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1 Jane Wright Product Report 2 July 2003 HP ProLiant Server Blades Summary HP s server blades are available in one-, two- and four-way models. The low-end model stands out for its extreme density, while the high-end model is suitable for many business applications. Table of Contents Overview Analysis Pricing Competitors Strengths Limitations Insight List Of Tables Table 1: Overview: HP ProLiant Server Blades Table 2: Price List: HP ProLiant Server Blades Table 3: Competitive Comparison: Uniprocessor Server-Blade Systems Table 4: Competitive Comparison: Two-Way Server-Blade Systems Table 5: Competitive Comparison: Four-Way Server-Blade Systems List Of Figures Figure 1: HP p-class Server-Blade Enclosure Gartner Reproduction of this publication in any form without prior written permission is forbidden. The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Gartner disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of such information. Gartner shall have no liability for errors, omissions or inadequacies in the information contained herein or for interpretations thereof. The reader assumes sole responsibility for the selection of these materials to achieve its intended results. The opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice.

2 Corporate Headquarters Hewlett-Packard Corp Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304, U.S.A. Tel: Fax: Internet: Overview Server Blades HP s family of server blades, labeled the ProLiant BL servers, includes two categories: the e-class and p- Class. The e-class currently contains just one model, the ProLiant BL10e, while the p-class includes the ProLiant BL20p, the BL20p G2 (that is, the second generation of the BL20p) and the BL40p. The ProLiant BL10e is a uniprocessor server blade utilizing an ultra-low voltage version of the Pentium III processor from Intel. The p-class models support Intel Xeon processors. The ProLiant BL20p and BL20p G2 support up to two processors, while the ProLiant BL40p supports up to four processors. The table, Overview: HP ProLiant Server Blades, provides further details on these four models. Enclosures (Chassis) To house the server blades, HP has developed the e-class Server-Blade Enclosure for the e-class blades and the p-class Server-Blade Enclosure for the p-class blades. These enclosures (sometimes referred to as the chassis) measure 3U and 6U in height, respectively (where a U is 1.75 inches of vertical rack space). The 3U, e-class enclosure can hold up to 20 of the ProLiant e-class BL10e server blades, for a maximum of 280 processors in a rack. (That is, a 42U rack could house 14 of the 3U enclosures, and each enclosure can support up to 20 uniprocessor server blades. Of course, the maximum number of processors is a theoretical measurement assuming that you planned to fill the entire rack with the same server blades, but it is a useful measurement to gain an understanding of a server blade and its chassis.) The p-class enclosure measures 6U. It can support eight of the ProLiant BL20p or BL20p G2 server blades, or two of the ProLiant BL40p server blades. An industry rack could house up to six p- Class Server-Blade Enclosures for a total of 48 dual-processor blades, or 12 four-processor blades, in a rack. The remaining space in the rack would house dual 3U power supply enclosures. The power supply enclosures provide rack-centralized, redundant shared power to all of the p-class blades in the rack, which reduces the number of power cables and eliminates the need for power distribution units. Interconnect Switch Bot the p-class and e-class Enclosures require a pair of interconnects. These interconnects slide into the enclosure and collect network interface controller (NIC) signals from all of the server blades inside of the server-blade enclosure. HP offers a variety of interconnect choices with its blade enclosures. You can choose a patch panel, or you can choose Interconnect Switches, which will reduce the amount of cabling. Patch panels are fine if you are only installing two or three blade enclosures. But with more server blades in the rack, cabling on a patch can create an overwhelming number of cables to manage. In this case an Interconnect Switch is the more effective interconnect choice. HP offers a Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) 2 July

3 Interconnect Switch that is supported on both the e-class and p-class enclosures, although only the p- Class enclosures can support external storage via fibre channel. When ordered, one GbE Interconnect Switch is actually delivered as a kit which consists of two switches, providing redundancy for each other. With each HP server-blade enclosure ordered, you must order either one patch panel or one GbE Interconnect Switch pair. Figure 1: HP p-class Server-Blade Enclosure Source: HP The GbE Interconnect Switch supports Gigabit and Ethernet uplinks, communicating with the NIC downlink ports on the server blades, as well as crosslink communication between the enclosures. The Switch currently supports NIC speeds up to 100 Mbps; HP expects to support server NIC speeds up to 1000 Mbps with the GbE2 Interconnect Switch, expected later in Typical Uses The BL10e server blades would typically be used for the following applications: Web hosting Terminal serving The BL20p and BL20p G2 would typically be used for: Web hosting Terminal serving E-commerce applications Small database The BL40p would typically be used for: 2 July

