Software
defined servers designed for the
data center and built for the Planet
data center and built for the Planet
(In photo: Veronica Escalante, Category Manager, Industry Standard Servers and Software, Enterprise Group, HP Philippines)
HP
rolls out the world’s first commercially available HP Moonshot system
to realize enterprise growth via delivering new infrastructure economics
and supporting web-hosting workloads.
The HP Moonshot System delivers the technological innovation that can fuel the exponential growth of hyperscale computing.
PHILIPPINES, May 20, 2013 - HP recently unveiled the world’s first commercially available HP Moonshot system, delivering compelling new infrastructure economics by using up to 89 percent less energy, 80 percent less space and costing77 percent less, compared to traditional servers.(1)
Today’s mega data centers are nearing a breaking point where further growth is restricted due to the current economics of traditional infrastructure. HP Moonshot servers are a first step organizations can take to address these constraints.
“With nearly 10
billion devices connected to the internet and predictions for exponential
growth, we’ve reached a point where the space, power and cost demands of
traditional technology are no longer sustainable,” said Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer, HP. “HP Moonshot marks the
beginning of a new style of IT that will change the infrastructure economics
and lay the foundation for the next 20 billion devices.”
HP innovation delivers less energy use, less space, less cost
HP has been the leader in defining next-generation computing
platforms for decades.
More than 20 years ago, HP introduced the firstsuccessful commercial
UNIX server, the HP9000 Series 840,as well as the first x86 server, the HP SystemPro.
More than a decade later, HP was granted one of the first patents for blade
server architectures. The company hasremained the x86 server market leader for
the last 16 years.(2)
HP hascontinued to push the boundaries of technology and
innovationby ushering in a paradigm shift that paved the way for the first “software
defined” serverthatenables enterprises to optimize their serversbased on
specific workload needs. Built from HP’s industry-leading server intellectual
property (IP) and 10years of extensive research from HP Labs, the company’s central research arm,
HP Moonshot delivers a significant improvementin energy, space, cost and
simplicity.
Designed for the data center, built for the planet
The new HP Moonshot System
isthe second-generation server from HP’s Project
Moonshot. This new class of server is
engineered to address the IT challengescreated by social, cloud, mobile and big
data.HP Moonshot servers are built from chips more commonly found in
smartphones and tablets, which allow the servers to deliver reduced energy use
and a high-density footprint, all at a significantly lower cost.
The HP Moonshot system consists of the HP Moonshot 1500enclosureand
application-optimized HPProLiantMoonshot
servers. These servers will offer processors from multiple HP partners,
each targeting a specific workload.
With supportfor up to 1,800 servers per rack,HP Moonshot
servers occupy one-eighth of the space required by traditional servers. This
offers a compelling solution to the problem of physical data center space.(3)Each
chassisshares traditional components includingthe fabric,HP
Integrated Lights-Out (iLo) management,power supply and cooling fans. These
shared components reduce complexity as well as add to the reduction in energy
use and space.
The first HP ProLiantMoonshotserveris available with the
Intel® Atom S1200 processor and supports web-hosting workloads. HPMoonshot
1500, a 4.3u server enclosure,is fully equipped with45 Intel-based servers one network switch and supporting components.
A growing ecosystem of industry leading technology partners
HP also announced a comprehensive roadmap of workload-optimized
HP ProLiant Moonshot servers incorporating processors from a broad ecosystem of
HP partners including AMD, AppliedMicro, Calxeda, Intel and Texas Instruments
Incorporated.
Scheduled to be releasedin the second half of 2013, the new HP
ProLiantMoonshot servers willsupport emerging web, cloud and massive scale
environments, as well as analytics and telecommunications.Future serverswill be
delivered for big data, high-performance computing, gaming, financial services,
genomics, facial recognition, video analysis and other applications.
“Faced with constraints for energy
efficiency and analytic compute capacity to support world-leading
geosciences research, we absolutely require technological innovations from
leading companies like HP,” said Chris Hill, principal research engineer,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and co-chair,Research and
Education Subcommittee,
Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing. “Innovations such as HP Moonshot are providing us with confidence that infrastructure can continue to scaleout to support fundamentally insatiable requirements—all with less energy, a smaller footprint, increased integration and lower cost.”
Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing. “Innovations such as HP Moonshot are providing us with confidence that infrastructure can continue to scaleout to support fundamentally insatiable requirements—all with less energy, a smaller footprint, increased integration and lower cost.”
HP
Information Technology has implemented HP Moonshot servers to support the hp.comenvironment, which receives
approximately three million visits per day.
“Testing results show that with Moonshot servers
we can expect to runhp.com, with the energy
equivalency of a dozen 60-watt light bulbs, which is a game changer,” said John
Hinshaw, executive vice president of Technology andOperations, HP. “We are
excited by these results and plan to deploy Moonshot for additional
applications to lead the next wave of transformation in the data center.”
Concierge services for the new era of extreme scale computing
HPalso introduced an enhanced
partner program and new services that will accelerate the pace of innovation in
this new class of server. These include:
HP Pathfinder Innovation Ecosystem—includes nearly 25 silicon vendors, operating system developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) dedicated to the rapid development of new servers to support varied workloads.
HP Moonshot Concierge Services—includes theHP Discovery Labs and HP Technology Servicessupport and consulting solutions for platform migration and energy efficiency.
Additional information aboutHP Moonshot is available atTheDisruption.comor through theHP Moonshot video news release.
Availability
The HP Moonshot system is immediately available in the United
States and Canada and will be available in Europe, Asia and Latin America
beginning May 2013.
Clients can customize their HP Moonshot system acquisition with
flexible financing and asset management solutions from HP Financial Services.
HP’s
premier client events take place in June: HP Discover, June 10-12 in Las Vegas; HP World
Tour, June 24-25 in Beijing.
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a
meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s
largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal
computing, software,
services andIT
infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE:
HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
(1)
According to internal HP engineering that
compares HP Moonshot servers with traditional x86 server technology.
(2)
“IDC WW Q412 Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker,”
March 18, 2013.
(3)
Based on internal HP Lab research and
comparative analyses.
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