As you've read in the previous pages, blade server technology provides a powerful array of features that can deliver concrete long-term benefits to mid-sized businesses in virtually every industry.
At HP, we've taken the blade server value proposition one step further by leveraging our unmatched technical expertise to integrate computing, storage, power, and network resources into a virtualized, self-aware, automated environment that we call the HP BladeSystem.
HP BladeSystem solutions can greatly simplify the integration of multi-server environments, helping businesses of any size operate more efficiently, grow more flexibly, and control costs more effectively. In short, HP BladeSystem solutions provide an affordable foundation for growth-one that is nimble and flexible, yet built on some of the best enterprise-class technology so that mid-sized businesses can match the IT capabilities of even their largest competitors.
Key benefits of HP BladeSystem solutions include:
- A strong commitment to blade server technology: Some IT vendors have been extremely inconsistent in their commitment to providing, supporting, and improving blade server technology. One year they're selling blades, the next year they're not. Then when the market looks promising, they're back again. At HP, we've been committed to blade server technology for years, and we're excited about the expanding market for blade servers. You can rely on HP to provide the hardware and support you need for your systems.
- Investment protection: The current HP BladeSystem is the third generation of blade server technology from HP, and all three generations have used the same enclosure. That's just one example of our commitment to providing a consistent product that integrates easily with your existing infrastructures and avoids unnecessary hardware upgrades.
- Commonality with your existing HP rack environments: No need to retrain staff or replace your existing hardware. You can easily operate a mixed rack and blade servers environment as you integrate HP BladeSystem solutions-without concerns about multiple system requirements and management tools.
- Management software: HP BladeSystem solutions come with one of the most comprehensive management software portfolios in the IT industry. This innovative, industry-standard suite-including tools for monitoring, analysis, power regulation, patch management, automation, and rapid deployment — is delivered via plug-ins to HP Systems Insight Manager Software for an integrated, virtualized, and automated solution.
- A broad product portfolio: HP offers you the flexibility to choose how many processors each of your blade servers will have, what type of processors they will be, and which networking options you'll use.
- Choose one-, two-, or four-processor server blades based on AMD Opteron™ or Intel® Xeon™ processors to support your unique business needs and application requirements.
- Choose the network switching approach that meets your needs — passthrough patch or switches (Cisco, Nortel, or Brocade).
Providing a simplified experience that enables you to focus on what really matters, HP BladeSystem solutions are altogether better for business.
Solutions to meet your IT needs
If you're considering expanding your IT environment, one of your biggest concerns is probably making sure that the new platform you choose can perform the tasks critical to your business success and can run the applications you rely on.
Rest assured that although their design is unique and their form factor is compact, HP BladeSystem solutions are powerful technology — capable of doing anything that comparable rack servers can do — with a level of versatility and scalability that rack-based systems just can't match. HP BladeSystem solutions can be used for:
- Business applications: Run complex business productivity applications such as Microsoft® CRM, Microsoft Great Plains, Microsoft Axapta, or mySAP
- Databases: Run powerful database applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle® 9iRAC
- Business protection solutions: Integrate a full range of data protection and security solutions
- Server-based computing solutions: Adopt a server-based computing model-where centralized servers host applications for multiple users
- Virtual server solutions: Consolidate multiple logical servers on a single physical server
- Clustered solutions: Combine multiple resources to meet your needs for reliability or data-crunching power
- Communication and collaboration solutions: Run popular e-mail and messaging applications such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, or Microsoft SharePoint
- Network and Internet support: Manage network services, directory services, security services, and file services
- Multiple operating environments: Run Microsoft Windows®, Linux® Server, or both
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