HP announced that scale-up HP ProLiant servers are the leading choice for enterprise clients relying on large-scale, data-intensive workloads and databases to drive innovation. Clients choose HP scale-up systems over a server farm or mainframe to simplify management, lower costs and save space in the data center.
The No. 1 worldwide vendor of x86 systems, HP offers a family of scale-up solutions that includes the HP ProLiant DL980 G7, HP ProLiant DL580 G7, HP ProLiant BL680c G7 and HP ProLiant BL620c G7 servers, and has the leading results for six of the industry’s critical benchmarks. With scalability of up to eight sockets, 80 cores and 4 terabytes (TB) of memory within a single server, these systems enable clients to efficiently keep pace with data growth and respond to new opportunities.
Enterprise clients such as Easynet Global Services and Gruppo Mediaset have implemented HP ProLiant server technology as part of an HP Converged Infrastructure to improve operational efficiencies and speed application delivery within their IT environments.
To expand its managed hosting services and update data center operations, service provider Easynet Global Services selected HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers, which include the new Intel® Scalable Memory Buffer. With double the memory capacity and increased compute power, Easynet can efficiently process data-intensive workloads and speed application performance, resulting in significantly improved service levels.
Italian broadcast organization Gruppo Mediaset reduced acquisition costs nearly 60 percent by replacing its legacy Cisco environment with an HP Converged Infrastructure made up of HP ProLiant BL680c G7 and BL620c G7 servers with HP Virtual Connect. The HP systems with HP Virtual Connect enable system administrators to connect servers and virtual machines to local and storage area networks using less equipment. HP’s integrated solution allows Mediaset to reduce component sprawl and improve content distribution while increasing performance and flexibility.
“In the incredibly fast-paced world of broadcasting, HP ProLiant BL620c G7 and BL680c G7 server blades with HP Virtual Connect keep us well ahead of our competition,” said Christiano Fumagalli, system architect, Gruppo Mediaset. “We chose HP ProLiant servers for our data centers because the modular design can be quickly scaled or upgraded to fit changing needs, allowing us to combat data center sprawl.”
More information about the latest benchmarks achieved by the HP ProLiant family is available at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/benchmarks/index.html. More information on the HP scale-up portfolio is available at www.hp.com/go/scaleup.
In a world of continuous connectivity, the HP Converged Infrastructure is a key element to delivering the Instant-On Enterprise.