HP has introduced the most significant HP BladeSystem advancements in four years at its annual Tech Forum conference, in Las Vegas.
Part of the offering includes several new blades and servers in the HP ProLiant G7range. David Donatelli, executive VP and GM of enterprise servers, storage and networking at HP, says these deliver cost savings in as little as 30 days.
According to the IDC, “HP ProLiant DL380 is the biggest selling server in the world. In Q409, in EMEA, HP held a 47% market share and 54% on blades.”
Designed with energy savings in mind, Donatelli says the servers include HP Thermal Logic technologies to reduce power consumption by as much as 96%. “Power savings are achieved through several features, HP Sea of Sensors, HP Dynamic Power Capping, and HP Power Advisor.
“HP Sea of Sensors optimises system cooling and increases efficiency by automatically tracking thermal activity through a collection of up to 32 smart sensors placed strategically throughout the server. The sensors automatically adjust system components such as fans, memory and input/output processing to reduce energy usage.”
The company's Dynamic Power Capping technology improves data centre utilisation and reclaims over-provisioned energy by enabling IT managers to accurately monitor and control the power used by each server. By capping server power usage, clients can triple their data centre capacity.
Another feature, he says, is HP Power Advisor, which allows clients to improve energy efficiency by more accurately configuring systems based on real-time power guidance for their specific workloads.
According to Donatelli, data-intensive enterprise workloads are driving a massive increase in scalability, reliability and performance requirements. “To perform optimally, servers must have a balanced architecture across CPU, input/output (I/O) and memory.”
In addition, he says three new HP ProLiant scale-up servers deliver a number of innovations in automation that allow clients to quicken application delivery, more effectively utilise IT resources, and achieve improved return on investment.
The rack-mount servers offer memory footprints of up to 2TB and 'self-healing' capabilities that maximise application uptime with a 200% boost in availability.
Optimised for the most data-intensive workloads, the servers reduce data centre footprint, complexity and costs with a consolidation ratio up to 91:1.
Donatelli says the introduction of seven HP ProLiant G7 server blades work in the most demanding virtualisation environments by offering the industry's first blade with 1TB of memory.
“With an architecture that balances processor performance, expanded memory and I/O capacity, these systems can support up to four times more virtual machines than competitive blades, while requiring 66% less hardware.”
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