HP Breaks Data-Center Barriers With New High-End-Server Technology.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998-- V2500 Server With Industry-Leading HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Is Optimal for Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and Technical-Computing Environments Hewlett-Packard Company today announced business-critical data-center solutions powered by its most powerful high-end UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) system, the new HP 9000 V2500 Enterprise Server. Designed to tackle demanding decision-support, data-warehousing, transaction-processing, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. and engineering applications, the V2500 high-end server addresses customers' performance, scalability and availability requirements. Customers gain the industry's most robust high-end server solution by combining the V2500 with HP's 64-bit HP-UX(1) operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. , 64-bit PA-8500 RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture, and HP's mission-critical product offerings, services and support. To address data centers' need for availability, HP has added the V-Class series of servers to its mission-critical server suites, which provide uptime commitments of 99.95 percent. HP's vision is to deliver end-to-end availability solutions that deliver 99.999 percent uptime -- just five minutes of downtime per year -- by the end of the year 2000. Additionally, HP's new scalable computing architecture (SCA (Single Connector Attachment) An 80-pin plug and socket used to connect peripherals. With a SCSI drive, it rolls three cables (power, data channel and ID configuration) into one connector for fast installation and removal. ) represents a breakthrough in HP's high-end technology and HP-UX 11 operating environment. SCA provides the ability to scale to 128 CPUs with one HP-UX 11 image. "Today's announcement is another example of how HP is breaking data-center barriers to help customers solve business problems," said Janice Chaffin, general manager for HP's High Performance Systems Division. "Our high-end UNIX system Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services solutions, such as the V2500, ensure that customers have what they need to run business-critical applications successfully: performance, scalability, availability, and service and support. Our technologies, services and alliances give us the edge when it comes to addressing demanding computing environments." The HP 9000 V2500 Enterprise Server is the first single system capable of processing more than 100,000 business transactions per minute. The V2500 can be configured with one to 32 PA-8500 RISC processor RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution. units and offers unmatched performance, headroom, application support and architecture for running business-critical applications. HP also has enhanced MC/ServiceGuard, adding the ability to form a 16-node cluster environment based on HP-UX 11 systems. This new feature is key to customers taking full advantage of HP's local and wide area network disaster-tolerant solutions, including CampusCluster and MetroCluster. ContinentalClusters, a new solution, enables disaster recovery for distances of up to thousands of kilometers. HP's industry-leading mission-critical services have been enhanced to include integrated Cisco, Oracle(R) and SAP proactive and reactive services. HP's Critical Systems Support improves system availability by providing proactive assistance, remote-connectivity and call-home support with HP's High Availability Observatory service, and the industry's only standard hardware repair-time commitment. Maximum Headroom Capacity for Data Warehouses The V2500 can be extended using HP's new SCA to provide 128-way scaling offering the highest levels of headroom for customers with multiterabyte data warehouses. HP also has put together a comprehensive framework of software, hardware, services and alliances that leverage HP's own products and services with industry-leading software and service vendors. (See separate release: "HP Delivers Next Generation of Complete Data-warehouse Solutions".) Reduced Design-cycle Time for Technical Computing The V2500 is targeted for technical-computing customers who require a scalable, high-performance UNIX system server; an extensive portfolio of design and discovery applications; and business-critical, high-availability features. The V2500, helps ensure quicker product design, reduced design-cycle time and, ultimately, competitive advantage. (See separate release: "New High-end, 128-way HP Server Delivers Performance for Technical Data Centers".) U.S. Pricing and Availability The V2500 is scheduled to be available in January; HP-UX with 128-way scalability is scheduled to be available in mid-1999. MC/Service Guard, Mission Critical Server Suites, CampusCluster and MetroCluster solutions are currently available. ContinentalClusters are expected to be available in the spring of 1999. HP and partner data-warehouse solutions are available now. Specific pricing information is available by contacting a local HP sales representative or an HP channel partner. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 124,600 employees and had revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Information about HP's data-center solutions can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com/go/datacenter. (1) HP-UX Release 10.20 and later and HP-UX Release 11.00 and later (in both 32- and 64-bit configurations) on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX 95 branded products. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Oracle is a registered U.S. trademark of Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. . |
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