| A solution that is built for the future and PROVEN today. The HP 9000 Superdome delivers world-leading performance density, unmatched investment protection, and the
ideal platform to reduce complexity through enhanced server consolidation. The HP 9000 Superdome, with the new PA-8900 processor, delivers breakthrough performance improvements based on increased
clock speeds and cache levels over the previous generation of PA-RISC processors–and a level of value well beyond anything previously offered. Featuring unmatched processor density of up to 128
processors per system, the HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipset sx1000, flexible hard and virtual partitioning, and outstanding memory scalability, the HP 9000 Superdome provides high performance,
high-availability, 64-bit UNIX® computing to handle your most demanding workloads.
The high-end scalability of the HP 9000 Superdome–with PA-8800 and new PA-8900 processors–provides customers with more than twice the compute power in the same system compared with the
previous-generation HP 9000 Superdome. This enables a much higher level of server consolidation: more power in each partition means additional lower-power servers can be consolidated, for increased
cost savings and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). In addition, the power and scalability of the HP 9000 Superdome mean that it can handle both planned and unexpected growth in high-end compute
loads exceptionally well. For existing HP 9000 Superdome customers, this new level of performance can be achieved through in-box upgrades to the PA-8900 processor, bringing significant improvements
to IT capabilities at an incremental cost. You can upgrade an existing HP 9000 Superdome to a PA-8900-powered HP 9000 Superdome simply by:
- removing the PA-8600, PA-8700, PA-8700+, or PA-8800 cell boards and transferring the memory to new PA-8900-based cell boards;
- plugging the new PA-8900 cell boards back into the cabinet;
- updating the software; and
- resuming operations
The HP 9000 Superdome is built to deliver unprecedented levels of high availability through such features as redundant and hot-swappable fans and power supplies, the online addition and replacement
of PCI-X I/O cards, and dynamic processor and memory de-allocation.
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