4 Medium database Messaging and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Table 1: Overview: HP ProLiant Server Blades ProLiant e-class BL10e ProLiant p-class BL20p ProLiant p-class BL20p G2 ProLiant p-class BL40p Processors Supported Processor Clock Speed (Hz) Number of Processors per Blade Level 2 Cache per Processor (bytes) Min./Max. Memory per Blade (bytes) Number of Available NICs Number and Type of Available Input/Output (I/O) Slots Storage Internal Storage Type Supported Max. Internal Disk Speed (rpm) Hot-Pluggable Internal Disks RAID Support on Internal Disks Max. Internal Storage Capacity (bytes) External Storage Type Supported Chassis Specifications Intel ULV Pentium III Intel Pentium III Intel Xeon DP Intel Xeon MP 900M 1.4G 2.8G, 3.06G 1.5G, 2.0G K 512K 512K 1M on 1.5GHz; 2M on 2.0GHz 512M/1G 512M/4G 512M/8G 1G/12G PCI-X IDE Ultra3 SCSI Ultra3 SCSI Ultra3 SCSI 5,400 15,000 15,000 15,000 No Standard Standard Standard No Standard Standard Standard 40G 292G 292G 584G NAS or iscsi NAS or iscsi SAN, NAS, or iscsi iscsi SAN, NAS, or Size of Enclosure 3U 6U 6U 6U Max. Number of Blades Supported per Chassis July

5 Table 1: Overview: HP ProLiant Server Blades ProLiant e-class BL10e ProLiant p-class BL20p ProLiant p-class BL20p G2 ProLiant p-class BL40p Max. Number of Processors Supported in a Rack Software Specifications Operating Systems Supported Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, United Linux Server and Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux Server and Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux Server and Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux Server Management Software Integrated Administrator, Out Advanced, Out Advanced, Out Advanced, Remote Management Software Integrated Administrator, Out Advanced, Out Advanced, Out Advanced, Provisioning Tool ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, optional ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, optional ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, optional ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, optional Warranty Standard Warranty Three years on-site parts and labor for the chassis; one year parts coverage for the server blades Three years on-site parts and labor Three years on-site parts and labor Three years on-site parts and labor Analysis There are a variety of s and protocols being proposed and defined for server blades and their interconnects with each other and the external network and storage. At this point, it is still unclear which s and protocols will emerge as the most widely supported, de facto s, which leaves customers in a quandary about purchasing server blades at this time. The biggest unresolved issue for server blades involves connectivity to external storage via Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iscsi) or Fibre Channel. With Fibre Channel, external storage systems are directly attached to the servers. The iscsi protocol, which has recently been defined, will allow data to travel over TCP/IP networks between the servers and external storage. Thus, the distance between servers and storage will no longer be limited by the distance of the fibre channel or other direct connection, and servers will be able to access data on any disk on the network without concern for which server owns the disk. iscsi would also let the administrator boot hundreds of server blades at once from a remote disk, which will be important to customers with hundreds of server blades to manage. HP offers an iscsi choice for external storage with its StorageWorks iscsi Router. 2 July

