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Mission-critical performance, reliability and scalability in a flexible standards-based solution.
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HP Integrity: Windows Server 2008 R2IT has undergone a huge transformation in recent times. Enterprises today are not only looking at IT to support daily business operations, but also want IT to run the business. Like many IT managers, you are probably under pressure to improve operations, cut costs, and respond to an unprecedented level of change—all at the same time.

As you face the demand to consolidate your Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Business Intelligence (BI), and Data Warehouse (DW) systems and enhance scalability, the need to reliably manage risk and maintain continuity of business operations becomes crucial.

The highly reliable HP Integrity systems that run Microsoft® Windows® Server and SQL Server can help you meet these demands with a unique solution in a Converged Infrastructure that unifies business, application, and infrastructure functions. These systems also help you respond to market changes with unprecedented scalability and increased operational efficiency by delivering faster time-to-value, simplified management, increased utilization, and lower power costs across an extensive and scalable set of applications.

HP Integrity: Windows Server 2008 R2

With Integrity servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you can:
  • Bet your future on HP, Intel, and Microsoft®: Rely on a standards-based platform backed by three of the biggest names in computing.
  • Choose a platform that incorporates the latest advances in software and hardware–built with future extensibility in mind: Move legacy RISC applications and databases to Integrity servers with Intel® Itanium® processors running Windows Server and add new capabilities (such as mobility and Web services) as your business requires.
  • Meet or exceed the performance and reliability capabilities of proprietary solutions: With HP, Intel, and Microsoft you don't need to pay a premium to get the performance you need today and to scale up in the future. Gain control of your databases. Consolidate and scale as large as you need to now and into the future.
  • Lower your TCO: Move from RISC to Windows for rapid ROI: a vast solution.

HP Integrity: Windows SQL Server 2008 R2

With Integrity servers running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, you can:
  • Deploy the most scalable Windows server in the Industry: SQL Server R2 on Integrity servers can now scale up to 256 logical processors!
  • Select the most trusted and scalable Windows platform: Enterprise-level security and scalability is built in, as well as industry-leading RAS for error detection, correction, and containment.
  • Implement self-service Business Intelligence: Business Intelligence is now easier to use by all with self-service analytics and reporting with the recent integration that Microsoft has performed with Excel and SharePoint in support for BI for the masses.
  • Manage your complex server environments with HP Insight Manager and Microsoft’s Universal Control Point (UCP): Centralized system management solutions for comprehensive management, the management of multiple servers and the ease of moving data base and relational components to multiple servers.

Windows on HP Integrity servers case studies

“We're running one of the world's largest single global instances of SAP ERP on Windows. We've created a much more agile, cost-effective infrastructure that combines the performance and reliability of our previous mainframe platform.”
—Bob Elward, Director, Client/Server Engineering, Air Products