HP Integrity

2010: HP Integrity updating

HP Integrity is family of servers which crucial element are the high-performance processor Intel Itanium created with the assistance of the companies HP and Intel. The technology of parallel execution of instructions (EPIC) used in the processor allows to build performance high-class computing systems. It should be noted that Integrity family servers especially well prove for problems of creation of corporate databases on a basis DBMS Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server that is confirmed by the high ratings of the www.tpc.org resource. In combination with exclusive reliability and impressive opportunities for vertical scaling of the HP Integrity system for a short time for the market of RISC/Unix could press seriously such leaders as IBM and Sun. At present, Itanium-servers it is supported by ten operating systems, including Windows also different distribution kits GNU/Linux and UNIX under which more than 8000 applications are written and available to work.

In 2010, the family of business and critical HP servers Integrity was completely updated. New HPS Integrity are constructed on the basis of new architecture of HP of Blade Scale Architecture which integrates servers, storage systems and network components in uniform Convergent Infrastructure of HP.

In November, 2010 the company provided sets of updates for a blade-HP servers of Integrity BL8x0c i2 using which customers have an opportunity to upgrade the systems of HP Integrity BL860c i2 and BL870c i2 which are available for them in BL870c i2 and BL890c i2 respectively. The beginning of mass shipments of sets of updates is planned for December 21, 2010.

Also, in November, 2010 the HP company provided a HP server of Integrity rx2800 i2, the only system intended for rack-mounting in the updated Integrity HP family. The HP server of Integrity rx2800 i2 contains two processor connectors under series 9300 Intel processors Itanium, 24 slots of memory, to 6 slots of PCI-e, 8 internal hard drives, supports Windows, HP-UX, OpenVMS.

2014: HP servers of Integrity received chips of Xeon

At the beginning of December, 2014 HP announced the output of the Superdome and NonStop servers entering Integrity line based on processors of Xeon which are widely used in other systems of the American producer. The company took this step for the purpose of deduction of important clients in anticipation of business separation.^[1]

One of the main features of the updated servers in comparison with analogs from IBM and Oracle which, as a rule use from one to four chips is the multiprocessor configuration. For example, the Superdome model supports installation to 16 chips of Xeon thanks to what system performance can grow by nine times in comparison with traditional 8-processor machines of HP, says the producer.

To the announcement of Xeon models in the Integrity family his representatives were based on the Intel processors Itanium which Intel and HP began to develop jointly two decades ago. Despite change of the platform the Superdome and NonStop servers will be still focused on use by banks, telecommunication operators and other companies which the high level of reliability is important.

Calls such HP servers critically necessary for business. Their sales according to the results of financial year which came to the end on October 31, 2014 made only $929 million, that time as on more popular x86 systems the company earned about $12.5 billion.

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HP servers of Integrity received chips of Xeon

Despite small revenue the clients using Superdome and NonStop are very important for HP as they buy from the company not only servers, but also the software, services and other equipment necessary for Integrity. Thus, it is about highly profitable clients, the analyst of Moor Insights & Strategy Patrick Moorhead noted.

HP very interests in customer retention as the American corporation is in process of risky separation of the business into two public companies, one of which will be responsible for the PC and HP printers, and another — for the corporate equipment, software and services.

As Antonio Neri, the senior vice president and the general manager of division of HP Enterprise noted, users of Superdome and NonStop belong to very conservative category of clients who do not want to risk, however they nevertheless should pass to new architecture.

Nery also noted that the company is not going to stop development of Itanium-systems, despite huge advantages of use of technology of Xeon in a complex with products of HP. According to some information, the American vendor paid Intel hundreds of millions dollars in order that the partner retained Itanium support.

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