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- HP ProLiant Servers Running Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) Enable Building-Materials Distributor Gypsum Supply to Continue Expansion Without Adding IT Staff
- Gypsum Supply, Ltd. wanted to build a corporate network that enhances employee communication and improves security and reliability of computers companywide. Gypsum Supply, Ltd. deployed two HP ProLiant servers with AMD processors, two HP ProCurve network switches, and Microsoft Windows SBS to facilitate file sharing, improved messaging and calendar functionality,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Doubling the Value of Virtualization With HP ProLiant G6 Servers and HP StorageWorks
- Opus Interactive wanted to provide customers with a cost-efficient, highly available pay-as-you-grow server and storage model. Opus Interactive offered virtualized servers and storage using HP ProLiant server blades, the HP LeftHand P4000 SAN, and VMware. As a result there was 75% reduction in customer cost per server ($600 USD per...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, HP StorageWorks, HP Compaq ProLiant, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- HP Reference Configuration for IBM WebSphere Application Server: HP ProLiant BL460c G1, Red Hat and Novell SUSE
- The reference configuration discussed in this paper can be used in mid to large scale enterprise application environments. The HP ProLiant BL460c server provides a modular and scalable solution for enterprise applications. The number of BL460c servers with IBM WebSphere Application Server can be changed depending on requirements. Tuning WebSphere...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM WebSphere, Red Hat Inc., Application Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, SuSE, IBM Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-08-01
- SQL Server Business Intelligence on HP ProLiant DL785 Server
- SQL Server 2008 has enabled to create Business Intelligence applications to large multi terabyte size data warehouses. Some of the new features and architecture improvements have been specifically targeted to scale SQL Server deployments on newer, larger servers offering performances not seen on previous versions of SQL Server. This whitepaper...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, HP Compaq ProLiant, Scalability Experts, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-29
- Automating Citrix XenApp on XenServer Deployments on HP ProLiant Servers
- Citrix and HP have jointly developed and tested an automated deployment solution that is as powerful as it is cost-effective. This allows one to use RDP in conjunction with Citrix-developed PowerShell cmdlets to deploy XenServer VMs to a XenApp server farm hosting published applications. Citrix and HP jointly developed this...
- Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., HP Compaq ProLiant, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Best Practices for Deploying Citrix XenApp on XenServer on HP ProLiant Servers
- Since the first hypervisor came on the market, businesses have been challenged to consolidate underutilized servers on to a single physical machine. While early results were disappointing, resulting in large performance penalties due to virtualization overhead, there have been significant advances in technology. Today's AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors...
- Tags: Hypervisor, HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Best Practice, HP Compaq ProLiant, Virtualization, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Best Practices for Implementing Citrix XenServer, HP Edition v5.5 on HP ProLiant Servers
- More and more, businesses are looking to virtualize for a multitude of reasons. It may be to consolidate old hardware running old applications and operating systems on to newer more efficient hardware. The process of simultaneously upgrading the application, operating system, and hardware can be quite daunting. Migrating the existing...
- Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Best Practice, HP Compaq ProLiant, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- HP Reference Configuration for Citrix XenApp: 1,500 Microsoft Office 2003 Users on HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Blades
- HP and Citrix collaborate at an engineering level to ensure that customers benefit from software, hardware and service solutions that are jointly tested, certified, and tuned to deliver optimal server performance. HP and Citrix have developed a range of recommended configurations and services for Citrix applications, focusing on particular business...
- Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Microsoft Office, Processors, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2009-07-01
- SQL 2008 Data Warehouse Best Practices for HP XP24000 Storage, HP ProLiant DL785 G5 Server and HP Integrity rx8640 Server
- Organizations that use SQL Server 2008 in a business-critical data warehouse environment require both high performance as well as availability, and choose enterprise-class storage platforms such as the HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array. The successful deployment and effective operation of this type of environment can be enhanced significantly with a...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, Best Practice, HP Compaq ProLiant, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- HP ProLiant BL465c G5 Server Blade 2000 User Bronze Tier Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Performance Brief
- There are many configuration details that must be considered when deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Exchange. Exchange architectures can incorporate different server, storage and application availability features in order to support different tiered service level requirements. To better understand these hardware and application deployment options, HP has developed a series...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Solution Brief, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Banking on Uptime With HP ProLiant Servers and ClearPointe
- For more than 50 years, a financial institution with a strong hometown presence in rural America has provided a full range of banking services to individuals and businesses. Many of its customers prefer dealing with a hometown bank rather than representatives of a distant corporate entity. A financial institution wanted...
- Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial Company, Uptime, HP Compaq ProLiant, Banking, Financial Services, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- Database and Application Migration From SPARC to HP + Intel Standards-Based Infrastructure: Guidance for Porting and Migration to HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Servers
- The migration from SPARC to Intel-based HP ProLiant and Integrity servers is both flexible and straightforward. This paper leverages best practices from HP and EDS an HP company for porting, application upgrades, and database migration. HP is uniquely qualified to assist SPARC customers to undertake this work, having helped accounts...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Database, Hewlett-Packard Co., Infrastructure Inc., Migration, Sun Sparc, Standards, Intel Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2009-06-01
- HP Reference Configuration for Citrix XenApp: 1,500 Microsoft Office 2003 Users on HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Blades
- HP and Citrix collaborate at an engineering level to ensure that customers benefit from software, hardware and service solutions that are jointly tested, certified, and tuned to deliver optimal server performance. HP and Citrix have developed a range of recommended configurations and services for Citrix applications, focusing on particular business...
- Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Microsoft Office, Blade Servers, Servers, Office Suites, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Performance of HP ProLiant BL465c G6 With Low-Power Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series Processors (2.1 GHz) in a 64-Bit HP SBC Environment
- The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 server blade delivers a balanced architecture with Six-Core AMD Opteron processors that can enhance scalability and provide support for large applications. This infrastructure and general-purpose blade also supports a significant memory footprint - eight DIMM sockets - that allows one to utilize cost-effective DIMMs to...
- Tags: 64-bit, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Environment, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V High Availability Configuration on HP ProLiant BL680c G5 Server Blades
- This white paper documents the configuration details and performance results of a two server building block with HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blades. Each BL680c server blade in the building block is running five, Hyper-V virtual machines VM for a total of ten VMs. Performance testing was conducted using the...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Blade, Microsoft Exchange Server, High Availability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Performance Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-06-01
- DDR3 Configuration Recommendations for HP ProLiant G6 Servers: Best Practice Guidelines for ProLiant Servers With the Intel Xeon 5500 Processor Series
- This white paper gives rules, best practice recommendations, and performance data on DDR3 memory in certain ProLiant servers. Because of significant differences in the system architecture of Sixth Generation (G6) Intel Xeon-based ProLiant servers over prior generations of Intel Xeon-based servers, more rules and trade-offs must be evaluated in order...
- Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Best Practice, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Architectural Considerations for Oracle JD Edwards on HP ProLiant Servers Running Microsoft Windows Server Operating System
- This paper provides insight on architectural considerations for implementing Oracle JD Edwards JDE on HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating systems. It provides architectural information for implementing JDE configurations that provides High Availability HA with Oracle 10g Application Server OAS as the web tier, Oracle...
- Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows Server, J.D. Edwards & Co., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Application Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Realizing the Full Potential of the De Facto Standard for CAE Software When Run on the HP ProLiant DL785 G5
- US-based ANSYS Inc. has taken a global leadership role in the field of CAE software, an integral and indispensable part of many manufacturing processes. ANSYS Japan K.K., the Japanese arm of ANSYS Inc., has deployed the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server to keep pace with customer demand for complex engineering...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ANSYS Inc., HP Compaq ProLiant, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- HP Reference Configuration for SQL Server 2008 Fast Track Data Warehouse: ProLiant DL785 and StorageWorks MSA2000
- This paper provides specific details about the configuration and bill of materials for one such reference architecture, based on the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 and the HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array (MSA2000). This configuration is targeted at handling high concurrency and query complexity. It is optimized at 16 TB...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Microsoft SQL Server, HP Compaq ProLiant, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-01
- HP Reference Configuration for SQL Server 2008 Fast Track Data Warehouse: ProLiant DL585 and StorageWorks MSA2000
- Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse for Hewlett-Packard HP servers, storage and networking products provides a prescriptive approach for balancing server, storage, and network and software configurations for architecting Microsoft SQL Server 2008 data warehouse solutions. The new reference architectures provide server and storage guidance for various data warehouse...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Microsoft SQL Server, HP Compaq ProLiant, Business Intelligence, Storage, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-01
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