Simply Affordable 99.999% Availability for Virtual Server Environments

The NEC Express5800/R320

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Virtualization Has Permanently Changed Enterprise Computing

Deploying software for

vertical scalabilityPooling CPU resource

clusters for HPC and big data computing tasks

And software for horizontally-scaled cloud computingClustering low-cost servers to provide

peak-time redundancy

But, mission-critical computing requires guaranteed uptime

Pooling and clustering can provide on-demand resources for peaks and troughs, but true hardware-based

fault-tolerance is required for

• 99.999% continuous uptime• Scalable vCPU Performance

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NEC FT Servers Combine the Best of SW Virtualization Efficiency and HW Availability

NEC Express5800/R320

Leverages Intel® Xeon® architecture to achieve continuous availability

Supports the leading virtualization software environments including Microsoft® Hyper-

V™ and VMware vSphere®

Brings operational simplicity by eliminating clusters and external SAN-attached storage

Built-in Fault Tolerance

Traditional Fault Tolerance

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Historically, Hardware-based, Fault Tolerance Cost About 2x Standard Enterprise Servers

ThenNow

NEC is proving to enterprise IT that

99.999%*uptime is possible

$at 50% lower TCO** (compared to a HA cluster with fault-tolerance software)

Costly specialized hardware to detect faults, plus redundant components to limit down-time.

Clusters of highly-available servers running virtualized operating systems became a popular alternative to hardware-based fault tolerance.

But, complex virtualized clusters could not prevent downtime required for processes to resume across an HA cluster.

*Based on NEC Corporation Testing**According to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)

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99.999% (Yes, That’s Five 9s!)

99.999%Availability

CPUs use “Lockstep” for immediate failover and server

virtualization protection

Transparent Resynchronization,

no-touch, automatic

Fault-tolerance requires no additional software or configuration hassles

This fault-tolerance is built-in, and invisible to

applications and to IT staff

An NEC FT server is always on -- 99.999% availability means you can typically expect less than

6 minutes of total downtime in a full year

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Designed for Virtualization

NEC and Intel® Xeon® have optimized the FT Express5800 platform for leading

virtualization environments

Ideal for data center workloads and mission critical departmental applications

Leading solutions for hosting applications that require linear

scalability at reduced cost

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Simplified Availability

With NEC Intel® Xeon® Fault-tolerant systems, Enterprise IT can avoid:

Complicated cluster architectures and

continuous maintenance

Costly SAN-based storage

Separate management

consoles for HW, SW and storage

Specialized software required for cluster deployments

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Lifecycle Cost Savings

Time

CapexIT Quality of life

• 50% reduction in deployment cost and TCO

• No specialized fault-tolerant software licensing expense

• Dramatically simplified deployment (compared to HA clusters)

• No application customization required

• Simplicity and zero-touch reliability frees IT from cluster disasters

With NEC Intel® Xeon® Fault-tolerant systems, Enterprise IT Conserves Cash and Resources

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Learn About NEC Fault Tolerant Virtualization

Has your organization benefited from virtualization

efficiencies while maintaining high

availability?

How does your IT organization cope with IT outages that

cause application downtime and reduced productivity?

NEC and Intel® offer breakthrough solutions to these questions

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Innovative CPU lockstep technology, superior fault-tolerance, superior price-performance

The NEC Express5800 FT Server

Availability for Virtual Server Environments

Built-in Fault-tolerance

CPULockstep

Learn About NEC Fault Tolerant Virtualization

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