Stan Beer
Tuesday, 31 March 2009 09:12
Business IT -
Technology
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HP has
announced the next generation of its HP ProLiant servers based on
Intel’s new Nehalem 45nm processor architecture, claiming that it can
reduce the return on investment from 12 months down to 3 months because
of energy savings.
According to HP, powered by Nehalem Intel Xeon 5500 processors and new
HP Smart Array Modular Controllers, HP ProLiant G6 delivers twice the
memory and storage of previous generations as well as a 100% increase
in overall performance. As a result, claims HP, customers will only
need half the number of servers they had previously.
However, in keeping with the Green IT ethos sweeping the world, HP is
touting energy savings as much as performance improvements for its new
G6 server range.
Claiming HP ProLiant G6 to be the most energy-efficient x86 servers in the industry, HP lists energy-saving features, such as:
- HP Sea of Sensors – automatically track thermal activity and optimise system cooling across the
server through a collection of 32 smart sensors.
- Common Power Slot design
– which aims to help minimise power waste by allowing customers to choose from four
power supplies to match their specific workload.
- HP Dynamic Power
Capping – reallocates power and cooling resources in the data centre by
dynamically setting or “capping” the power drawn by servers.
Ray
Maisano, business manager for Enterprise Servers HP South Pacific
believes the energy saving features will be particularly attractive to
Australian businesses.
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