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HP nPartitions (nPars) :
- Reduce costs: with high performance consolidation
- Protect: through electrical & security isolation, software isolation and compliance
With HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers:
- HP nPartitions can now have: multiple partition specification files (parspecs)
- Save, restore and switch between alternate nPar definitions
(for different tasks or times)
- Maximise server utilisation
- Isolate operating environments
- Improve system availability
- Consolidate enterprise-class servers
- Rapidly deploy new environments
- Improve cost of ownership
- Electrical hardware isolation for: maximum isolation and online serviceability
- High performance/negligible overhead
- High availability through Integration with HP Serviceguard Solutions
- Ease of management with HP Matrix Operating Environment and other HP-UX system management tools
HP nPartitions (nPars) is hard partition technology, delivered as part of select HP Integrity servers, that enables you to configure a single server complex as one large server or as multiple smaller servers.
Each nPartition:
Has one or more cells (containing processors and memory) that are assigned to the partition for its exclusive use
Is assigned any I/O chassis that is attached to a cell belonging to that partition
Hosts its own: operating system instance, applications and users
- Current version: nPars: with Superdome 2 servers
- Hardware platforms: Select HP Integrity servers (Superdome 2, Superdome, rx86x0, rx76x0)
- Operating Systems: HP-UX 11i v3
- Granularity: nPars: cell or blade
- Compliance certification: Common Criteria CCOPP-OS protection profile
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