News release

HP breidt Quad-core Server Portfolio uit


UTRECHT, 28 september 2007 - HP verbeterde vandaag zijn line-up van multi-processor-based server systemen, waarmee klanten prestaties verhogen en kosten besparen. Deze energie-efficiënte servers zijn ontworpen voor klanten met veeleisende zakelijke applicaties zoals databases, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning en grote mail en messaging platformen in een virtuele omgeving. Basis van de servers is de nieuwe Quad-Core Intel(TM) Xeon(TM) processor 7300 series,

De rack-based HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server en de HP ProLiant BL680c G5 zijn HP's eerste four processor (4P) quad-core server blade, bieden een verdubbeling van het aantal processor cores. Daarbij heeft de DL580 G5 twee maal zoveel geheugencapaciteit als zijn voorganger. Deze verbeteringen bieden klanten meer computerkracht en geheugen om de applicatieprestaties waar hun business rond draait te verbeteren.

'HP heeft een lange traditie om innovatieve server platformen op tijd naar de markt te brengen', zei James Mouton, senior vice president en general manager, Industry Standard Servers, HP. 'Deze systemen laten klanten toe om te voldoen aan hun snelgroeiende behoeften van virtualisatie en energie-efficiëntie.'

De quad-core servers zijn beschikbaar.
Fine-tuned for virtualization and energy efficiency

The HP ProLiant DL580 G5 is a 4P-based server ideal for virtualization and mission-critical data center deployments. The processor performance and large memory capacity of the DL580 G5 can help improve staff productivity through fewer, yet more powerful, servers to manage with better performing applications.

The HP ProLiant BL680c G5 is also built for performance by using up to four Intel 7300 series processors and has a large memory capacity for data-intensive applications. The BL680c G5 is part of the HP BladeSystem portfolio, which was specifically designed for virtualization, energy-efficiency and ease of deployment and management.

'Using Intel Xeon 7300 series quad-core processors, HP ProLiant servers are delivering unprecedented performance and energy efficiency,' said Tom Kilroy, vice president and general manager, Digital Enterprise Group, Intel Corporation. 'The new four socket, quad-core Xeon processor systems will provide 16 cores that enable HP to provide customers with superior levels of scalability, virtualization performance and improve their ability to run mission-critical applications.'

To further meet virtualization and power-efficiency requirements, both servers include the following management software tools:


* HP Insight Power Manager enables customers to cap power at specific wattages to increase the number of servers in racks or blade chassis while lowering overall costs; and,


* The HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) provides central management and control of both physical server resources and virtual machines, eliminating the need for separate VMM consoles.

HP also announced a joint commitment with Microsoft to define a data warehouse reference platform with the upcoming Microsoft SQL Server 2008 based on the ProLiant DL580 G5 with HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Arrays. The platform is designed to help businesses mitigate risk and deploy their SQL Server 2008 data warehousing solutions with confidence and predictable results. Continued performance leadership

In online transaction processing, the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 using the Intel Xeon 7300 processor delivers the world's fastest industry-standard server performance with a record-breaking TPC-C benchmark of 407,079 tpmC @ $1.71/tpmC. This result is faster than IBM's recent Power6 System p570 at less than half the cost.(1)

Also, in a recent two-tier SAP(TM) Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark, results released on Sept. 3, 2007, show that the quad-core HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade with four processors (4 processors/16 cores/16 threads) supported 3,500 SAP SD Benchmark users at 1.97 seconds average dialog response time while achieving 17,550 SAPS, 351,000 fully processed order line items per hour and 1,053,000 dialog steps per hour. CPU utilization was balanced across the processors at 99 percent on the central server, while average database request time (dia/upd) was 37ms/22ms.(2) Availability and pricing

The quad-core HP servers are currently available. Pricing for the DL580 G5 and the BL680c G5 starts at ¤7,110.(3)

More information on HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem is available at www.hp.com/go/proliant and www.hp.com/go/bladesystem, respectively. About HP

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - froom individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $100.5 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/.

(1) TPC-C results as of Sept. 5, 2007, www.tpc.org : HP ProLiant DL580 G5 - >407,079 tpmC @ $1.71/tpmC - available Sept. 55, 2007; IBM Power6 System p570: 404,462 tpmC @ $3.50/tpmC - available Nov. 26, 2007. (2) Results of the HP ProLiant BL680c on the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark (Certification number 2007055) were achieved during tests performed on Aug. 19, 2007, by HP in Houston and certified on Sept. 3, 2007, achieving a result of 3,500 SAP SD Benchmark users. The benchmark was performed with the SAP ERP 6.0 application running Microsoft Windows(TM) Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64 Edition. The benchmark configuration included a quad-core HP ProLiant BL680c, four-way SMP (4 processor/16 cores/16 threads), Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor model E7340, 2.4 GHz, 64 KB L1 cache per core, 4 MB L2 cache shared per 2 cores and 64 GB main memory. More information is available at www.sap.com/benchmark. Results as of Sept. 3, 2007. (3) List prices. Actual prices may vary.


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