The NEC Express5800/R320

Simply Affordable

99.999%
Availability for
Virtual Server Environments

Virtualization Has Permanently Changed Enterprise Computing

Deploying
software for
vertical scalability

And software for

horizontally-scaled
cloud computing

Pooling CPU resource

clusters for HPC and big
data computing tasks

Clustering 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

Supports the leading virtualization software

environments including Microsoft HyperV and VMware vSphere

Leverages Intel Xeon

architecture to achieve
continuous availability

Traditional Fault Tolerance

Built-in Fault Tolerance

Brings operational simplicity by

eliminating clusters and external
SAN-attached storage

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

Costly specialized hardware

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

But, complex virtualized clusters

could not prevent downtime
required for processes to resume
across an HA cluster.

99.999%*

Now

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

Then

NEC is proving to enterprise IT that

uptime is possible

at

50% lower TCO**

(compared to a HA cluster
with fault-tolerance software)

*Based on NEC Corporation Testing

**According to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)
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99.999% (Yes, Thats Five 9s!)

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

CPUs use Lockstep for

immediate failover and server
virtualization protection
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99.999%
Availability

Transparent
Resynchronization,
no-touch, automatic

This fault-tolerance is builtin, and invisible to

applications and to IT staff

Fault-tolerance requires no
additional software or
configuration hassles

Designed for Virtualization

NEC and Intel Xeon have optimized the

FT Express5800 platform for leading
virtualization environments

Leading solutions for hosting

applications that require linear
scalability at reduced cost

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Ideal for data center

workloads and mission critical
departmental applications

Simplified Availability
With NEC Intel Xeon Fault-tolerant systems, Enterprise IT can avoid:
Complicated cluster
architectures and
continuous
maintenance

Separate
management
consoles for HW,
SW and storage

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Costly
SAN-based
storage

Specialized
software required
for cluster
deployments

Lifecycle Cost Savings

With NEC Intel Xeon Fault-tolerant systems, Enterprise IT Conserves Cash and Resources
Dramatically simplified deployment
(compared to HA clusters)
No application customization required

Time

Simplicity and zerotouch reliability frees IT

from cluster disasters

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IT Quality
of life

Capex

50% reduction in
deployment cost and TCO
No specialized fault-tolerant
software licensing expense

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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Learn About NEC Fault Tolerant Virtualization

Innovative CPU lockstep technology, superior fault-tolerance,

superior price-performance
Built-in Fault-tolerance
CPU
Lockstep

The NEC Express5800 FT Server

Simply Affordable -

99.999%

Reliability

Availability for Virtual Server Environments

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Simply Affordable

99.999%
Availability for
Virtual Server Environments
Learn more from the

Enterprise Strategy Group Lab Validation Report

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