HP unveiled an entry-level NonStop server system that delivers world-class business continuity and availability to a new segment of enterprise customers.

The HP Integrity NonStop NS1000 Server is designed for smaller companies in the healthcare, financial services and telecommunications industries, which increasingly face the same business requirements as their larger competitors: 24 x 7 availability and real-time access to critical business applications. Small and medium-size companies in these industries can cost-effectively meet these needs with the NS1000.

The NS1000 server also supports the high-availability needs of larger companies with distributed installations, such as hospitals with satellite facilities or financial institutions with branch offices.

Powered by Intel Itanium 2 processors, supported configurations include: two to eight processors, four and eight gigabytes of memory, 1.3 GHz/3 megabyte cache and the ability to connect up to 32 terabytes of disk storage per system using internal disks.