Flexible mission-critical server blades are now combined with the efficiency of HP BladeSystem to accelerate IT effectiveness. The ability to mix and match HP Integrity, HP ProLiant, and HP StorageWorks blades within the same BladeSystem c-Class enclosure provides flexibility to grow as your business demands change.
The new Integrity blades—the BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2—offer 2.5x the compute density compared to traditional rackmount servers. All feature HP’s unique Blade Link technology, which combines multiple blades to create 2-, 4-, and 8-socket systems. Plus, HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 offers increased network scalability and configuration flexibility with up to 20 times more networking bandwidth.
Microsoft has increased the capability of both Windows and SQL Server to take advantage of the full processing capacity of HP Integrity systems—Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 now support up to 128 cores (256 logical processors with hyper-threading enabled). The HP Integrity Superdome SX2000—with up to 2 TB of physical RAM, 192 PCI slots, and 128 cores—is the largest platform that can run Windows.
This server comes in a 2U Integrity rackmount form and increases productivity with state-of-the-art management tools using HP Insight Control featuring iLO 3, new easy-to-read front panel and converged Infrastructure approach.
The rx2800 i2 is ENERGY STAR® compliant and has latest Intel® Itanium® 9300 series quad-core processors, supports up to 192 GB DDR3 memory, six PCIe I/O expansion slots, and four integrated 1GbE LAN.
Putting more databases and applications on an Integrity server running Windows Server 2008 R2 means Integrity’s reliability counts for more than ever. Microsoft and HP engineered Windows on Integrity with extended reliability and availability features not available on other platforms. Windows on Integrity works in concert with the advanced Integrity hardware and firmware to detect, diagnose, and recover from errors that would cause other Windows platforms to shut down.
Centralizing the workloads from many smaller servers on a DL785 with Hyper-V means only one physical system to manage in place of dozens, simpler and faster provisioning of new “system” guests, and much higher utilization of hardware and software resources. Up until the new R2 version, Hyper-V capability topped out on 4 socket servers. Now, Hyper-V can utilize the largest 8 socket capability available today on the DL785 G6, effectively offering 4 times the space for centralizing workloads on one proven and reliable system.
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Easier and more efficient server management
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| Professional staff at 34%1 to 51%2 of IT department spending are the biggest IT expense by a considerable margin. R2’s more efficient server management adds to the operational efficiencies Integrity already provides by consolidating the workloads from many smaller Windows Server systems on one large system, reducing the high maintenance demands of many separate systems and multiple instances of Windows Server onto one system with one instance of Windows Server. | ||
| Reduced power consumption R2 enhances power saving features by adding more granular abilities to manage and monitor server and server CPU power consumption. |
The ability to tailor power to computational demand on one system supplements the large power consumption savings that HP scalable systems already deliver by consolidating many smaller Windows Server workloads on one large system. |
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| Improved branch office performance and management BranchCache™, reduces WAN utilization and improves the responsiveness of network applications by caching all files requested by users on a branch office R2 server. |
HP’s scalable systems supply the large memory and I/O bandwidth that BranchCache™ needs for fast response to file requests by client PCs. |
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