The S1200 also has a PCI-Express 2.0 peripheral controller and a DDR3 memory controller that allows up to 8GB to be configured to the node. The node has network hardware UK one memory slot and one 2.5-inch drive bay. HP says that the Moonshot design will hold up to 1,800 unique server nodes per rack, and if you do the math that means ten of the Moonshot 1500 enclosures and four server nodes per cartridge. HP is shipping the Moonshot machines in the US and Canada right now, and will be rolling them out to the rest of the world and through the HP server channel next month. A chassis loaded up with 45 Atom S1200 nodes, each with 8GB of memory and a 500GB SATA drive, plus one switch module, costs $61,875. HP is not breaking down the prices for the chassis, nodes, and switch. HP is trying to get its beleaguered employees and channel partners to fired up about Moonshot, as if this is something that can transform HP and its systems business. That’s what Donatelli, who is in charge of HP’s systems, wants to believe, and so does his boss CEO Whitman. “If you look at the history here,” explained Donatelli, “when HP invented the x86 server, most people back in that time which was 24 years ago said ‘Who the heck would use this to go run their business on?’ Now we know it is the predominant way that people do their computing.
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Gartner: HP Server Shipment Share Slides In Q2
Gartner declined to comment on the data. Market-research firm IDC, which releases preliminary server share numbers next week, said its early results confirm the Gartner trend. Matt Eastwood, group vice president of enterprise platform research for IDC, said HP is hurting from trends in the marketplace including a move away from traditional rack and blade servers toward servers running hyperscale data centers. [Related: The 10 Coolest Servers Of 2013 (So Far) ] HP global server unit shipments dropped by 13.5 percent year over year, according to the preliminary Gartner data. CRN independently confirmed Gartner’s preliminary numbers; however, the market-research firm won’t officially release server market share data until next month and declined to participate in this story. HP declined to comment on the preliminary Gartner server unit data. Gartner server unit shipment share data obtained by CRN shows HP maintaining its No. 1 server position globally, ahead of Dell and IBM. Dell placed second in terms of global unit shipments, with a 1.7 percent year-over-year increase in shipments.
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HP, NEC join forces to develop next-generation x86 servers
The companies said Thursday they will team up to accelerate research on HP’s next generation of blade-based server systems, which the U.S. company is gradually introducing alongside its traditional Itanium Unix-based servers. They said their focus will be on creating x86 hardware that can run with the same reliability as the Unix products, which can then be employed in mission-critical roles running today’s social networks, mobile applications and cloud-based services. HP is trying to catch up to rivals such as Amazon Web Services in the growing market for cloud services, while also stay competitive in hardware amid a general shift away from Unix. The company announced a strategy to pursue a hybrid cloud approach last year, based on a solution it is calling HP Converged Cloud. Last month it announced a new operating system for cloud computing, HP Cloud OS, built on the open-source hosting software platform OpenStack, but said initially the new OS will only run on its own hardware. The new partnership will aim to speed up the development of HP’s Project Odyssey, which it first announced in 2011. The project is an attempt to integrate x86 server blades running Windows or Linux with its Itanium-based server lineup based on Unix. NEC said the companies will specifically focus on a system that HP has been developing for years called “DragonHawk,” which is supposed to be able to incorporate both types of servers into a single cabinet but has been slow to materialize. HP and NEC first began working together in 1995, offering systems built on HP’s Unix-based solutions. NEC is also trying to expand its cloud offerings, competing with local rivals like Fujitsu, which is closely allied with HP rival Oracle in server hardware.
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HP quashes investor unrest, looks to servers for salvation
Every CEO likes to show a chart with the lines moving upward, and Ms. Whitman did just that, showing a chart of HPs strategy for recovery through 2016. 2013 we think of as a fix and rebuild year, she said, where were focused on the great products and services that HP continues to deliver to its customers. HP HP’s Meg Whitman As she looked to the future, Whitman trumpeted HPs enterprise business. Whats emerging is an entirely new style of IT driven by cloud, mobile, and big data. Its also changing how end users engage with that technology. She pointed to HPs IT and server solutions as, perhaps, the companys new bread and butter. Only HP can provide solutions for the new style of IT. Our diverse portfolio sets us apartdevice, hardware, software, and service from the enterprise to the consumer. No mention of PCs, printers, and tablets Through all this happy talk, only that passing mention was made of HPs struggling consumer products, even though Todd Bradley, the Executive Vice President of the Printing and Personal Systems Group , was sitting there with all the other execs. While Ms. Whitman bragged, our product lineup is the best [weve had] in a decade, the reality is that HP still lacks the tablet and smartphone solutions that would help it remain competitive at the consumer end, where all the big data starts. Ms.
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