6 iscsi is not a clear winner over Fibre for external storage connectivity to server blades, however. The reasons: iscsi is likely to use a lot of the server blades processing resources, which will degrade performance of some CPU-hungry applications, and booting from iscsi is not fully defined yet. Even though most server blades are configured with Intel processors, server blades are a long way off from being a commodity product. The server blades available today are built around a variety of chipsets some from StorageWorks, some from Intel and some proprietary. Most of the switches sold with server blades today are also proprietary and will not work without switches or other server blades. This lack of ization leads to higher prices and fewer device choices for customers. These major issues of storage connectivity and commodity components will be resolved around In the meantime, we recommend that enterprises not deploy server blades unless the following conditions exist: A compelling need to reduce server real estate requirements. The applications planned for the server blades do not rely heavily on data stored on external storage systems. A full return on the investment in the server blades can be achieved in two years. Pricing Table 2: Price List: HP ProLiant Server Blades Product Price (US$) e-class ProLiant BL10e server blade with one 900MHz Pentium III 1,759 ULV processor, 512MB memory, 40GB disk e-class Server-Blade Enclosure 3,421 e-class RJ-45 Patch Panel with Integrated Administrator 1,954 e-class C-GbE Interconnect Switch with Integrated 2,736 Administrator p-class ProLiant BL20p server blade with one 1.4GHz Pentium III 2,364 processor, 512MB memory, 36GB disk, RAID controller, Integrated Lights Out Management Advanced ProLiant BL20p G2 server blade with one 2.8GHz Xeon 3,538 processor, 512MB memory, 36GB disk, RAID controller, Integrated Lights Out Management Advanced ProLiant BL20p G2 server blade with one 3.0GHz Xeon 3,888 processor, 512MB memory, 36GB disk, RAID controller, Integrated Lights Out Management Advanced ProLiant BL40p server blade with one 1.5GHz Xeon 8,238 processor, 512MB memory, 36GB disk, RAID controller, Integrated Lights Out Management Advanced ProLiant BL40p server blade with two 2.0GHz Xeon 18,268 processors, 1GB memory, 36GB disk, RAID controller, Integrated Lights Out Management Advanced p-class Server-Blade Enclosure 2,394 2 July

7 Table 2: Price List: HP ProLiant Server Blades Product Price (US$) e-class p-class RJ-45 Patch Panel 1,172 p-class RJ-45 Patch Panel with Fibre Channel passthrough 2,499 p-class C-GbE Interconnect Switch Kit 2,850 p-class F-GbE Interconnect Switch Kit 4,496 ProLiant Server-Blade Options ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack (1 license) 119 ProLiant Essentials Workload Management Pack 499 ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack 99 Competitors Dell Dell s offers one server-blade product, the PowerEdge 1655MC, which is housed in the PowerEdge 1655 Enclosure. The 1655MC supports one or two Pentium III processors at either 1.26GHz or 1.4GHz. Each blade supports up to 144GB of internal SCSI storage. External storage may be Dell s own PowerVault or EMC s NAS storage products. The 1655 s enclosure is 3U in height and can hold up to six blades, for a total of 168 processors in an industry rack. A keyboard/vide/mouse (KVM) switch is available so that the administrator can interact hands-on with the server blades. Egenera, Inc. Egenera has developed an architecture called the Processing Area Network (or PAN) to support a virtual processing environment that supports dynamic allocation of processing resources. The Egenera solution virtualizes many physical components that are present on traditional servers. It consists of a BladeFrame backplane, server blades, control blades and switch blades, all housed in an Egenera rack that measures inches. Each rack can be filled with up to 24 blades, with two or four symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) processors per blade, for a total of 96 processors per rack. Each Egenera solution includes a redundant central controller; redundant integrated switches; and a redundant high-speed, low-latency interconnect mechanism. Egenera offers a very-high-speed interconnect with as many as four two-port, 2- Gigabit fiber channel adapters on each control blade. IBM BladeCenter IBM s chassis, called the BladeCenter, is 7U high and can house 14 blades. The blades themselves, called BladeCenter HS20s, are hot-swappable. These blades support one or two Xeon processors operating at either 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz. Memory ranges from 512MB to 8GB per blade. There are two hot-swappable power supplies in the BladeCenter; two more are required for redundancy when the BladeCenter is fully configured. Hot-swappable Ethernet switch modules for copper and fibre interconnect are available. IBM Director is used to manage the BladeCenter and its blades. A module of IBM Director, called the Remote Deployment Manager, helps customers to deploy new blades quickly. For example, customers can deploy multiple blades, with identical images, at the same time, and store those images for future use. 2 July

