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HP Blade Servers continue to lead the pack
Gartner places HP in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers.
HP Blade Servers continue to lead the pack
Gartner places HP in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers.

Just announced: the Blade Server Magic Quadrant report from Gartner places HP in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers. Gartner is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. HP believes that with this report, Gartner has reinforced HP's vision, strategy and pivotal market leadership of blade server technology. HP's placement in the report represents our "ability to execute" combined with our "completeness of vision."

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BladeSystem Enclosure

»BladeSystem Enclosures

  • Enclosures comes in two sizes for different-sized environments
  • Custom build your integrated solutions, shipped fully-configured
  • Built-in management and redundancy for all server blades
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»ProLiant Server Blades

  • Latest multi-core, industry standard processors
  • No compromise, enterprise-class server blade features
  • Choice of size, storage and connectivity options
  • Server blades support same OS & applications as ProLiant DL/ML
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»Integrity Server Blades

  • Brings Integrity capabilities to a c-Class form factor
  • Designed to complement BladeSystem c-Class
  • Brings HP Integrity Virtual Server Environment to the c-Class
BladeSystem ProLiant Workstation Blades

»BladeSystem ProLiant
  Workstation Blades

  • Lowers risk by managing technology exposure in business operations
  • Excellent graphic capabilities in a small device footprint
  • Versatile networking capabilities to help customers interface from remote locations
Storage Blades

»Storage Blades

  • Flexible blade storage expansion and data protection.
  • Works side by side with Integrity and ProLiant server blades for a variety of solutions from small environments to large datacenters.
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»BladeSystem Tape Blades

  • Integrated data protection for HP BladeSystem c-Class.
  • Half-height tape blade with capacities up to 800GB of compressed data on a single cartridge.
  • LTO-2 Ultrium and LTO-3 Ultrium models.
  • Complete data protection and disaster recovery solution.
BladeSystem Interconnects

»BladeSystem Interconnects

  • Connect server blades the way you want.
  • Lower connectivity costs to LAN and SAN.
  • Choice of industry standard options and familiar brands.


Virtual Connect

»Virtual Connect

  • Wire-once connectivity
  • Flex-10 flexibility for LAN and SAN connections
  • Single-pane management of Virtual Connect domains
External Storage

»External Storage

  • Fibre Channel and RAID supported on all server blades.
  • Full 4Gb Brocade and Cisco Fibre Channel support.
  • Choice of DAS, NAS and SAN solutions.
  • Manage HP storage and server blades with one tool.
BladeSystem

»BladeSystem Expansion Blades

  • Provides PCI-X or PCI-e expansion slots for c-Class blade server in an adjacent enclosure bay.
  • Ideal for applications requiring hardware acceleration using PCI cards; needing special-purpose telecommunications cards; needing other third-party PCI-X or PCI-e cards.
BladeSystem Adapters

»Adapters and Mezzanines

  • Local Storage:
    PCI-attached Solid State Storage (IO Accelerator).
  • Connectivity options: Choices to support 1 to 10Gb Ethernet, 4Gb Fibre Channel, 4X DDR InfiniBand, RDMA, TCP Offload, iSCSI, and future I/O technologies.
Management Software

»Management Software

  • Built-in Onboard Administrator management.
  • New Insight Control software to quickly deploy, monitor and optimize server blades remotely.
Management Software

»HP Firmware Release Sets

  • Enhanced, solutions-oriented collection of ProLiant BladeSystem firmware
Services

»Services

  • Speed server blade implementation, ensure uptime and maximize results of your HP blade server solution
Solutions

» HP Solution Blocks

  • A worldwide community of technology and service providers are collaborating with HP and one another to define, deliver and deploy application solutions and value-add components for HP BladeSystem

What is a BladeSystem?


BladeSystem is an infrastructure in a box proven to save time, power and money in data centers large and small.

Download this IDC whitepaper to learn how blade servers save you more.

New IDC Whitepaper on TCO of HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Realizing TCO Savings with HP BladeSystem Virtual Connect Flex-10 Technology - IDC This IDC Report discusses how HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology can reduce management complexity, increase IT utilization, and improve the total cost of ownership (TCO). Server systems and data transfer volumes are increasing exponentially, presenting challenges to IT managers in terms of bandwidth bottlenecks and connectivity costs. IT managers face significant obstacles in their attempt to discover more cost-effective, scalable ways to deal with the increasing complexity of servers and their associated LAN and SAN environments. HP Virtual Connect technology is an interconnect option for HP BladeSystem designed to simplify the connection of blade servers to datacenter networks.

Click here to download the paper.

If virtual servers play a big part in your IT strategy, learn how Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology can cut your network costs up to 66 percent. If with it, you can consolidate your switches 4-to-1, fine-tune bandwidth to your virtual servers and get blazing 10Gb speed at a price less than most 1Gb solutions today.

Want to build a virtual infrastructure for your small business or remote site? Meet Shorty, the BladeSystem c3000!

» What are blades and are they right for you?
» Download a non-technical overview of blades (pdf)
» Create your own blade savings report

If you’re new to blades or providing information to someone unfamiliar with them

Begin with learning what a blade/BladeSystem is for a quick overview that includes the benefits of blades.

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Just so you know, HP continuously is evolving its blade product line. Read about what’s new and upcoming in blades.

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What IT projects are on your short list? Replace old servers? Upgrade your CRM, ERP or Exchange? Add a SAN, backup or disaster recovery?

Find out how blade servers and storage can save you more time and money on your next project.

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