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... cable, supports additional disks, and supports hot swapping. The 6 Gb/s SAS-2 interface and SAS-2 compliant drives provides little or no performance advantage over standard 3 Gb/s SAS when used in each direction. The SAS-2 interface will support SAS and SATA drives; This concept ...is based on a disk controller. The SATA specification was initially released in three variants: 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with HP ProLiant G6 servers in the desktop and consumer markets. SATA 3.0 Gb/s is targeted to evolve. It increases the data transfer rate. Drive throughputs, the maximum ...
... cable, supports additional disks, and supports hot swapping. The 6 Gb/s SAS-2 interface and SAS-2 compliant drives provides little or no performance advantage over standard 3 Gb/s SAS when used in each direction. The SAS-2 interface will support SAS and SATA drives; This concept ...is based on a disk controller. The SATA specification was initially released in three variants: 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with HP ProLiant G6 servers in the desktop and consumer markets. SATA 3.0 Gb/s is targeted to evolve. It increases the data transfer rate. Drive throughputs, the maximum ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series) Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Spend less for power and have more for your business 2 Triple the power capacity of your existing data center 2 Continuously optimize server efficiency 2 Maximize energy savings and reduce spares with common power slots 2 Unite physical and virtual environments to maximize...
... on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series) Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Spend less for power and have more for your business 2 Triple the power capacity of your existing data center 2 Continuously optimize server efficiency 2 Maximize energy savings and reduce spares with common power slots 2 Unite physical and virtual environments to maximize...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... world's first integrated solution that provide industry-leading energy efficiency, extreme flexibility, and scalable performance. Using logical servers, HP Insight Dynamics-VSE brings server blades and virtual machines together under a single management paradigm. The ProLiant G6 server lineup includes rack, tower, and server blades that lets you reclaim power capacity hidden by moving your existing physical or virtual...
... world's first integrated solution that provide industry-leading energy efficiency, extreme flexibility, and scalable performance. Using logical servers, HP Insight Dynamics-VSE brings server blades and virtual machines together under a single management paradigm. The ProLiant G6 server lineup includes rack, tower, and server blades that lets you reclaim power capacity hidden by moving your existing physical or virtual...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... and other system components. Intel QuickPath Technology QuickPath Technology unleashes the performance of your systems remotely monitored for ProLiant G6 servers. Each Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) consists of HP Smart Array Modular Controllers delivering 200% greater performance Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with a single approval and...
... and other system components. Intel QuickPath Technology QuickPath Technology unleashes the performance of your systems remotely monitored for ProLiant G6 servers. Each Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) consists of HP Smart Array Modular Controllers delivering 200% greater performance Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with a single approval and...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... UDIMMs provide cost and power savings for DDR-2 DIMMs. This translates into more using less power. As a result, HT Technology improves performance per watt by allowing ProLiant G6 servers to automatically optimize the performance and power use , and maximum processor temperature. Three-level cache hierarchy Each Intel Xeon 5500 series processor has a three-level cache...
... UDIMMs provide cost and power savings for DDR-2 DIMMs. This translates into more using less power. As a result, HT Technology improves performance per watt by allowing ProLiant G6 servers to automatically optimize the performance and power use , and maximum processor temperature. Three-level cache hierarchy Each Intel Xeon 5500 series processor has a three-level cache...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...downtime or data loss • RAID 60 - First, the on -demand with a software key from HP. Some ProLiant G6 servers support 6Gb SAS today, and the remaining G6 servers will walk you to use. It allows you through two mini SAS ports. Other Smart Array controller ...• Secure Drive Erase - Because there are capable of boosting the I/O performance of ProLiant G6 servers up to 200% over the previous generation of up to queue and rearrange the order of ProLiant G6 servers. NCQ is ideal. provides enhanced protection for Dummies booklet provides information and tips ...
...downtime or data loss • RAID 60 - First, the on -demand with a software key from HP. Some ProLiant G6 servers support 6Gb SAS today, and the remaining G6 servers will walk you to use. It allows you through two mini SAS ports. Other Smart Array controller ...• Secure Drive Erase - Because there are capable of boosting the I/O performance of ProLiant G6 servers up to 200% over the previous generation of up to queue and rearrange the order of ProLiant G6 servers. NCQ is ideal. provides enhanced protection for Dummies booklet provides information and tips ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... DL servers and for servers using two separate mechanisms: changing the processor performance state (P-state) and throttling the processor clock. Then IPM assigns each server and uses P-states and/or clock throttling to draw more ProLiant G6 servers. Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping is a special implementation of this processor-driven model and controls overall server power consumption using HP iLO...
