Compaq 3000R - ProLiant - 128 MB RAM Technology Overview
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Executive Summary
The data center, a mission-critical, enterprise facility, is a complex and
demanding technology environment, requiring computing equipment that is
extraordinarily reliable, scalable and manageable. Data center server
equipment must provide the level of high availability that data center
customers demand. The server manufacturer also must provide the level of
service and support that these customers expect.
HP now offers a new server in the HP NetServer product family, which
complements the HP PA-RISC products. The new, high level of computing
power provided by the HP NetServer LXr 8500 can address the major
computing challenges customers face today in enterprise resource planning
(ERP), database management systems (DBMS) including on-line transaction
processing (OLTP), data warehousing and data marts, thin client,
consolidated messaging, and many other applications.
This white paper will focus on the technical aspects of the HP NetServer
LXr 8500. This server is an 8-way capable product, supporting the latest and
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most powerful Intel processor, the Intel
Pentium
III Xeon™. The product is
optimized for the data center; specifically, elements of the architecture,
configuration and industrial design were chosen to meet the requirements of
this market.
Introduction
Data Center Needs
The data center, as a repository of information assets, is an integral
component of the enterprise infrastructure. It generally consists of mission-
critical, application-specific data stored in large databases and on file servers.
Long-emerging trends and technologies such as network computing, the
Internet and massive data growth are dramatically increasing the demands on
this environment.
Selecting the appropriate server equipment that resides at the center of this
information web is critical. Each of the components in a server system must
be balanced and scalable for maximum throughput capability under a variety
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of application loads, whether the workload is CPU, I/O or network intensive.
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Page 1: Executive Summary
ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í $UFKLWHFWXUHî7HFKQRORJ\ý2YHUYLHZ Executive Summary The data center, a mission-critical, enterprise facility, is a complex and demanding technology environment, requiring computing equipment that is extraordinarily reliable, scalable and manageable. - Page 2 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í Scalability 4000 The Profusion SMP chipset architecture delivers the highest levels of performance and scalability for Intel- LXr 8500 based systems. Compared to previous 3000 generations of SMP architectures and the performance of a single processor,...
- Page 3 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í 8-way Architecture Overview The HP NetServer LXr 8500, an 8-way capable server, is based on the Intel Profusion chipset: a tightly coupled, multi-ported symmetric multi-processing system architecture (see Figure 2).
- Page 4 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í bridge, combined with the Profusion chipset, permits the system to handle long bursts of data (streaming) due to the write-posting buffers, another feature that improves data flow and further balances the system.
- Page 5 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í Input/Output (I/O) The Profusion chipset provides for a dedicated I/O bus to which up to four PCI bridges may be attached. Two of the four host-to-PCI bridges (or I/O controller) support 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI transactions, four times the maximum theoretical bandwidth of the current 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus.
- Page 6 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í Enhanced Software Intel has released new instructions associated with the Pentium III Xeon processors. These instructions are called Streaming Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) Extensions.
- Page 7 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í Server Clustering To further assure system availability, server clustering is often employed. HP supports four different programs from several vendors including Microsoft ®...
- Page 8 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í Conclusion HP Philosophy and Strategy HP’s approach to meet the needs of the data center is based first on solid system design and manufacturing of all server components and subsystems.
- Page 9 ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í LXr 8500 LXr 8000 LH 4r LH 3r LH 4 Corporate Corporate LH 3 L-Series L-Series Rackable Rackable LC 3 Corporate Corporate L-Series...
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Page 10: For More Information
ZKLWHýSDSHU ý 1 H W 6 H U Y H U ý / ; U ý å è í í For More Information HP has several white papers and technology briefs that describe in more detail, memory, processor selection, clustering, IPMI and availability. Please see the technical papers section of the HP NetServer web site at: http://www.netserver.hp.com/papers For more information on Intel Pentium III Xeon processors and chipsets, see...