HP blade design set to slash data centre costs
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HP yesterday unveiled what it describes as a breakthrough blade architecture that could save customers millions of pounds on data centers.
It’s been three years in development, and HP believes leapfrogs others’ developments in terms of virtualisation, power and cooling, as well as system management capabilities. So much so that the computer giant claims it can reduce operational and capital expenditure costs by 46% in a typical data centre implementation.
Dubbed HP BladeSystem c-Class, it includes three industry firsts. It enables users to wire compute resources once and change them on the fly. They can also dynamically adjust power and cooling to reduce energy consumption. And in terms of admin, HP reckons there’s a tenfold productivity improvement to be had.
The HP BladeSystem c-Class is also modular, allowing companies of any size to start with HP ProLiant and Integrity servers, HP StorageWorks storage systems and client blades – and then add applications and third-party products to expand data centres as required.
“The HP BladeSystem c-Class leverages the best technologies across HP – from NonStop servers to printers – and brings them together to fundamentally improve how our customers buy, build, manage and use their computing resources,” says Ann Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP.
“By implementing a simple, ‘out-of-the-box’ design, customers can dramatically reduce the biggest IT cost drivers and barriers to change in today’s racked, stacked and wired data centres.”
