Category Archive: HP Proliant

Jun 13

VirtualSystems in a box

HP has released 3 new models in its VirtualSystem Portfolio, the VS1, VS2 and VS3 each capable of supporting a number of virtual machines out of the box, and all based on the HP Converged Infrastructure solutions.  These are basically Converged Infrastructure, virtualisation platforms in a box (or a rack in this case!) This solution …

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Jun 07

Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on HP Proliant or Integrity

Deploying Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on HP Proliant or Integrity platforms?  Do you want to know the recommended configuration guidelines for this?  HP have released a white paper on exactly that.  It covers the following key topics: Recommended configurations of ProLiant and Integrity servers Recommended system configurations Recommended software, storage options, and NICs Procedures for …

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Feb 07

Too many cables – HP Virtual Connect is here to help!

Have you got a HP blade chassis with a million connections coming from the back side pass-through interconnects, or even some sort of Cisco/HP/Brocade Network/SAN switch in there which is maxed out and you have to configure the SAN and/or Network each time you add or replace a server?  Virtual Connect Flex Fabric solves this …

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