8 RLX Technologies RLX is in the business of scale-out computing and targets clustered server market as an ideal market for lots of dense server blades. RLX targets its server blades for the technical and scientific market, including government research applications, digital rendering and bioinformics. In a typical RLX implementation, the blades work together in a high-performance cluster, sometimes called a Beowulf cluster. A job schedule divides the task among the blades and gathers the results of each blades work into a final result. RLX Technologies current product line consists of three blades and two chassis (although older models are still available). The current blades include: ServerBlade B1000t, supporting one Transmeta Crusoe mobile processor ServerBlade 800i, supporting one Intel Pentium III Low Voltage processor ServerBlade 1200i, supporting one Intel Pentium III mobile processor ServerBlade 2400i, supporting two Intel Pentium IV Xeon processors RLX chassis include: RLX System 300ex Chassis, supporting up to 24 blades in 3U of rack space RLX System 600ex Chassis, supporting up to 10 blades in 6U of rack space Sun Microsystems Sun announced its first blade platform in February 2003, with the Sun Fire Blade Platform. The Sun Fire B1000s is a SPARC-based blade, and thus the first RISC blade on the market. The Sun Fire x86 is an Intel-based blade supporting Solaris or Linux. The Sun Fire B1000s and x86 are general purpose server blades. Sun also offers two specialty blades, which are rather like a server appliance on a blade. These are the Sun Fire SSL Proxy Blade and the Sun Fire Content Load Balancing Blade. The chassis for Sun s blades is called the Sun Fire B1600 Intelligent Shelf. Up to 16 blades are supported in this 3U chassis, which contains the dual Gigabit Ethernet switch fabric. To help in deploying these blades, Sun provides its N1 Provisioning Server 3.0 Blades Edition software. Table 3: Competitive Comparison: Uniprocessor Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant e-class BL20e RLX Technologies ServerBlade 1200i Max. Number of Processors per Blade 1 1 Processors Supported Intel ULV Penium 900MHz Intel Pentium 1.2GHz Level 2 Cache per Processor (bytes) 512K 512K Chipset/Frontside Bus Speed (Hz) ServerWorks LE LP 133MHz 3.0/100M Min./Max. Memory per Blade (bytes) 512M/1G 256M/2G Number and Type of Available NICs 2 Fast Ethernet 3 Fast Ethernet Internal Storage Internal Storage Type ATA/100 ATA/66 Hot-Pluggable Disks No No 2 July

9 Table 3: Competitive Comparison: Uniprocessor Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant e-class BL20e RLX Technologies ServerBlade 1200i Max. Number of Internal Disks 1 2 RAID Support No Max. Internal Storage Capacity (bytes) 40G 120G Chassis Specifications Enclosure for Server Blades e-class Server-Blade 300ex Enclosure Size of Enclosure 3U 3U Max. Number of Blades Supported per Chassis Max. Number of Processors Supported in Rack Industry-Standard (19-inch, 42U) Rack Yes Yes Interconnect Options e-class C-GbE RLX Management Switch Interconnect Switch Max. Number and Type of Uplinks per Server-Blade 4 10/100/1000T Gigabit 3 10/100T Ethernet Enclosure Ethernet External Storage Supported NAS, iscsi NAS (via NetApp) Chassis Power Supplies 600 Watts 600 Watts Software Specifications Operating Systems Supported Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, United Linux Red Hat Linux 7.3, Server and Advanced Server Server Management Software (monitoring) Insight Manager Control Tower 4, optional Remote Management Software Integrated Administrator Control Tower 4, optional Provisioning Tool ProLiant Essentials Rapid Control Tower 4, optional Deployment Pack optional Warranty Standard Warranty Price Example Three years on-site parts and labor for the chassis, one year parts for the blades One year on-site, parts and labor, next-business-day response time List Price: Chassis ($) 3,421 2,900 List Price: Blade ($) 1,759 2,079 Blade Configuration Used in Price Example One 900Mhz processor, 512MB memory, 40GB disk One 1.2HGz processor, 512MB memory, 40GB disk 2 July

