Fault-Tolerant Servers

Residents of Las Vegas, Nevada, know their casinos. And since 1976, when Station Casinos, Inc. first opened its doors, it has been known for premier gaming and entertainment. To decrease the risk of downtime and its impact on customer retention efforts, Station Casinos required a highly available, resilient IT infrastructure - with the flexibility to support changes on the fly. Station Casinos worked with IBM to upgrade existing systems to take advantage of a variable cost structure. The company upgraded its existing platform to two IBM eServer iSeries 825 servers running the IBM OS/400 operating system and equipped with three 6-way processors and IBM Premier Business Partner Vision Solution's high-availability software. tech news

In today's rapidly evolving information technology (IT) environment, facility power planning is becoming more critical. This paper will explain trends in power requirements, and it will explain basic considerations of data center power. The paper will describe methods for calculating power requirements and how to use those requirements to select an appropriate power distribution configuration. This paper will also communicate best practices for using certain power products in conjunction with ProLiant servers and rack products. tech news

Utility AC power standards vary from country to country with different voltage levels and connector types. HP provides a variety of power cords, jumper cables, and accessories that allow HP ProLiant servers and options to be used around the world. This paper describes the various types of power cord and jumper cable assemblies available from HP as well as solutions for cable management in rack installations. tech news

The 8-way ProLiant servers are powerful, industry-leading solutions for distributed enterprise computing. For these servers, HP developed the F8 architecture based on Intel Xeon MP processors to deliver high bandwidth and performance for I/O, processor, and memory requirements. This paper describes the technologies that enable the HP ProLiant DL760 G2 and ProLiant DL740 servers to provide the highest levels of intelligent fault resilience, dynamic scalability, and powerful, 8-way performance. tech news

The HP ProLiant DL585 server is a 4U rack-optimized, 4-way server created for large data center deployments requiring enterprise-class performance, uptime, and scalability, plus easy management and expansion. Based on AMD Opteron. technology, the ProLiant DL585 server greatly improves the performance of standard 32-bit applications. This paper is intended for IT professionals familiar with system administration and ProLiant industry-standard servers. It explains the technologies implemented in the ProLiant DL585 server that make it an excellent choice for enterprise customers needing increased performance while maintaining investment protection with a 64-bit migration path. tech news