HP Optimizes Compute to Transform Mission-Critical Environments
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Posted on December 10, 2014 at 5:49:02 AM
HP Optimizes Compute to Transform Mission-Critical Environments
NEW DELHI, December 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
HP today announced the expansion of its Compute [http://www.hp.com/go/servers ]
portfolio with new platforms optimised for mission-critical environments. As the next
milestone in HP's Compute strategy, these platforms run the most demanding
mission-critical workloads on x86 architectures with higher levels of performance,
scalability, availability and efficiency.
Customers with mission-critical environments and revenue-generating applications
cannot tolerate downtime or slow business performance. As a result, mission-critical
workloads must meet the most stringent service level agreements (SLAs) in the industry,
often with zero unplanned downtime requirements.
HP Integrity Superdome X [http://www.hp.com/go/integrity ] and HP Integrity NonStop X
[http://www.hp.com/go/nonstop ] are tailored for the most demanding mission-critical
workloads. By extending these platforms to highly scalable x86 environments, HP is
bringing mission-critical solutions to a broader market.
These servers help customers achieve better business results by:
- Boosting business performance to grow revenue, margin and market share;
- Providing continuous service availability with minimal or even zero application
downtime; and
- Reducing complexity and cost with breakthrough efficiency.
"In today's always-on world, service outages and slow response times result in lost
revenue," said Vikram K, Director, Servers, HP India. "HP is extending our vast expertise
in building mission-critical environments to help customers achieve the best business
performance for large-scale workloads on an efficient x86 infrastructure."
Mission-critical performance and availability at industry-standard efficiencies
The HP Integrity Superdome X blends x86 efficiencies with proven HP Superdome
innovation for critical Linux workloads, including business processing, decision support
and enterprise databases. Designed to achieve the highest levels of reliability,
availability and serviceability, HP Integrity Superdome X is an alternative to a costly,
inefficient, proprietary system or an x86 infrastructure that lacks the performance,
scalability and availability to power mission-critical workloads.
The HP Integrity Superdome X redefines x86 compute with breakthrough scalability up to
16 sockets and 12TB memory to support the largest enterprise applications and
unpredictable workloads. The unique HP nPars hard partitioning technology offers 20 times
greater reliability (1) to maximise application uptime by insulating and isolating
critical applications from other failures. To accelerate business performance, the HP
Integrity Superdome X dramatically improves compute efficiency by delivering up to nine
times the performance of the HP DL980 G7, the current HP 8-socket x86 server. (2)
"As a global supplier of health information technologies, Cerner continues to innovate
to meet our clients' needs," said Kent Scheuler, senior vice president, Cerner. "We look
to HP as a partner to provide compute power in support of our innovation. The HP Integrity
Superdome X provides the scalability to support our largest clients, the performance to
deliver the results our clients have come to expect, and the availability that health care
demands."
The only fully-integrated, fault-tolerant x86 compute
With HP Integrity NonStop X, HP is extending the fully integrated, 100 percent
fault-tolerant NonStop hardware and software to the industry-standard x86 architecture.
This provides customers with flexibility and choice of a portfolio of NonStop servers that
achieve the highest availability, near-linear scalability and lowest total cost of
ownership in its class.(3)
The HP Integrity NonStop X offers up to 100 percent application availability. As a
result, customers will be able to accelerate service delivery of workloads such as
business processing, online transaction processing (OLTP) and large database environments.
To boost business performance, HP Integrity NonStop X scales online without any
application outage to accommodate escalating transaction volume and supports business
growth with up to 25 times increase in system interconnect capacity.(4) Additionally, it
supports twice as many NonStop CPUs in a single enclosure to provide breakthrough
efficiency while decreasing data center footprint and cost.(5)
Services for the most demanding enterprise x86 solutions
HP Technology Services provides comprehensive Compute life cycle services for HP
Integrity Superdome X and HP Integrity NonStop X servers.
For existing x86 users moving to these new platforms or migrating from a UNIX
environment, HP provides the consulting expertise to help ensure the right compute for the
right workload. HP also offers migration, implementation and education services to
accelerate time to production with a smooth deployment. For ongoing support, HP has an
expansive portfolio of support services, such as HP Proactive Care Advanced Service
[http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-services/it-services.html?compURI58182#.VGuLEk0g-M9 ]
, to help improve stability and boost performance in mission-critical environments.
HP can also help increase agility with system partitioning and virtualisation services
to take advantage of the HP Integrity Superdome X capabilities.
Pricing and availability
The HP Integrity Superdome X is available now through HP and worldwide channel
partners, and the HP Integrity NonStop X is expected to be available in March 2015. HP
Financial Services provides investment and migration solutions including Technology
Refresh for Compute, which provides flexible payment options, trade in, duel usage and
transition services designed to help accelerate the migration to the new era of
compute.(6) Pricing will vary based on model and customer configurations.
Additional information is available at http://www.hp.com/go/HPDiscoverBarcelona2014
[http://www.hp.com/go/HPDiscoverBarcelona2014 ].