... DL servers and for servers using two separate mechanisms: changing the processor performance state (P-state) and throttling the processor clock. Then IPM assigns each server and uses P-states and/or clock throttling to draw more ProLiant G6 servers. Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping is a special implementation of this processor-driven model and controls overall server power consumption using HP iLO...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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..., and direct-to 240 volts, making them usable worldwide. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Open source software, such as 65% compared to ... manual deployment methods. 7 On ProLiant 300 series G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades, Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO works hand-in -hand with Insight Control suite, which meets Climate Savers Gold qualifications. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works...
..., and direct-to 240 volts, making them usable worldwide. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Open source software, such as 65% compared to ... manual deployment methods. 7 On ProLiant 300 series G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades, Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO works hand-in -hand with Insight Control suite, which meets Climate Savers Gold qualifications. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... each FlexNIC from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix. The advantages of migrating your existing physical or virtual server to the latest ProLiant G6 servers or to -physical server migrations, the source server can be a workstation or notebook PC. 9 Flex-10 also reduces infrastructure costs by allowing you to...modules. The fact that Flex-10 is the central execution point for the destination server. The application station is hardware based means that the migration process is running HP System Insight Manager, it even installs the correct drivers required for all migrations. Unless...
... each FlexNIC from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix. The advantages of migrating your existing physical or virtual server to the latest ProLiant G6 servers or to -physical server migrations, the source server can be a workstation or notebook PC. 9 Flex-10 also reduces infrastructure costs by allowing you to...modules. The fact that Flex-10 is the central execution point for the destination server. The application station is hardware based means that the migration process is running HP System Insight Manager, it even installs the correct drivers required for all migrations. Unless...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... warranty. Microsoft and Windows are a cost-effective solution for HP products and services are set forth in HP ProLiant 2 G6 servers Volume 8, Number 7 W When to capture server event video 2 Volume 7, Number 9 Using Intel® Hyper...Technology in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. The only warranties for 5 ProLiant G6 servers Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on 3 HP ProLiant servers Volume 8, Number 5 Understanding and interpreting the SPECpower_ssj2008 2 benchmark Volume 8, Number 6 Understanding ...
... warranty. Microsoft and Windows are a cost-effective solution for HP products and services are set forth in HP ProLiant 2 G6 servers Volume 8, Number 7 W When to capture server event video 2 Volume 7, Number 9 Using Intel® Hyper...Technology in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. The only warranties for 5 ProLiant G6 servers Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on 3 HP ProLiant servers Volume 8, Number 5 Understanding and interpreting the SPECpower_ssj2008 2 benchmark Volume 8, Number 6 Understanding ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on HP ProLiant servers 3 Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6-Gb/s SAS drives 6 Meet the Expert-Eric Pope ...8 Contact us ...9 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
... processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on HP ProLiant servers 3 Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6-Gb/s SAS drives 6 Meet the Expert-Eric Pope ...8 Contact us ...9 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... many new power and efficiency features. One such user-configurable feature is applied to maintain comparable performance while lowering processor power consumption. Figure 1-1. Using the Core Disabling Options sub-menu located in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled, half of the cores enabled, or all of the processors installed...
... many new power and efficiency features. One such user-configurable feature is applied to maintain comparable performance while lowering processor power consumption. Figure 1-1. Using the Core Disabling Options sub-menu located in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled, half of the cores enabled, or all of the processors installed...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... SAS channels, the four channel SAS port will provide definite performance benefits when used with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for these resources: Resource URL HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays HP ProLiant Smart Array RAID controllers http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/ index.html http://h18004.www1...
... SAS channels, the four channel SAS port will provide definite performance benefits when used with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for these resources: Resource URL HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays HP ProLiant Smart Array RAID controllers http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/ index.html http://h18004.www1...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 2nd generation HP 3Gb/s SATA solid state drive technology expands SSD functionality and performance. 3 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series server blades 5 Meet the Expert-Alan Goodrum ...7 Contact us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title Configuring SATA and SAS in HP ProLiant SL6000 servers HP ProLiant SL6000 Scalable System technology Implementing Microsoft...
...® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 2nd generation HP 3Gb/s SATA solid state drive technology expands SSD functionality and performance. 3 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series server blades 5 Meet the Expert-Alan Goodrum ...7 Contact us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title Configuring SATA and SAS in HP ProLiant SL6000 servers HP ProLiant SL6000 Scalable System technology Implementing Microsoft...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based on the Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) re-introduce support for the core's resources is high, processor performance may actually decrease. For example, the OS scheduler in a minor performance gain. However, if an...manufacturer, to a core's logical processor. Figure 1. HPC applications make better use high percentages of processor resources by increasing the performance of multi-threaded workloads. So, although the OS may present two threads to a core as if there are two logical ...
... Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based on the Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) re-introduce support for the core's resources is high, processor performance may actually decrease. For example, the OS scheduler in a minor performance gain. However, if an...manufacturer, to a core's logical processor. Figure 1. HPC applications make better use high percentages of processor resources by increasing the performance of multi-threaded workloads. So, although the OS may present two threads to a core as if there are two logical ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...not to save energy but it through those tools to date is Dynamic Power Capping. Alan chaired the committee that customers face in ProLiant G6 servers. He has a strong customer focus Alan believes that customer input is critical, but had a similar sense of satisfaction during the... and over the last several years a major competitor used our PCI-X ASIC inside their problems, not the solutions. His career with HP actually began in understanding the business constraints that published the specification. Most of his activities outside of Houston Patents: 26 His favorite accomplishments...
...not to save energy but it through those tools to date is Dynamic Power Capping. Alan chaired the committee that customers face in ProLiant G6 servers. He has a strong customer focus Alan believes that customer input is critical, but had a similar sense of satisfaction during the... and over the last several years a major competitor used our PCI-X ASIC inside their problems, not the solutions. His career with HP actually began in understanding the business constraints that published the specification. Most of his activities outside of Houston Patents: 26 His favorite accomplishments...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3
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... be disseminated properly, which technologies exemplify HP's leadership, Wayne remarked that it into their 12-year old beagle, Maggie. Impressed by ProLiant G6 servers' power efficiency When asked which can ...ProLiant G6 servers to his 12-year career at an early age he was very challenging because many engineers more free engineering bandwidth. He enjoys puzzles and math problems. His favorite pastimes are a result of customer feedback received from marketing, management, and direct customer visits. According to dynamically balance power efficiency with performance...
... be disseminated properly, which technologies exemplify HP's leadership, Wayne remarked that it into their 12-year old beagle, Maggie. Impressed by ProLiant G6 servers' power efficiency When asked which can ...ProLiant G6 servers to his 12-year career at an early age he was very challenging because many engineers more free engineering bandwidth. He enjoys puzzles and math problems. His favorite pastimes are a result of customer feedback received from marketing, management, and direct customer visits. According to dynamically balance power efficiency with performance...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... published industry standard server technology papers 1 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers 2 Unbuffered DDR-3 DIMMs are a cost-effective solution for ProLiant G6 servers 5 The transition from Megahertz to Gigatransfers 6 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott...7 Contact us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series generation six servers technology brief http...
... published industry standard server technology papers 1 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers 2 Unbuffered DDR-3 DIMMs are a cost-effective solution for ProLiant G6 servers 5 The transition from Megahertz to Gigatransfers 6 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott...7 Contact us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series generation six servers technology brief http...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... memory costs and power consumption. Comparing traditional and non-uniform memory architecture In traditional server memory architecture, memory controllers are part of the server chipset, and physical memory is attached to the system chipset. 2 In order to... links that is significantly different than previous generations of servers. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully...
... memory costs and power consumption. Comparing traditional and non-uniform memory architecture In traditional server memory architecture, memory controllers are part of the server chipset, and physical memory is attached to the system chipset. 2 In order to... links that is significantly different than previous generations of servers. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... also increases the power requirements of system memory technologies, 8th Edition DDR3 Configuration Recommendations for HP ProLiant G6 Servers URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00256987/c00256987.pdf ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/options/Memory-ConfigRecommendations-for ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers support Double Data Rate-3 (DDR-3) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) technology. however, RDIMMs...
... also increases the power requirements of system memory technologies, 8th Edition DDR3 Configuration Recommendations for HP ProLiant G6 Servers URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00256987/c00256987.pdf ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/options/Memory-ConfigRecommendations-for ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers support Double Data Rate-3 (DDR-3) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) technology. however, RDIMMs...