HP develops energy efficient servers

Computer World.

Early access customers will be able to start testing and benchmarking the proof-of-concept server, which will be part of a family of low-power servers being developed by HP under a new platform dubbed the Redstone Server Development Platform.

HP claims that the Gen8 servers use new hardware and software which helps them to deliver more value per watt of power, making them attractive for data centres that want to reduce the amount of space taken up by servers, Ospero reveals.

They are the result of a $300 million research programme, known as Project Voyager, which HP embarked upon to try to find new ways for data centres to cut costs.

The senior VP of HP's industry standard servers and Software Group, Mark Potter, explains: “In many ways, Project Voyager is our boldest mission yet.” He adds that HP wanted to develop servers that would “take care of themselves” in certain conditions.

The industry needs scalable infrastructure and something that can meet the growing needs of the industry with minimum downtime, Data Center Talk notes.

HP is planning to achieve that with the new set of server upgrades. They make the most of space, power and processing capabilities.

Gen8 will be replacing the Proliant G7 series that was introduced in 2010. This set will be made available in March.