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ProLiant servers provide a complete server infrastructure to support users’ business objectives and growth. The servers are available with an extensive selection of management tools, virtualization software, storage, and networking products. This Guide covers all ProLiant servers—from entry-level and midrange through high-end and multi-node, as well as related offerings. Length: 28 pages » |
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Growing volumes of data to store and protect can make it challenging to find a solution that is easy to manage while also being reliable and affordable. This Guide covers two specific storage challenges often faced by small and mid-size enterprises and solutions to address them. Simply Storage Consolidation allows companies to share storage for multiple applications, while Simply Business Protection enables backup and disaster recovery. Length: 120 pages » |
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The use of disk arrays for secure off-site storage has been growing exponentially. However, replication without any form of data reduction inevitably requires expensive high-bandwidth WAN links if current backup windows are to be met. In lab tests, Binary Testing finds that HP’s dynamic data deduplication and Low Bandwidth Replication technologies have allowed the company to address many of these issues. Length: 26 pages » |
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The accelerating rate of growth in the volume of unstructured file data organizations need to manage has become a serious challenge for IT managers. In this Lab Validation, ESG explores how the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System leverages standards-based servers and storage, along with clustered file services, to create an extremely scalable, easy to manage networked storage solution. Length: 21 pages » |
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Today, policy and business leaders are concluding that industry must address rising greenhouse gas emissions. Many are realizing that their IT infrastructure offers a means to abate these emissions and reduce costs. The first part of this White Paper presents IDC’s findings on the dividends that consolidation via virtualization delivers. The second part discusses more advanced solutions, including HP’s efficient power and cooling solutions. Length: 13 pages » |
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This White Paper characterizes the scalability of bare-metal and virtualized 2P HP ProLiant BL465c G6 server blades with the Six-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 2435 (2.6 GHz, 75 W) in an x86 HP Server Based Computing (HP SBC) environment. This performance characterization is intended primarily for IT professionals planning HP SBC solution deployments. Length: 29 pages » |
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Enterprises continue to face daunting challenges regarding data storage—immediate access to exploding volumes of data, government regulations, corporate governance, and requirements to cut near-term capital and operating costs. This Guide discusses how the HP StorageWorks family of disk arrays reduces the complexity and cost of storage environments. Five different StorageWorks disk array portfolios are profiled. Length: 16 pages » |
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Blades are the fastest-growing segment within the worldwide server market, and their
compute density continues to grow. This IDC White Paper outlines the trends in the industry relating to blade server deployments, the challenges relating to systems management and power and cooling in that computing environment, and HP’s approach to addressing those challenges. Length: 16 pages » |
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Blade systems yield many benefits: small, energy-efficient server blades, a significant reduction in cabling, much simpler configuration, and the ease of management of an all-in-one design. This Forrester Report summarizes the result of lab-based evaluations of blade servers from 24 vendors, covering 44 criteria. The Report concludes that HP and IBM lead the pack because of the maturity and breadth of their offerings. Length: 22 pages » |
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Hewlett-Packard designed the HP BladeSystem portfolio to address some of the key TCO issues facing today’s datacenter, including server management costs, utilization, and power/cooling. In this White Paper, IDC examines HP Thermal Logic, a holistic approach to improving power/cooling efficiency in the IT infrastructure, designed to help companies reduce energy consumption, and extend the life of their data center. Length: 11 pages
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