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people,
businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio spanning
printing, personal systems, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP delivers
solutions for customers' most complex challenges in every region of the world. More
information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
(1) Superdome X offers Superdome 2 architecture with x86 cell blades, and it offers
hard partitions (nPartitions). Claim: Hard partitions are 20x more reliable than soft
partitions alone. Details: nPartitions have ~5% the number of SPOFs - (Single Points of
Failure) thus are ~20x more reliable than soft partitions. Source: HP's Peter Piet and
Bruce Edson, using markov chain high availability modeling, running applications on
separate nPars vs. running them together on the same nPar using virtual machines. HP,
California. August 2013. High Availability modeling and field data supports these claims.
(2) HP Internal comparison to HP DL980 G7, using the SPECjbb2013-MultiJVM standard
benchmark. August 2014 (3) HP NonStop Offers the Lowest TCO in its Class for
Mission-Critical Applications, Richard Buckle, Pyalla Technologies, Research Note,
November 2014. (4) Comparison between ServerNet bandwidth (2Gbps) and FDR InfiniBand
bandwidth (56Gbps). (5) Compared to the HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem with 16 CPUs
(Blades), HP development team, 2014. (6) Financing and service offerings available through
Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates
(collectively HPFSC) in certain countries and are subject to credit approval and execution
of standard HPFSC documentation. Rates and terms are based on customer's credit rating,
offering types, services and/or equipment type and options. Not all customers may qualify.
Not all services or offers are available in all countries. Other restrictions may apply.
HPFSC reserves the right to change or cancel this program at any time without notice.
This news advisory contains forward-looking statements that involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such
assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and
assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that
could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the
plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements
concerning expected development, performance, market share or competitive performance
relating to products and services; any statements regarding anticipated operational and
financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of
assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include
the need to address the many challenges facing HP's businesses; the competitive pressures
faced by HP's businesses; risks associated with executing HP's strategy; the impact of
macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the need to manage third party suppliers
and the distribution of HP's products and services effectively; the protection of HP's
intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties;
risks associated with HP's international operations; the development and transition of new
products and services and the enhancement of existing products and services to meet
customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance
of contracts by HP and its suppliers, customers and partners; the hiring and retention of
key employees; integration and other risks associated with business combination and
investment transactions; the execution, timing and results of restructuring plans,
including estimates and assumptions related to the cost and the anticipated benefits of
implementing those plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes;
and other risks that are described in HP's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended April 30, 2013 and HP's other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October
31, 2013. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking
statements.
(c) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Registration No.: 198703164G. The
information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for
HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying
such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an
additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions
contained herein.
Media Contact: Meghana Krishna, meghana.krishna@hp.com, +91-9886147783, HP
HP
NEW DELHI, December 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
HP today announced the expansion of its Compute [http://www.hp.com/go/servers ]
portfolio with new platforms optimised for mission-critical environments. As the next
milestone in HP's Compute strategy, these platforms run the most demanding
mission-critical workloads on x86 architectures with higher levels of performance,
scalability, availability and efficiency.
Customers with mission-critical environments and revenue-generating applications
cannot tolerate downtime or slow business performance. As a result, mission-critical
workloads must meet the most stringent service level agreements (SLAs) in the industry,
often with zero unplanned downtime requirements.
HP Integrity Superdome X [http://www.hp.com/go/integrity ] and HP Integrity NonStop X
[http://www.hp.com/go/nonstop ] are tailored for the most demanding mission-critical
workloads. By extending these platforms to highly scalable x86 environments, HP is
bringing mission-critical solutions to a broader market.
These servers help customers achieve better business results by:
- Boosting business performance to grow revenue, margin and market share;
- Providing continuous service availability with minimal or even zero application
downtime; and
- Reducing complexity and cost with breakthrough efficiency.
"In today's always-on world, service outages and slow response times result in lost
revenue," said Vikram K, Director, Servers, HP India. "HP is extending our vast expertise
in building mission-critical environments to help customers achieve the best business
performance for large-scale workloads on an efficient x86 infrastructure."
Mission-critical performance and availability at industry-standard efficiencies
The HP Integrity Superdome X blends x86 efficiencies with proven HP Superdome
innovation for critical Linux workloads, including business processing, decision support
and enterprise databases. Designed to achieve the highest levels of reliability,
availability and serviceability, HP Integrity Superdome X is an alternative to a costly,
inefficient, proprietary system or an x86 infrastructure that lacks the performance,
scalability and availability to power mission-critical workloads.
The HP Integrity Superdome X redefines x86 compute with breakthrough scalability up to
16 sockets and 12TB memory to support the largest enterprise applications and
unpredictable workloads. The unique HP nPars hard partitioning technology offers 20 times
greater reliability (1) to maximise application uptime by insulating and isolating
critical applications from other failures. To accelerate business performance, the HP
Integrity Superdome X dramatically improves compute efficiency by delivering up to nine
times the performance of the HP DL980 G7, the current HP 8-socket x86 server. (2)
"As a global supplier of health information technologies, Cerner continues to innovate
to meet our clients' needs," said Kent Scheuler, senior vice president, Cerner. "We look
to HP as a partner to provide compute power in support of our innovation. The HP Integrity
Superdome X provides the scalability to support our largest clients, the performance to
deliver the results our clients have come to expect, and the availability that health care
demands."
