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Think of the new HP ProLiant DL785 G5 as a power tool for consolidation.  The key word is “more”—more sockets, more memory, more I/O power—all designed to help with the drive toward virtualization and consolidation that is tearing through data centers around the world.

As Forrester reports, “Adoption of server virtualization has accelerated dramatically in North America since 2005, with 51 percent of enterprises now using or piloting the technology.  In tandem, interest in server virtualization has grown worldwide, with a notable leap in Asia Pacific.” ¹   

Quick specifications:

8 quad-core processors

256 gigabytes of internal memory

2.3 terabytes of internal storage

11 PCI-e expansion slots

Hot-pluggable redundant power supplies and fans

Advanced ECC memory

System Insight Display, SIM, iLO2, for easy server management

Common ProLiant options and accessories

Very cool, I’ve been wondering if the 8 socket server might come back, I have used the 8 socket servers since the Compaq 8500R to the DL760G2, bringing more choice to the Proliant range in terms of sockets has to be a good thing for the customer.

I wonder if we will see other vendors approach the 8 socket server, it could be ideal for a virtualization or hpc solution, ultimately though it’s going to depend on your application being optimized for multi core/multi socket hardware to achieve the performance improvement. the memory support and PCI-e slots could lend the server to virtualization, or even those HPC solutions if you think about loading it with those mathematics cards for a quants application. I’ll need to read up more about the server in terms of price/energy efficiency.

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