically diagnosed and monitored for signs of failure, which
enables error components to be dealt with at an early stage.
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Backup
Data can be replicated at any point with high speed by using the Advanced Copy functions in conjunction
with software such as ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager.
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