10 Table 4: Competitive Comparison: Two-Way Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant p-class BL20p G2 Dell PowerEdge 1655MC IBM BladeCenter HS20 RLX Technologies ServerBlade 2800i Max. Number of Processors per Blade Processors Supported Level 2 Cache per Processor (bytes) Chipset/Frontside Bus Speed (Hz) Min./Max. Memory per Blade (bytes) Number and Type of Available NICs Internal Storage Intel Intel Pentium Intel Intel P4 2.8GHz, 3.06GHz 1.26GHz, 1.4GHz 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz 2.8GHz 512K 512K 512K 512K ServerWorks GC- ServerWorks ServerWorks GC 532M LE/533M ServerSet LE LE/400M 3.0/133M 512M/8G 128M/2G 512M/8G 512M/8G Three Gigabit PCI- One 64-bit/66MHz, Two PCI INA X One 32-bit/33MHz Internal Storage Ultra3 SCSI Ultra 320 SCSI ATA-100 IDE ATA/100 Type, SCSI optional Hot-Pluggable Standard No Optional Standard Disks Max. Number of Internal Disks RAID Support Standard, levels 0, Optional, level 0, 1 Optional, level 1 No 1, 5 Max. Internal 292G 146G 80G (IDE), 147G 60G Storage Capacity (bytes) (SCSI) Chassis Specifications Enclosure for p-class Server- PowerEdge BladeCenter 600ex Server Blades Blade Enclosure 1655Enclosure Size of Enclosure 6U 3U 7U 6U Max. Number of Blades Supported per Chassis Max. Number of Processors Supported in Rack Industry Standard Rack (42U) Yes Yes Yes (or IBM NetBay) Yes 2 July

11 Table 4: Competitive Comparison: Two-Way Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant p-class BL20p G2 Dell PowerEdge 1655MC IBM BladeCenter HS20 RLX Technologies ServerBlade 2800i Interconnect Options RJ-45 Patch Panel, RJ-45 Patch Panel Dell Managed Layer 2 Ethernet IBM 2-port Fibre Channel Switch RLX Management Switch 2withFibre Channel pass through, HP C-GbE Interconnect Switch for p-class; HP F- GbE Interconnect Switch for p-class Switch Module; IBM 4-port GbE Ethernet Switch Module Max. Number and Type of Uplinks per 4 Gigabit 1000SX and 4 10/1000T 4 10/100/1000T Ethernet 2 Fibre Channel (Fibre Channel 3 10/100T Ethernet or T Ethernet Server Blade Ethernet (C-GbE); 4 Gigabit 10/100/1000T and 5 10/100T Ethernet (F-GbE) Switch Module); 4 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (Ethernet Switch Module) External Storage HP StorageWorks, Dell PowerVault, NAS (via NetApp) Supported EMC SAN, Hitachi SAN Dell/EMC NAS Chassis Power (N + N) 3000 Watts (1 + 1) 1048 Watts (2 + 2) 1200 Watts Three 1500 Watts Supplies Software Specifications Operating Systems Supported Server Management Software Server and Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux Out Advanced and Insight Manager, Red Hat Linux, Server and Advanced Server Dell OpenManage, Server, Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, NetWare IBM Director 4.1, Red Hat Linux 7.3, Server and Advanced Server Control Tower XT Remote Management Software Out Advanced, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator/IT Assistant, Integrated System Management Processor (called BladeCenter Mgmt Module), Contol Tower XT Provisioning Tool ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, Dell OpenManage Remote Install IBM Remote Deployment Manager, optional (1) Control Tower XT 2 July

12 Table 4: Competitive Comparison: Two-Way Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant p-class BL20p G2 Dell PowerEdge 1655MC IBM BladeCenter HS20 RLX Technologies ServerBlade 2800i Warranty Standard Warranty Three years on-site parts and labor Three years parts replacement, one year on-site labor Three years on-site parts and labor One year on-site, parts and labor Pricing List Price: Chassis 2,394 2,597 2,789 4,900 ($) List price: Blade ($) 3,888 3,502 2,379 3,703 Blade Configuration Used in Price Example One 3.06GHz processor, 512MB memory, 36GB disk One 1.2GHz processor, 512MB memory, two 18GB disks, Windows 2000 Server One 2.6GHz processor, 512MB memory, no disk Two 2.8GHz processors, 512MB memory, no disk INA: Information not available from vendor. (1) Supported on Server or Advanced Server only. Table 5: Competitive Comparison: Four-Way Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant p-class BL40p Egenera Processing Blade Max. Number of Processors per Blade 4 4 (1) Processors Supported Intel Xeon 1.5GHz, 2.0GHz Intel Xeon 1.4GHz, 1.6GHz, 2GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz Level 2 Cache per Processor (bytes) 1.5M on 1.5GHz, 2.0M on 1M 2GHz Chipset/Frontside Bus Speed (Hz) ServerWorks GC-LE/400M ServerWorks GC HE/400M, 533M Min./Max. Memory per Blade (bytes) 1G/12G 2G/12G Number and Type of Available NICs 5 PCI-X 4 Internal Storage Internal Storage Type Ultra3 SCSI Not applicable Hot-Pluggable Disks Standard Not applicable Max. Number of Internal Disks 4 Not applicable RAID Support Standard Not applicable Max. Internal Storage Capacity (bytes) 584G Not applicable Chassis Specifications Enclosure for Server Blades p-class Server-Blade BladeFrame Enclosure Size of Enclosure 6U 48U Max. Number of Blades Supported per Chassis July

