Fujitsu ETERNUS HB2000 Entry Hybrid Storage

The Fujitsu ETERNUS HB2000 is an entry-level hybrid storage array designed to deliver balanced performance and capacity efficiency for organisations transitioning from purely mechanical storage toward flash-accelerated architectures. Built on a dual-controller active-active architecture, it combines solid-state drives for frequently accessed hot data with high-capacity SAS or NL-SAS hard disk drives for cooler workloads, enabling intelligent automated tiering that moves data between media types without administrator intervention. The system is managed through Fujitsu's ETERNUS SF Storage Manager software suite, which provides unified provisioning, monitoring, and tiering policy management from a single interface.

The HB2000 targets entry and mid-range enterprise environments where consolidation of mixed workloads—including file services, virtualisation infrastructure, and departmental databases—onto a single scalable platform is a priority. Its modular expansion design allows organisations to begin with a base enclosure and grow capacity incrementally as requirements evolve, protecting the initial deployment investment. Inline data reduction features including compression and deduplication help maximise usable capacity from installed media, which is particularly relevant in university and education sector deployments where budget discipline and long-term scalability are operational mandates.

The array supports both block (Fibre Channel, iSCSI) and file (NAS) protocols within a converged configuration, reducing the number of discrete storage systems required in a data centre. Integration with VMware vCenter, Microsoft System Center, and OpenStack through available plug-ins simplifies provisioning workflows in virtualised and cloud-adjacent environments. The HB2000's compact form factor and relatively low power and cooling footprint make it suitable for edge data centres, campus facilities, and remote office infrastructure alongside primary mid-market deployments.

Ideal for

• University campus consolidated storage serving virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), student file services, and research dataset repositories from a single tiered platform
• Mid-market data centre virtualisation host storage providing automated tiering between SSD cache and high-capacity HDD tiers for mixed VM workloads
• Departmental database and ERP application storage requiring consistent block I/O performance with capacity growth flexibility
• Secondary or near-line storage target for backup and data protection workflows, leveraging high-density NL-SAS tiers for retention at scale
• Converged NAS and SAN consolidation for organisations seeking to reduce discrete storage appliance sprawl under a single management interface
• Remote and branch office primary storage where a compact, dual-controller resilient array is required without full enterprise flagship scale or complexity

Technical specifications

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