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                                HP C- Class Blade Servers

                                HP Blade System C-Class Portfolio

 

 

IT is better as a system

•Blades deliver a data center in an enclosure

 

•Not new technology

   −Evolution in hardware

 

•DL360 = BL460c

Revolution in management

Blades: same servers, new packaging

•Intelligent

 

 On-board administrator

 

•Efficient

 

Consolidate 32 power supplies into three

 

•Redundant parts that fail

   Non-redundant parts that don’t fail

        Blades simplify the data center

•50 percent less to operate (IDC)

 

•No KVM

 

•Reduce wiring by 90 percent.

 

 

Why blades are hot:
 

 

 

•Control of who manages servers                             

 

•Control of what servers are used

 

•Control of where servers are located

 

•Control of when servers are used

 

•Control of how servers are deployed

 

•Control of security.

 

 

 

 


Blades do not cost more upfront

 

•Reality: The more infrastructure that gets integrated, the more you save with

 

 Blade System

 

•Add installation time to rack server costs, and they get more expensive, fast

 

•Blades shorten installation.

 

                                Blade Reality

       
      In fact Blades cost less to buy

 

        HP Blade System c7000 vs. Typical 1U Rack-mounted Server
 

c7000 with


internal Ethernet & FC

 switches

Blades cost less @ 3 servers

c7000 with


internal Ethernet switches

Blades cost less @ 5 servers

c7000 with


Ethernet & FC Pass-Thru’s

Blades cost less @ 7 servers

c7000 with


Ethernet Pass-Thru’s

Blades cost less @ 8 servers

 

Blade reality…
Blades cost less to install

  Typical                       U1                               BL460c                           Savings

 

Server                      16                               16                              $32,351

 

 

GbE cables                   50                                      3                                   $  1,175

 

 

Switch ports                 50                                      3                                   $10,395

 

 

FC cables                     36                                      4                                   $ 9,664

 

 

FC switch ports            36                                      4                                  $30,180

 

 

Mgmt software          $337                                  $149                               $ 3,008

 

 

Install                      4–5 hrs                            0.8 hours                             $ 2,960

 

 

PDUs                    16@$577                           $0 for 3Ψ                            $ 9,232

 

 

Total installation savings                                                                            $98,965.

 

                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

                                                                                                               

                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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