Compaq 112726-001 - ProLiant - 6500 White Paper

April 1998
Compaq Computer
Corporation
C
O N T E N T S
Executive Summary ........ 1
Introduction.................... 3
Compaq Servers Equal
Integration Excellence .... 3
Scalability ............................ 3
High Availability.................... 4
Integrated Mgmt. Solutions .... 5
Total Cost of Ownership ........ 6
The Compaq
Connection to Next-
Generation
Processing ..................... 7
Compaq & Corollary .............. 7
Compaq & Deschutes ............ 7
Compaq & Merced ................ 9
Summary ...................... 10
Doc.No. ECG078/0498
WHITE PAPER
Compaq Servers: Enterprise Class
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Systems Leading the Way to Deschutes
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Executive Summary
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Today's computing environments call for balanced systems that are built for high performance,
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high availability, and high scalability. They call for the flexibility and cost advantages of
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industry-standard platforms. And they call for advanced tools and services and integrated
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future technology. Today's computing environments call for a leader - and that leader is Compaq.
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Compaq has a proven track record as a leader in server platforms. The company provides the
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highest levels of scalability in the industry on Intel platforms. Compaq also offers five levels of
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availability solutions in order to meet its customers' requirements. In addition, Compaq provides
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integrated management solutions and strong partnerships to ensure that its systems are the most
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manageable and cost-effective in customers' environments.
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With leadership that delivers integrated, powerful, highly available and scalable platforms,
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Compaq is able to provide the newest technology to improve the performance and control of its
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systems. This new technology includes 8-way processing. Combining Compaq's own systems
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engineering expertise with Corollary's innovative Profusion architecture and Intel's next-
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generation Deschutes processors, Compaq is taking 8-way standards-based servers into the
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forefront of enterprise technology.
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Compaq also plans a seamless transition to Intel's Merced 64-bit processor. Compaq will be the
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leading supplier of Merced-based products and expects to ships systems with Intel's first Merced
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production processor.
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By effectively meeting customers' needs in the past with its industry-standard server platforms
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and committing to future customer needs with the next-generation technology, Compaq's track
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record as an enterprise class performer will continue to be unbeatable.
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