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 June 2007. "Momentum” is an important concept. In an athletic competition, the team with momentum usually wins. In the physical world, momentum is defined as mass times velocity. In enterprise computing, momentum is often defined by ecosystem health, research and development advancements, new innovations, and rising market acceptance. If so, then Integrity servers definitely show momentum with the introduction of a new server blade, new entry-class server, the release of HP-UX 11i version 3, new additions to HP-UX 11i version 2 and continued growth.Consider the following:
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Fact 1: Over 12,000 ISV applications are now certified for HP Integrity servers. [1] |
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Industry-leading applications from SAP, PeopleSoft, BEA, Oracle, Microsoft, SAS -- as well as an extensive set of tools and complementary applications -- all run on Integrity servers.
IBM said in HP press release, “A cornerstone of our middleware strategy is to deploy service-oriented architectures across a broad range of platforms, including HP Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i, which is a priority platform supported by IBM Software Group.”2
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Fact 2: The significant value HP adds on top of the Intel Itanium processor separates HP Integrity from other Itanium offerings. |
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Value-added R&D includes:
- System level chipsets (HP zx2 and HP sx2000) enhance Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 processors with additional performance, resiliency and availability improvements
- HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) is a single pane of glass for managing the entire IT infrastructure
- HP-UX 11i operating system adds its advanced virtual server environment
- OpenVMS operating system offers its renowned mission critical stability
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| Tangible results from HP’s extensive investments can be seen in the new Integrity BL860c Server Blade, the new entry-class Integrity rx2660 Server, and in version 3 of HP-UX 11i. |
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Fact 3: The new HP Integrity Server Blade, based on the Dual-Core Itanium processor, operates in the HP c-Class BladeSystem next to ProLiant server blades (Xeon or Opteron) and StorageWorks storage blades. |
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The HP c-Class BladeSystem was designed from the ground up to deliver the future of scalable infrastructure today. This design represents a significant leap forward.
The BL860c Server Blade brings the advantages of HP Integrity to the advances of c-Class BladeSystem, which include HP Virtual Connect, Thermal Logic and HP BladeSystem Insight Control. Mix and match HP Integrity, HP ProLiant and HP StorageWorks storage blades in a single enclosure.
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Fact 4: The HP rx2660 demonstrates nearly 5X better price performance than the Sun Fire T2000 SPECjAppServer2004. |
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| System |
Chips/cores/core per chip |
SPECjAppServer2004(JOPS) |
List Price as tested |
$/JOPs (lower is better) |
HP Integrity rx2660 (2U)
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2/4/2
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874.17
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$18,9953
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$20.69
(HP >5X better)
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Sun Fire T2000 (2U)
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1/8/8
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801.7
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$85,7254
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$106.9
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| These results speak for themselves. HP is delivering leading performance in an entry-class platform. |
Fact 5: HP Integrity and the HP-UX 11 v3 have delivered the top single-system (non-clustered) TPC-H benchmark result.[5] |
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A single HP system delivered 95% of the performance of a cluster of 16 IBM systems at a total system cost that was $1.8 million less expensive. IBM does not have a single-system (non-clustered) TPC-H result in the 10 terabyte database size.
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# servers |
Processors |
cores/threads |
Type of Processor |
$/QphH@ 10000GB |
$/QphH@ 10000GB |
Total System Cost |
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HP delivered similar performance in a much more energy-efficient configuration:
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| System |
Servers |
Maximum Rated Wattage |
HP Integrity Superdome
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1
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24.4 kW6
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IBM System p5 575
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167
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55.5 kW8
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In this benchmark HP delivered 95% of IBM’s performance with a system that is rated as requiring less than one-half the electrical power. This would indicate that HP delivers two times the performance per watt (rated).
This benchmark raises the question: Why did IBM need a cluster of single core POWER5+ systems, instead of using the dual core p5 595? Is the p5 595 not suitable for the most demanding TPC-H database size?9
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Fact 6: HP continues to offer industry leading investment protection.[10] |
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HP helps protect customers' investments by enabling in-chassis upgrades from PA-RISC-based HP 9000 to Itanium-based HP Integrity servers. In addition, the HP Integrity Superdome provides an easy transition from PA-RISC to Itanium processors, by enabling customers to utilize both types of processors simultaneously in the same server. Moving ahead, customers can evolve with in-chassis upgrades from existing Itanium technology, including the new Dual-Core Itanium 2 processor, to future generations.
HP also provides investment protection for OpenVMS customers through mixed architecture clustering of HP Integrity servers and AlphaServer systems. Adding an Integrity server to an OpenVMS AlphaServer environment can be as straightforward as plugging in a new cluster node.
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Fact 8: All of the above facts add up to strong customer momentum for HP Integrity servers in a fast growing Itanium market. |
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HP held the No. 1 position in the EPIC/Itanium® processor market segment in both factory revenue and units shipped, with 39.2 percent factory revenue growth year-over-year in the first quarter, driven by continued market acceptance of the HP Integrity and HP Integrity NonStop family of servers.11
For more information see; www.hp.com/go/integrity
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1 HP Integrity server solutions Itanium® 2-based partners and applications customer tool
https://h20299.www2.hp.com/hpslt/index.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fCustomerTool%2fDefault.aspx
2 http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2006/060525a.html
3 HP rx2660 as tested 2 X 1.6 GHz 18M Itanium 2, 8 GB (4 X 2 GB DDR), 3 X 73 GB 10K hard disks, HP-UX 11i. list price $18,085
4 See the Sun result at: http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/results/res2007q1/jAppServer2004-20061219-00049.html, the system under test is Sun Fire T2000, 1.4 GHz, 64 GB main memory, 4 X 73 Gb 10K disks, Solaris 10. List price for the this configuration is $85,725, see http://shop.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Sun_NorthAmerica-Sun_Store_US-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewConfigurations-List;pgid=Ljhoa7SWrIFSR0Uo1qu2uEHi0000DqoNAqRa?ProxyProductRefID=T20Z108C-64GA2G@Sun_NorthAmerica-Sun_Store_US&CatalogCategoryID=rDpIBe.d7RYAAAEP2.UsLTLw&ShowAllProducts=false
5 See http://www.tpc.org/, as of 1 Feb 07
6 HP Quick Specs http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11717_div/11717_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications
7 IBM details that a single p5 575 cluster node is 12 servers. 16 would require two racks. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSD00762USEN/PSD00762USEN.PDF
8 full rack of 12 p575’s is rated to consume 41.6kW of power maximum. 16 would have a max power consumption of 55.5 kw. See: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSB01628USEN/PSB01628USEN.PDF
9 As of 24 Jan 2007 IBM does have a single-system (non-clustered) p5 595 TPC-H in the smaller 3 TB TPC-H size but not the larger 10 TB size. The TPC believes that comparisons of TPC-H results measured against different database sizes are misleading and discourages such comparisons. See: http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp
10 HP 9000 Evolution web site:http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/9000
11 IDC, Q107 Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, May 2007., see: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/070523a.html
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