Hewlett Packard
HP's ProLiant Server family meets diverse requirements
The HP ProLiant server family consists of a full range of Intel-based and AMD Opteron-based servers ranging from entry-level systems for self-supporting workgroups withlittle or no support to mission-critical data-centers that require workgroup, departmental, or enterprise-application servers. HP's powerful network servers deliver industry-leading performance and availability for business-critical environments without a high-end price tag.
HP ProLiant Servers deliver superior benefits
HP's ProLiant server strategy is based on delivering products that feature maximum uptime, intelligent management, well-built integration and solid value. ProLiant servers provide a complete solution that offers significant advantages:
- Maximum uptime through redundant components, intelligent subsystems, server clustering and high-availability support solutions
- Intelligent management solutions for easy local or remote control over servers
- Integrated well-built systems designed to industry standards, incorporating proven technologies and rigorous testing
- Outstanding investment protection through standard-based technologies and reusable components
- Solid value based on a powerful combination of availability, flexibility, manageability, quality, support and world-class partnerships-at competitive prices
- Scalable systems that provide with the "headroom" to expand existing functions or introduce new applications, with the performance and functionality to use them
These advantages enable HP to deliver fundamental benefits-minimized total cost of ownership (TCO) and enhanced productivity and performance-in an award-winning family of servers that is widely recognized for superior reliability.
Comprehensive management tools maximize uptime and reduce complexity By purchasing HP ProLiant servers, customers gain long-lasting value in management software and capabilities. HP's comprehensive management tools simplify server administration, enabling to maximize uptime and increase control. Specific features and benefits include the following:- Faster deployment that minimizes the time required for network expansion
- Tools to increase server availability and help maximize uptime
- Remote administration capabilities for complete control
- Software that offers a single point of administration for reduced complexity
- Tools that integrate with HP's powerful OpenView suite for true end-to-end enterprise management
Integrated server management tools
The ProLiant server management strategy allows IT managers to "pick and choose" the tools with which to manage their networks. HP's goal is to offer a comprehensive solution that fits seamlessly into the existing environment. individual network and system components can be united into a cohesive framework with HP's scalable OpenView solutions. HP's comprehensive set of integrated tools for seamless ProLiant server management include HP OpenView, HP Systems Insight Manager and HP ProLiant Essentials software suite.
HP OpenView is the industry-standard framework for managing integrated networks, systems, applications and databases in multi-vendor computing environments. Solutions include a broad portfolio of management products and services from HP that help customers improve service levels and reduce operating costs in multi-vendor environments. HP Systems Insight Manager is the foundation for HP's unified server-storage management strategy. HP Systems Insight Manager delivers a single tool for comprehensive fault, configuration, performance and asset management across ProLiant, Integrity and HP 9000 systems running Windows?, Linux and HP-UX. Systems Insight Manager can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth of device management with plug-ins for HP clients, storage, power and printer products. Adaptable to environment, this single tool offers more control and flexibility through modular, extensible, and standards-based management.
HP ProLiant Essentials software suite is a portfolio of modular, flexible software tools that expands the capabilities of ProLiant servers, extends the reach and breadth of server manageability and enhances the build-out of an adaptive infrastructure by lowering overall life-cycle costs and reducing demands on IT resources. The suite consists of the ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack for installation, configuration and management and ProLiant Essentials Value Pack's optional software that extends functionality and helps address specific business needs.
Remote management capabilities
As part of HP's adaptive enterprise, HP has developed powerful remote management technologies that deliver virtual presence and control, and fundamentally change the traditional hands-on server management approach. Virtual presence gives system administrators immediate, around-the-clock access and control of ProLiant servers and ProLiant server clusters through Web-based management. HP's remote management solutions offer increased system uptime, efficient use of IT resources, faster problem resolution resulting in increased end-user satisfaction to give a competitive advantage.
HP offers options for high availability
HP offers a broad range of business continuity and high-availability solutions to address need for stable and continuous operation across the entire infrastructure. For many years, HP has delivered systems with innovative hot-plug components such as drives, fans, power supplies and Peripheral Component Interconnect-Extended (PCI-X) slots. To add another dimension to server fault management, HP offers advanced memory protection, with online spare memory, hot-plug mirrored memory and hot-plug redundant array of independent disks (RAID) memory. Each hot-plug component reduces unplanned downtime by allowing to keep its systems up and running while replacing a failed component.
For higher levels of uptime protection, HP provides a wide range of industry-standard clustering solutions that allows to match the processing requirements of its applications to the level of availability and performance need. Clustering allows to consolidate system resources while providing increased data integrity, maximum application availability, reduced downtime and industry-leading price/performance.
Industry-leading service and support deliver significant benefits
HP Services (HPS) is a world-class support and consulting and integration organization that offers a single source for IT services, encompassing both HP and third-party products and technologies. HPS is staffed by senior practitioners with proven expertise in designing, implementing and supporting customized, end-to-end solutions. Because HPS consultants invest time to fully understand unique business requirements, their efforts yield consistently effective results-with reduced risk-in the shortest possible timeframe.
