HP Announces New ProLiant, Integrity Benchmarks
HP recently announced significant achievements in its standards-based server portfolio, including breakthrough innovation in system design that dramatically increases the workload capacity and cuts costs for HP Integrity server customers.
This is achieved with a new dual-processor module, called mx2, which features two industry-standard Intel" Itanium" processors on a single module that can plug into existing systems, delivering up to 35 percent lower acquisition costs than similar IBM systems.
"HP's focus on delivering the industry's broadest portfolio of standards-based servers, as part of our Adaptive Enterprise strategy, enables us to innovate, differentiate and add value for our customers," said Paul Collins, manager HP Industry Standard Servers.
"This recent announcement demonstrates that our strategy is working."
HP Integrity servers offer the opportunity to consolidate applications from leading operating environments, including HP-UX 1 li, Windows", Linux, and later in the year, OpenVMS. Already demonstrating superior performance characteristics, the HP Integrity rx4640-8 server with the mx2 dual-processor module has outperformed all competing servers in the eight-way two-tier SAP" Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark as of May 4, 2004.
The recently announced ProLiant DL585 server is the first and only four-way AMD Opteron-based server from a tier one vendor, and the system continues to outstanding performance. The DL585 posted a record x86 four-way result on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system with 123,027.42 transactions per minute (tpm).
The ProLiant DL585 was configured with four AMD Opteron Model 850 (2.4 gigahertz) processors with 1 megabyte L2 cache, eight Smart Array controllers, 403 hard disk drives and 97,920 user counts, and it offers best-in-class management and high system uptime features ideal for data center provided the high input/output subsystem necessary to achieve the breakthrough performance levels.
Included with all nonstop support agreements is the HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) for nonstop servers. To resolve problems more quickly, HP ISEE enables remote support over a secure Internet connection with robust troubleshooting and repair capabilities via predefined scripts.
In addition, customers may choose one of three service solutions: Critical Service Solution, Proactive Service Solution or Foundation Service Solution, based on their requirements. Each service solution includes a set of services that provides quick installation, customised configuration and rapid startup, as well as the recommended level of proactive and reactive support. HP delivers services across the full IT lifecycle, including planning, design, integration, installation and management.
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