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Platforms:
HP Targets Growing Markets With
Ultra-dense Blade
HP expanded its industry-leading server portfolio by announcing a
two-processor blade server for enterprise-class performance and the HP
ProLiant ML100 server series aimed at the growing small- and medium-size
business (SMB) market.
The company also announced enhanced management capabilities for its servers
and the related milestone of more than 500,000 ProLiant Essentials software
licenses sold.
The ultra-dense HP ProLiant BL30p blade server outclasses the competition
by
providing customers more processing power per rack than any other product in
its category. The HP ProLiant ML110 server, the first in the new ProLiant
ML100 series available worldwide, provides SMBs with an affordable solution
that is easy to use and easy to maintain.
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"HP is exactly where it wants to be offering customers solutions for an
adaptive enterprise with more choice and better density on industry-standard
platforms than IBM and more technological innovation than Dell," said Brad
Anderson, senior vice president and general manager of Industry Standard
Servers for HP. "Today's announcement is another example of how HP is beating
the competition by offering enterprise and SMB customers around the world the
opportunity to get more from their technology vendor."
Customers Win With New Ultra-Dense Blade Servers
The HP ProLiant BL30p blade server, with 32-bit compute power, offers
customers a smaller design and enhanced performance features providing all the
benefits of greater density, without sacrificing performance. HP was the first
major vendor to ship blade technology and is currently the only vendor to
offer customers their choice of one-, two- and four-processor blade
servers.
The HP ProLiant BL30p shares the existing BL p-class infrastructure,
allowing
customers to install future blades without changing power, cooling, management
or interconnect devices. With 16 blades per 6U (10.5-inch) enclosure, a full,
single, standard rack of HP ProLiant BL30p servers can provide up to 192
processors.
Available with the latest dual Intel Xeon processors, the HP ProLiant BL30p
is
designed for application servers, Web hosting, e-commerce, computational
clusters and Grid computing and is optimized for compute density with minimal
or no local storage. The server offers optional dual-port Fibre Channel
support for storage area network (SAN) implementations and clustering
capabilities enabling data center consolidation, high availability and rapid
application deployment. The HP ProLiant BL30p supports the industry-leading HP
StorageWorks portfolio as well as select third-party Fibre Channel SANs.
The ProLiant BL30p is the latest addition to HP's broad industry-standard
server portfolio, which includes the fastest Intel Xeon processors and AMD
Opteron? 200 series processors. Blades are the fastest growing server market
segment, and HP plans to continue its innovation in this area, including the
introduction of an ultra-dense, dual AMD Opteron processor-based blade server
in the second half of the year.
New HP ProLiant ML110 Server Brings Value, Power To SMB Market
The first server in the new ML100 series, the low-cost HP ProLiant ML110
server offers simplicity, reliability and proven, innovative features that
allow small- and medium-size businesses to focus on the needs of their
business rather than having to deal with IT-related issues.
The ProLiant ML110 has been specifically designed for SMB customers who
need
solutions for file sharing, Web and mail messaging and general-purpose
functions including firewalls and virtual private servers. The compact device
offers server functionality at desktop pricing along with the reliability
customers have come to expect from ProLiant servers. A faster central
processing unit (CPU) and twice the CPU cache give SMBs better overall
performance and faster response times than the previous generation of
processors.
"As a small business, we don't have time or resources to fashion a solution
through multiple vendors," said Mike Tillges, president of One Source
Logistics. "With the ProLiant ML110 and HP StorageWorks DAT 72 tape drive, HP
helped us to create a reliable, high-performance solution to host our ERP
application and to securely back up 16 GB of mission-critical data daily."
"Three out of four customers we create solutions for are small businesses,"
said Donald Stewart, service manager and consulting engineer of Turning Point
Solutions Group. "We really needed an alternative server platform from a
top-tier vendor that combined simplicity and affordability with proven
performance and support. The HP ProLiant ML110 is easy to set up and expand
and comes with a reputation we and our customers can trust."
Enhanced Management Capabilities Helps Make Enterprises Adaptive
HP has enhanced the management capabilities for servers with updates to the
integrated Lights-Out (iLO) management processor available in many ProLiant
servers. The optional iLO Advanced Pack now features seamless integration of
the iLO remote console with Microsoft Windows Terminal Services Remote Desktop
for Administration for secure, high-performance remote administration during
any server state. Also, the iLO Advanced virtual media feature now supports
Linux environments enabling deployment and update of software, firmware and
ROM over the Internet to remote systems saving time and travel costs.
The management tools for ProLiant servers, including Systems Insight
Manager
and the optional ProLiant Essentials software like the iLO Advanced pack,
improve server availability and help reduce the time and resources required to
administer and maintain ProLiant servers. To date, more than 500,000 ProLiant
Essentials software licenses have been sold, demonstrating the value of the
technology as customers incorporate it into their adaptive management
plans.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and
institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure,
personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and
printing. For the last four fiscal quarters, HP revenue totaled $74.7 billion.
More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.
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