HP Thermal Logic technology

Blades use less energy than traditional rack servers.  A lot less. In fact, the most efficient HP blade configuration – available here Nov 15th – now saves up to 47.9 percent less power than traditional 1U servers.  That means you can run 80 blades for the same power as 42 standard 1U servers without sacrificing performance or reliability. It’s also enough energy saved to run 3 US households for a year! See the latest test results that help you extend the life of your datacenter.

HP blades also use less energy than the latest IBM BladeCenter-H according to this detailed lab analysis that compares the power and cooling advantages of HP versus other systems.

With built-in instrumentation, accurate monitoring and control, and the ability to pool, share and allocate the right amount of power and cooling to match your demand, HP Thermal Logic ensures your blade solution never wastes a watt of power or a gram of air.  From dynamic datacenter cooling solutions to thermal service expertise, HP delivers a total solution to power and cooling.

IDC wrote a great report about this and the value of Thermal Logic technology which explores how HP’s approach can lower power and cooling costs to extend the life of your datacenter.

• Cut your energy bill:  Use 20 to 46.5% less power per server than IBM BladeCenter-H

• Less hot air in the datacenter:  Less heat from less power, plus 31 to 60% less air pushed into the datacenter.

• Extend the life of your datacenter:  Power more servers for less energy and cooling

• Support full featured server blades:  Efficient design with capacity to support features equal to enterprise class 2 

• HP Innovations From Hobby store to heat killer
• MIT Technology Review interview: Cooling Computers with Tiny Jet Engines
• ZDNet interview: HP’s super cool computer fans
• IT Business Canada: HP turns to model airplanes as inspiration for blade cooling system
• HP "Transforming Your Enterprise" Magazine: Replacing ‘racked, stacked and wired’
• Houston Chronicle: A hot new fan to cool servers: HP engineers found inspiration in radio-controlled model airplanes

• Video: Intro to Thermal Logic
• Demo: Dynamic Smart Cooling
• Briefing: Inside the BladeSystem
• Read the IDC whitepaper
• HP BladeSystem enclosure tech brief 
• HP blade architecture tech brief

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