Scale-out Surprise
Hewlett-Packard is targeting the Web 2.0, cloud and high-performance computing markets with a new data center scale-out offering launched Wednesday that features a new "skinless" ProLiant server family, environmental mapping and management tools, and more robust data center planning services. The HP Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio centers around the ProLiant SL6000 Scalable System -- a 42U rack with shared air-side cooling and power infrastructure, left, for pairs of the new HP ProLiant SL "skinless" servers housed in the HP ProLiant z6000 G6 chassis. Environmental sensors in the rack cabinet are seen at right. The ExSO portfolio will be made fully available in July with variable pricing depending on configuration and order volume.
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