13 Table 5: Competitive Comparison: Four-Way Server-Blade Systems HP ProLiant p-class BL40p Egenera Processing Blade Max. Number of Processors Supported in Rack Industry Standard Rack (42U) Yes No Interconnect Options HP C-GbE Interconnect Switched fabric Switch for p-class; HP F- GbE Interconnect Switch for p-class Max. Number and Type of Uplinks per Server Blade 4 Gigabit 1000SX and 4 10/1000T Ethernet (C- GbE); 4 Gigabit 2GB fiber channel, Gigabit Ethernet fiber channel, 10/100/1000 Ethernet 10/100/1000T and 5 10/100T Ethernet (F-GbE) External Storage Supported HP StorageWorks, EMC SAN, Hitachi SAN EMC, Hitachi, IBM, Network Appliance Chassis Power Supplies (N + N) 3000 Watts Power and cooling are locatedoneachblade Software Specifications Operating Systems Supported Server Management Software Remote Management Software Provisioning Tool Warranty Standard Warranty Pricing Server and Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux Out Advanced Out Advanced ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack optional Three years on-site parts and labor Red Hat Linux, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Egenera PAN Manager ; out-of-band IPMI optional Egenera PAN Manager Egenera PAN Manager One year on-site parts and labor List Price: Chassis ($) 2,394 INA List Price: Blade ($) 8,328 INA Blade Configuration Used in Price Example One 1.5GHz processor, 512MB memory, 36GB disk INA (1) Processors above 2.0GHz supported in two-way blades only. INA: Information not available from vendor. Strengths Very Dense e-class Server Blade 2 July

14 If you require hundreds of servers for simple front-end applications, such as load-balancing traffic and caching content for a large and busy Web site, you will be able to house more servers in a rack with the ProLiant BL10e than any other server blades currently available. Robust Four-Way Server Blade With the ProLiant p-class BL40p, HP is one of only two server vendors currently offering a four-way server blade. (Egenera is the other vendor.) With support for four processors, an integrated RAID controller and over 500GB of internal storage capacity, the BL40p blades will be able to handle a number of robust business applications in a self-contained environment. Although the total number of BL40p server blades supported in a rack is about or even less than you could support with more traditional rack-dense servers, the blade format will reduce your cabling significantly. Also, swapping and adding BL40p blades will also be much easier and faster, using the Rapid Deployment Pack, compared to reconfiguring a rack full of traditional servers. Limitations Moderately Dense p-class Server Blades The ProLiant p-class server blades are less dense than most of their competitors. For example, competitors two-way server blades are about three times as rack-dense as the ProLiant BL20p G2. With the Egenera Blade Frame (the only other four-way server blade on the market today), you could install more servers in a rack compared to a rack full of ProLiant BL40p server blades. Insight If you require hundreds of dense servers for front-end applications in a small footprint, you will be able to fit more ProLiant BL10e server blades in your rack than any other uniprocessor blade server. The densities of the two- and four-way ProLiant server blades are not as impressive. While there are plenty of one- and two-way server blades to choose from today, if you need a more powerful server blade with ample internal storage capacity to create a self-contained application environment, the ProLiant BL40p will be the only four-way server blade available today to meet your requirements. 2 July

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