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10th April 2009, 10:34 PM
Not all industry standard servers are created equal.
“Innovation on standards”, is how HP ProLiant servers are differentiated from Dell PowerEdge.
Fact 1: Energy efficiency is top of mind for many customers, HP ProLiant servers deliver key power management features that Dell doesn’t.
HP Power Regulator (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/power-regulator.html) is an innovative operating system-independent power management feature of HP ProLiant servers that offers enables dynamic or static changes in processor performance and power states that enable customers to save up to 10% of cooling and up to 10% of power costs.
Dell does not offer a similar feature.
Power capping of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers available through HP’s Insight Power Manager (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ipm/index.html) can allow up to 40% more servers in the same power envelope.
Dell does not offer power capping on a per server basis.
HP has more servers than Dell listed as meeting the Climate Servers Computing Initiative requirements.
Moreover, HP has a portfolio of products that improve energy efficiency and help extend the life of your datacenter, a much broader offering than what Dell delivers:
HP’s Modular Cooling System (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/racks/mcs/index.html)
HP Rack and Power Infrastructure Solutions (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/rackandpower.html)
HP’s Dynamic Smart Cooling (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/438048-0-0-0-121.html?ERL=true)
HP Thermal Assessment Services (http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/548918-0-0-225-121.html)
EYP Mission Critical Facilities (http://www.eypmcf.com/#Home), an HP Company
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifFact 2: Virtualization is a key driver for improving server utilization, flexibility and efficiency. HP ProLiant’s iVirtualization allows core server management tools to surface hardware pre-failure alerts, something Dell does not deliver.
Using ProLiant iVirtualization, you can start up a virtualized server in minutes, straight out-of-the-box, saving time by eliminating tedious set-up tasks. HP has added active hardware management capabilities leveraging HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and HP Insight Control - not only can you boot up your virtualization-ready server remotely, but you can feel confident that server hardware issues can be addressed before they become critical.
HP ProLiant iVirtualization offers VMware ESXi and Citrix XenServer, and unlike other OEMs, it includes common information model providers that allow HP management tools, like HP Insight Control, to communicate with the server. This means ProLiant servers can surface pre-failure alerts to the management software; server management performs the same way it always has. In addition, HP Smart Update Manager keeps the firmware current on the USB key.
The new HP ProLiant Virtual Console (PVC) is included with Citrix XenServer configurations. ProLiant Virtual Console is a single server-server virtual machine management tool with a powerful configurator and setup wizard. PVC performs like a virtual KVM for local console, allows for complete setup and insight into VMs, and works seamlessly with iLO for remote access.
Additionally, HP has more server models certified for VMware ESX 3.x than Dell and any other vendor.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifFact 3: System management can simplify server administration; HP’s Insight Control offers key customer features that Dell’s OpenManage can’t.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifAt HP we are applying a significant portion of our R&D budget to innovate and develop our portfolio of systems management software so our customers can reduce their operational costs and reduce complexity.
Insight Control (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/index.html) management software is our solution for HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers - an integrated management software that addresses your monitoring, deploying, and controlling needs from almost anywhere – delivers key features that Dell OpenManage doesn’t deliver:
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifKey areas
HP Insight Control
Dell Open Manage(8)
Customer benefit with HP
Virtualization
TextVM management, VMware, Microsoft, XEN
VMware
Flexibility to manage many virtualization technologies
Contract & Warranty
HP Service Essentials Remote Support Pack with Contract and Warranty Reporting - proactive HP support service on pre-failure alerts.
Save time and personnel in not having to manually track contracts and warranties in spreadsheets
Remote management collaboration
Share console w/4 subject matter experts, video record, drag & drop fm local to remote
Solve problems, implement changes, and update processes remotely, faster, and lower costs.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif
Fact 4: HP has recently expanded our industry leading ProLiant portfolio to include eight-socket systems. Dell on the other hand has no offering that scales above four-sockets and has stated intentions to drop four-socket servers in the future.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifThe HP ProLiant DL785 G5 (http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2008/datacenter-transformation/proliant-dl785.html) is a powerful and scalable eight-socket x86 server based on Quad-Core AMDŽ Opteron™ processor technology. This server is an ideal platform for virtualization due to its processing power, large memory footprint, storage capacity and expandable input/output.
Customers looking for a single vendor that can deliver the appropriate server for their business need. HP remains committed to offering a broad choice of platforms based on the industry standard x86 architectures.
Fact 5: A report on the UBS IT Hardware CIO Survey (February 2008) painted a strong picture for HP but not Dell.
Key findings include:
“Servers are the biggest spending priority for 2008 and HP is leading the field. Virtualization is driving blade server purchases and storage demand. Twenty seven percent of CIOs said their server budgets would increase.”
“HP is becoming the vendor of choice for CIOs in servers, desktops, notebooks and printers. Purchase intentions for Dell weakened.”
Bottom line: Innovation separates HP from Dell. HP customers are clear at what type of innovation is more important to their bottom line – innovation in virtualization, management and power efficiency making their infrastructure simpler and more efficient.
HP remains committed to offering the broadest choice of platforms based on industry standard x86 architectures to address the wide range of customer server requirements.
These reasons are just a sample of why customers choose HP ProLiant more often than Dell. (See “The Real Story about Server Market Share Facts (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/107846-0-0-0-121.html?ERL=true)” for more)
“Innovation on standards”, is how HP ProLiant servers are differentiated from Dell PowerEdge.
