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When important business applications stop running, your business stops as well. To help you keep your critical applications running with even the most limited IT staff, HP uses a combination of clustering, redundant components and architecture. And, to simplify management and maintenance of system hardware to reduce downtime, we offer industry-leading manageability software.
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Building a flexible, reliable, and efficient server infrastructure to support business-critical applications can require substantial capital investment that may not be practical for a growing business. HP BladeSystem solutions, unlike single server solutions, offer a consistent, modular, and integrated approach that results in a better managed and flexible computing infrastructure.
HP BladeSystem servers incorporate a total-system design approach to address server infrastructure challenges. Advanced management tools integrate server computing, storage, power, and network resources into a virtualized, self-aware, automated environment so you can manage a pool of resources as easily as one machine. The HP BladeSystem solution is based on industry-standard hardware so it delivers lower annual support costs, lower costs to achieve high availability, and a universal platform for both Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
Read more about HP Blade servers in this online guide. |
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HP ProLiant DL380 Packaged Cluster is a high-availability solution powered by an HP ProLiant server and
HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array [HP USA | English] (MSA) technology. The solution enables two servers to back up each other to keep data available during times of hardware failures or periods of planned server maintenance. It provides an easy, cost-effective way to achieve high availability for business applications. It has been packaged and tested to make ordering, installation, operation, and maintenance easy so you can deploy a critical application without deploying expensive IT resources to support it. This offering is the first of its kind built specifically for small and mid-sized businesses. |
| HP designs servers with numerous smart features to help reduce component and system failure in the first place. |
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Advanced ECC (Error-Correcting Code) memory is capable of correcting a multi-bit error that occurs within one dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip. |
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Online spare memory determines if an active DIMM (dual inline memory module) exceeds a predefined error threshold. The error will be corrected and the data from the entire bank that contains the failed DIMM will be copied to online spare memory. |
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Mirrored memory mode enables full protection against single-bit and multi-bit errors. |
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Hot-plug RAID memory, allows the memory subsystem to operate continuously, even in the event of a complete memory device failure. |
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ProLiant servers allow the addition of a redundant power supply, or removal of an existing redundant power supply for servicing at any time, without interrupting server operation. |
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Multiple port server adaptors allow IT organisations to meet current demands like segmenting the LAN to reduce network bottlenecks. In addition, multiple port server adaptors enable fault tolerance to maintain server availability by rerouting traffic to another port if a problem develops on the network. |
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Only HP servers include counter-rotating fans with fixed stators, designed to produce greater airflow at higher flow impedances and a more uniformly directionalised airflow. |
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HP Smart Array controllers are integrated on ProLiant servers, and support a variety of RAID types including RAID 1+0 and RAID 5. Developed and patented RAID 6 Advanced Data Guarding is further supported on Smart Array controllers. This technology creates two sets of parity-striped data across the disks to help ensure the system can withstand multiple disk failures without data loss. RAID ADG enables high levels of fault tolerance in a cost-effective manner. |
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Server management is an important element of high-availability, particularly if your server is in a remote location like a data centre or remote office. HP has designed tools to make it easier to manage servers securely from any location – across the hall or across the country – so you can monitor and control the server as if you were in the same room with it.
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HP ProLiant Essentials Integrated Lights-Out Advanced Pack (iLO) [HP USA | English] provides an embedded management processor and firmware to enable complete remote control of an HP ProLiant server. This reduces the time it takes to respond to and repair a system remotely, and without introducing new vulnerabilities into the system. With the tools in iLO, staff can remotely: |
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Access diagnostic and maintenance tools on remote systems over the Internet |
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Restart inactive or distressed systems and watch the startup screens from a remote workstation |
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Update the BIOS of a remote server over the Internet from a floppy diskette in a standard workstation |
| Our local HP partners are experts in availability and can offer forward-thinking advice on the solutions that are right for your business. To find a partner near you, use our convenient
HP Partner Locator |
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