The only fully-integrated, fault-tolerant x86 compute
With HP Integrity NonStop X, HP is extending the fully integrated, 100 percent
fault-tolerant NonStop hardware and software to the industry-standard x86 architecture.
This provides customers with flexibility and choice of a portfolio of NonStop servers that
achieve the highest availability, near-linear scalability and lowest total cost of
ownership in its class.(3)
The HP Integrity NonStop X offers up to 100 percent application availability. As a
result, customers will be able to accelerate service delivery of workloads such as
business processing, online transaction processing (OLTP) and large database environments.
To boost business performance, HP Integrity NonStop X scales online without any
application outage to accommodate escalating transaction volume and supports business
growth with up to 25 times increase in system interconnect capacity.(4) Additionally, it
supports twice as many NonStop CPUs in a single enclosure to provide breakthrough
efficiency while decreasing data center footprint and cost.(5)
Services for the most demanding enterprise x86 solutions
HP Technology Services provides comprehensive Compute life cycle services for HP
Integrity Superdome X and HP Integrity NonStop X servers.
For existing x86 users moving to these new platforms or migrating from a UNIX
environment, HP provides the consulting expertise to help ensure the right compute for the
right workload. HP also offers migration, implementation and education services to
accelerate time to production with a smooth deployment. For ongoing support, HP has an
expansive portfolio of support services, such as HP Proactive Care Advanced Service
[http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-services/it-services.html?compURI58182#.VGuLEk0g-M9 ]
, to help improve stability and boost performance in mission-critical environments.
HP can also help increase agility with system partitioning and virtualisation services
to take advantage of the HP Integrity Superdome X capabilities.
Pricing and availability
The HP Integrity Superdome X is available now through HP and worldwide channel
partners, and the HP Integrity NonStop X is expected to be available in March 2015. HP
Financial Services provides investment and migration solutions including Technology
Refresh for Compute, which provides flexible payment options, trade in, duel usage and
transition services designed to help accelerate the migration to the new era of
compute.(6) Pricing will vary based on model and customer configurations.
Additional information is available at http://www.hp.com/go/HPDiscoverBarcelona2014
[http://www.hp.com/go/HPDiscoverBarcelona2014 ].
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people,
businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio spanning
printing, personal systems, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP delivers
solutions for customers' most complex challenges in every region of the world. More
information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
(1) Superdome X offers Superdome 2 architecture with x86 cell blades, and it offers
hard partitions (nPartitions). Claim: Hard partitions are 20x more reliable than soft
partitions alone. Details: nPartitions have ~5% the number of SPOFs - (Single Points of
Failure) thus are ~20x more reliable than soft partitions. Source: HP's Peter Piet and
Bruce Edson, using markov chain high availability modeling, running applications on
separate nPars vs. running them together on the same nPar using virtual machines. HP,
California. August 2013. High Availability modeling and field data supports these claims.
(2) HP Internal comparison to HP DL980 G7, using the SPECjbb2013-MultiJVM standard
benchmark. August 2014 (3) HP NonStop Offers the Lowest TCO in its Class for
Mission-Critical Applications, Richard Buckle, Pyalla Technologies, Research Note,
November 2014. (4) Comparison between ServerNet bandwidth (2Gbps) and FDR InfiniBand
bandwidth (56Gbps). (5) Compared to the HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem with 16 CPUs
(Blades), HP development team, 2014. (6) Financing and service offerings available through
Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates
(collectively HPFSC) in certain countries and are subject to credit approval and execution
of standard HPFSC documentation. Rates and terms are based on customer's credit rating,
offering types, services and/or equipment type and options. Not all customers may qualify.
Not all services or offers are available in all countries. Other restrictions may apply.
HPFSC reserves the right to change or cancel this program at any time without notice.
This news advisory contains forward-looking statements that involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such
assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and
assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that
could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the
plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements
concerning expected development, performance, market share or competitive performance
relating to products and services; any statements regarding anticipated operational and
financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of
assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include
the need to address the many challenges facing HP's businesses; the competitive pressures
faced by HP's businesses; risks associated with executing HP's strategy; the impact of
macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the need to manage third party suppliers
and the distribution of HP's products and services effectively; the protection of HP's
intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties;
risks associated with HP's international operations; the development and transition of new
products and services and the enhancement of existing products and services to meet
customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance
of contracts by HP and its suppliers, customers and partners; the hiring and retention of
key employees; integration and other risks associated with business combination and
investment transactions; the execution, timing and results of restructuring plans,
including estimates and assumptions related to the cost and the anticipated benefits of
implementing those plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes;
and other risks that are described in HP's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended April 30, 2013 and HP's other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October
31, 2013. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking
statements.
(c) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Registration No.: 198703164G. The
information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for
HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying
such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an
additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions
contained herein.
Media Contact: Meghana Krishna, meghana.krishna@hp.com, +91-9886147783, HP
HP