Fact 1: Energy efficiency is top of mind for many customers, HP ProLiant servers deliver key power management features that Dell doesn’t.
HP Power Regulator (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/power-regulator.html) is an innovative operating system-independent power management feature of HP ProLiant servers that offers enables dynamic or static changes in processor performance and power states that enable customers to save up to 10% of cooling and up to 10% of power costs.
Dell does not offer a similar feature.
Power capping of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers available through HP’s Insight Power Manager (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ipm/index.html) can allow up to 40% more servers in the same power envelope.
Dell does not offer power capping on a per server basis.
HP has more servers than Dell listed as meeting the Climate Servers Computing Initiative requirements.
Moreover, HP has a portfolio of products that improve energy efficiency and help extend the life of your datacenter, a much broader offering than what Dell delivers:
HP’s Modular Cooling System (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/racks/mcs/index.html)
HP Rack and Power Infrastructure Solutions (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/rackandpower.html)
HP’s Dynamic Smart Cooling (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/438048-0-0-0-121.html?ERL=true)
HP Thermal Assessment Services (http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/548918-0-0-225-121.html)
EYP Mission Critical Facilities (http://www.eypmcf.com/#Home), an HP Company
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifFact 2: Virtualization is a key driver for improving server utilization, flexibility and efficiency. HP ProLiant’s iVirtualization allows core server management tools to surface hardware pre-failure alerts, something Dell does not deliver.
Using ProLiant iVirtualization, you can start up a virtualized server in minutes, straight out-of-the-box, saving time by eliminating tedious set-up tasks. HP has added active hardware management capabilities leveraging HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and HP Insight Control - not only can you boot up your virtualization-ready server remotely, but you can feel confident that server hardware issues can be addressed before they become critical.
HP ProLiant iVirtualization offers VMware ESXi and Citrix XenServer, and unlike other OEMs, it includes common information model providers that allow HP management tools, like HP Insight Control, to communicate with the server. This means ProLiant servers can surface pre-failure alerts to the management software; server management performs the same way it always has. In addition, HP Smart Update Manager keeps the firmware current on the USB key.
The new HP ProLiant Virtual Console (PVC) is included with Citrix XenServer configurations. ProLiant Virtual Console is a single server-server virtual machine management tool with a powerful configurator and setup wizard. PVC performs like a virtual KVM for local console, allows for complete setup and insight into VMs, and works seamlessly with iLO for remote access.
Additionally, HP has more server models certified for VMware ESX 3.x than Dell and any other vendor.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifFact 3: System management can simplify server administration; HP’s Insight Control offers key customer features that Dell’s OpenManage can’t.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifAt HP we are applying a significant portion of our R&D budget to innovate and develop our portfolio of systems management software so our customers can reduce their operational costs and reduce complexity.
Insight Control (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/index.html) management software is our solution for HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers - an integrated management software that addresses your monitoring, deploying, and controlling needs from almost anywhere – delivers key features that Dell OpenManage doesn’t deliver:
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifKey areas
HP Insight Control
Dell Open Manage(8)
Customer benefit with HP
Virtualization
TextVM management, VMware, Microsoft, XEN
VMware
Flexibility to manage many virtualization technologies
Contract & Warranty
HP Service Essentials Remote Support Pack with Contract and Warranty Reporting - proactive HP support service on pre-failure alerts.
Save time and personnel in not having to manually track contracts and warranties in spreadsheets
Remote management collaboration
Share console w/4 subject matter experts, video record, drag & drop fm local to remote
Solve problems, implement changes, and update processes remotely, faster, and lower costs.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gif
Fact 4: HP has recently expanded our industry leading ProLiant portfolio to include eight-socket systems. Dell on the other hand has no offering that scales above four-sockets and has stated intentions to drop four-socket servers in the future.
http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/s.gifThe HP ProLiant DL785 G5 (http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2008/datacenter-transformation/proliant-dl785.html) is a powerful and scalable eight-socket x86 server based on Quad-Core AMDŽ Opteron™ processor technology. This server is an ideal platform for virtualization due to its processing power, large memory footprint, storage capacity and expandable input/output.
Customers looking for a single vendor that can deliver the appropriate server for their business need. HP remains committed to offering a broad choice of platforms based on the industry standard x86 architectures.
Fact 5: A report on the UBS IT Hardware CIO Survey (February 2008) painted a strong picture for HP but not Dell.
Key findings include:
“Servers are the biggest spending priority for 2008 and HP is leading the field. Virtualization is driving blade server purchases and storage demand. Twenty seven percent of CIOs said their server budgets would increase.”
“HP is becoming the vendor of choice for CIOs in servers, desktops, notebooks and printers. Purchase intentions for Dell weakened.”
Bottom line: Innovation separates HP from Dell. HP customers are clear at what type of innovation is more important to their bottom line – innovation in virtualization, management and power efficiency making their infrastructure simpler and more efficient.
HP remains committed to offering the broadest choice of platforms based on industry standard x86 architectures to address the wide range of customer server requirements.
These reasons are just a sample of why customers choose HP ProLiant more often than Dell. (See “The Real Story about Server Market Share Facts (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/107846-0-0-0-121.html?ERL=true)” for more)