HP has unveiled what it says is the world's most efficient modular data centre that can be deployed in only 12 weeks, and at 25% of the cost of a traditional data centre.
Speaking at the HP Discover event, in Las Vegas, this morning, Mark Potter, senior VP and GM of HP Industry Standard Servers and Software, said the HP EcoPOD uses 95% less facilities energy, and is an example of the most advanced engineering in the industry.
"The EcoPOD is built on HP's Converged Infrastructure, and gives clients who are currently limited by aging infrastructure, too little space and shrinking budgets the agility they need to meet increasing capacity demands."
He believes the product is perfect for data centre expansion, new capacity and disaster recovery, or as temporary capacity during data centre renovations. "It delivers maximum density with a no-compromise approach to serviceability.
"The HP EcoPOD streamlines a 10 000-square-foot data centre into a compact, modular package in a 10th of the space. It offers a traditional data centre service model, while housing up to 44 industry-standard racks of IT equipment and more than 4 400 servers. The technology is accessible via two cold aisles, or a shared eight-foot hot aisle for streamlined serviceability."
Potter said the company's Adaptive Cooling technology makes the product unique as it allows clients to intelligently optimise energy savings based on IT load, climate and policy by automatically adjusting cooling methods, including using outside air.
"This cooling technology can decrease facilities' energy costs by up to 95%. It offers a power usage effectiveness (PUE) as low as 1.05, compared to a PUE of 2.0 or more for a traditional data centre."
According to HP, other benefits of the HP EcoPOD include its ability to speed time to value by 88% with HP POD-Works, an assembly facility for accelerating delivery of modular data centres.
"A client can have a fully integrated, pretested HP EcoPOD in as little as 12 weeks, a far cry from the traditional data centre that takes around two years to plan, build and deploy."
In addition, Potter explained that clients can lower capital investment costs by up to 75%, as the EcoPOD's modular design can result in up to $24.7 million savings when compared to building a traditional 1.2-megawatt data centre.
The HP EcoPOD is available in limited quantities to early-adopter clients. Broad availability is scheduled for the end of the year in North America, and will follow in other regions, such as EMEA, in early 2012.
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