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Top reasons to choose HP BladeSystem
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The cloud, mobility, big data, and social media are driving the
biggest change in information technology (IT) infrastructure
in more than 20 years. With continuously changing business
requirements and technology playing an increasingly strategic
role in day-to-day business, your organization needs an
intelligent and agile server infrastructure that enables you to
quickly take advantage of new opportunities while containing
cost and complexity.
Five ways HP BladeSystem optimizes your business
Your IT partner must have deep understanding of data center challenges, a clear vision of where
the market is headed, and infrastructure offerings that can help you meet those challenges
head on—right away.
But IT partners and their portfolios vary greatly—from fundamental approaches to available
technologies to how well their products play with those of other partners. Here are five reasons
why HP BladeSystem is the right choice for your enterprise data center.
• 68% reduction in data center costs1
• 95% less network sprawl2
• 90% less time to make network changes3
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1. Pays you back in just 7 months
Compared with traditional approaches, using the HP BladeSystem can dramatically simplify
your infrastructure and help you shift your focus from maintenance and operations toward
business innovation. In fact, HP BladeSystem can reduce your data center costs by up to
68%, according to a study of HP customers by IDC. Select customers realized a payback on their
investment in just 7 months.1
2. Smart enough to run apps 30% faster9
At HP, we understand that your applications are the lifeblood of your data centers—critical
to how businesses make progress, innovate, and get work done. That’s why we offer the
industry’s most advanced bladed architecture with the latest end-to-end innovations that
accelerate your applications with up to 17% faster HP Smart Memory and 30% more server
blade performance.8,9
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3. Maximizes uptime
With intelligence built into the infrastructure and server, you’ll spend 90% less time making
network changes.3 HP Active Health System—an industry-first technology—delivers
continuous, proactive health monitoring of over 1,600 system parameters. With HP automated
support, you’ll prevent problems, save time, and reduce unplanned downtime by up to 66%.6
And HP Proactive Care leverages remote-support technology for real-time monitoring and
alert messages to diagnose and fix issues promptly.
4. Tames networking complexity and costs
Traditional rack infrastructure can be sprawling, complex, and expensive to manage. With just
two HP BladeSystem Virtual Connect FlexFabric modules, we reduce networking components
by up to 95%, lower hardware costs by up to 65%, and reduce your power and cooling costs by
up to 40%.7
• 5 times faster problem analysis4
• 93% less downtime during online updates5
• 66% faster problem resolution6
5. Runs any workload—from client to cloud
Confidently scale your business on the industry’s leading converged system that is designed,
certified and delivered as a single solution with servers, storage and networking. Only HP
BladeSystem has an advanced, modular design that can run workstation, storage, and missioncritical blades in the same enclosure while optimizing their performance. And HP BladeSystem
is the foundation for HP CloudSystem, the industry´s leading solution for building and managing
services across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. HP solutions are designed
to take advantage of open networking, with the flexibility to work with existing hardware.
Build an IT foundation for tomorrow’s business
HP BladeSystem underscores our proven leadership of inspired technology innovation—driven
by the future, while delivering real business results today. To find out why HP BladeSystem is
the world’s leading blade server infrastructure and the impact it can make on your business,
contact your HP representative today.
Learn more at
hp.com/go/bladesystem
1 IDC white paper sponsored by HP, “Business Value of Blade Infrastructures,” #227508R2, December 2012.
2 HP internal calculations comparing number of hardware components of traditional infrastructure versus HP BladeSystem with two Virtual Connect
FlexFabric modules, January 2013.
3 HP BladeSystem and BladeSystem Matrix TCO Calculator, http://roianalyst.hp.com/bladesystemmatrixtco/launch.html.
4 Based on HP internal analysis of Gen8 with HP Active Health that monitors the server and logs all the telemetry information. By downloading the file, HP
Technology Services can help them resolve the issues five times faster.
5 Based on internal testing with a fully online firmware and system software update with HP Smart Update Manager (SUM) 5.0 versus HP SUM 4.2.
6 Based on HP internal analysis of HP call center data, based on an analysis of incident records, comparing customers using HP Insight Remote Support
(IRS) with customers not using IRS, August 2013.
7 HP internal calculations comparing number of hardware components of traditional infrastructure versus HP BladeSystem with 2 Virtual Connect
FlexFabric modules, January 2013.
8 HP Proprietary Software Test, August 2013, tested at 2DPC running at 1866.
9 Based on internal Intel calculations as of August 2013. Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v2 Processor Product Family performance is based on the geometric mean
of five key enterprise and HPC benchmarks.
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