Hp COMPAQ PROLIANT 6000 Investment Protection
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Investment Protection for the ProLiant
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Compaq Computer
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary........1
Introduction....................3
Customer
Investment
Protection ......................3
Compaq ProLiant
Migration Path ......................4
Compaq Customer
Advantages Using
Intel Pentium II
Xeon Technology
vs. Intel Pentium
Pro Technology ..............5
Superior
Performance ................... 6
Performance Results .............6
ProLiant 6000,
6500, and 7000
Upgrade Benefits ............ 7
Summary ........................ 8
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Executive Summary
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With the Compaq ProLiant 6000, 6500, and 7000, Compaq customers are reassured they have the
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highest investment protection for their enterprise servers today and in the future. By offering
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upgrade paths from the Intel Pentium Pro to future Intel Pentium II Xeon technology, Compaq
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provides opportunities for you to increase scalability without having to purchase new systems.
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Because your business is always changing, Compaq has designed the ProLiant 6000, 6500, and
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7000 to be upgradable, allowing the introduction of the Intel Pentium II Xeon technology while
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protecting your investments in memory, drives, and high availability features. These upgraded
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servers are fully optimized for Intel Pentium II Xeon and will contain all the high availability
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features of new Compaq servers featuring Intel Pentium II Xeon processors.
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Compaq has designed upgrade kits, which are fully tested by our factories to ensure a seamless
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transition. These kits are tested again after the service personnel completes the upgrades. The
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kits include all of the components necessary to upgrade the server to allow Intel Pentium II Xeon
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4-way and, in the future, 8-way SMP capability (ProLiant 7000 only) plus domestic on-site
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installation. A parts and support staff is available to make the upgrade as easy as possible.
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Compaq's strategy to upgrade to Intel Pentium II Xeon technology with the ProLiant 6000, 6500,
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and 7000 is designed to serve both customers' current requirements as well as fulfill future
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demands with the following features:
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• Investment Protection - Intel Pentium II Xeon technology is at the beginning of its lifecycle.
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Compaq servers using Intel Pentium II Xeon technology begin with a 400MHz core speed
and 512KB or 1MB cache size that will increase with future enhancements. The Compaq
ProLiant 6000, 6500, and 7000 servers using Intel Pentium II Xeon technology will also
support future versions of Intel Pentium II Xeon technology for maximum scalability and
longevity.
• Superior Performance - The Intel Pentium II Xeon technology increases performance by
greater than 40-60% over Intel Pentium Pro 200MHz with similar cache sizes. In fact,
Compaq estimates show that initial 4-way SMP Intel Pentium II Xeon technology
outperforms leading 8-way Intel Pentium Pro servers at a lower cost and with far greater
longevity.
• Leadership in Industry-Standards – Compaq is committed to leadership by offering
customers ease of upgradability with Compaq’s industry-standard 8-way development
partnership with Corollary. The combination of Compaq’s joint development with Corollary
on the Profusion architecture and Intel Pentium II Xeon technology will yield a balanced,
high-performance industry-standard 8-way system architecture.
Because of Compaq's commitment to its customers and a lower total cost of ownership, you can
buy the ProLiant 6000, 6500, or 7000 servers with the confidence of superior investment
protection and stability, recognizing that Compaq servers provide leading performance today and
future upgradability to the next generation of performance.
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NOTICE
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The information in this publication is subject to change without notice and is provided "AS IS"
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WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE
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OF THIS INFORMATION REMAINS WITH RECIPIENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPAQ
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BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE
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OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
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DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF
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BUSINESS INFORMATION), EVEN IF COMPAQ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.
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The limited warranties for Compaq products are exclusively set forth in the documentation
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accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting a further or
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additional warranty.
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Compaq, Contura, Deskpro, Fastart, Compaq Insight Manager, LTE, PageMarq, Systempro,
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Systempro/LT, ProLiant, TwinTray, ROMPaq, LicensePaq, QVision, SLT, ProLinea, SmartStart,
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NetFlex, DirectPlus, QuickFind, RemotePaq, BackPaq, TecDECaq, SpeedPaq, QuickBack,
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PaqFax, Presario, SilentCool, CompaqCare (design), Aero, SmartStation, MiniStation, and
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PaqRap, registered United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Netelligent, Smart Uplink, Extended Repeater Architecture, Scalable Clock Architecture,
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Armada, Cruiser, Concerto, QuickChoice, ProSignia, Systempro/XL, Net1, LTE Elite, Vocalyst,
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PageMate, SoftPaq, FirstPaq, SolutionPaq, EasyPoint, EZ Help, MaxLight, MultiLock,
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QuickBlank, QuickLock, UltraView, Innovate logo, Wonder Tools logo in black/white and color,
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and Compaq PC Card Solution logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer
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Corporation.
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Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows NT Advanced Server, SQL Server for Windows NT
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are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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Pentium is a registered trademark and Xeon is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
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Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their
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respective companies.
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©1998 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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White Paper: Investment Protection for ProLiant 6000, 6500,
and 7000
First Edition (June 1998)
Document No. ECG091/0698
WHITE PAPER INVESTMENT PROTECTION WITH COMPAQ PROLIANT SERVERS
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INTRODUCTION
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Once again, Compaq’s technical leadership continues to deliver systems that meet your most
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“Compaq has a solid
strategy. There’s a
strong possibility that
Intel’s Intel Pentium
II Xeon technology
will be introduced
within six months and
systems released today
based on the Intel
Pentium Pro will have
to be upgraded or
swapped out to the
newer technology. IT
managers don’t like to
transition installations
in such quick cycles.”
– Jerry Sheridan, Principal
Analyst for Servers at
DataQuest, 11/97, on the
longevity of 8-way Intel
Pentium Pro servers.
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critical needs. When Compaq introduced the ProLiant 6000, 6500, and 7000 servers, customers
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were ensured superior investment protection by enabling upgrades from the Intel Pentium Pro
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technology to Intel’s next generation processor, the Intel Pentium II Xeon. Compaq continues to
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offer you leading investment protection by providing processor upgrades to future Intel Pentium II
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Xeon processors, and future 8-way upgrades on the ProLiant 7000. These upgraded servers are
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fully optimized for Intel Pentium II Xeon and contain all the high availability features of new
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Compaq servers featuring Intel Pentium II Xeon processors.
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Compaq’s Pentium II Xeon-based server models build on Compaq’s award-winning ProLiant
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product line at the high end, enhancing processor power, I/O bandwith, and availability
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technologies beyond previous offerings. Customers can deploy ProLiant servers with confidence
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because of Compaq’s commitment to delivering leading industry standard technology today while
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providing superior customer investment protection for the future.
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Customer Investment Protection with the ProLiant 6000, 6500, and 7000
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With your business needs always changing, you can be reassured that your Compaq servers can
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quickly evolve to meet growing demands without compromising your investment. Compaq offers
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a wide range of servers, which move you to the next level of performance. Today's ProLiant 7000
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offers superior performance, availability, and investment protection for 7 x 24 environments. The
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ProLiant 6500 provides breakthrough availability, optimized for 7 x 24 multi-server rack-mount
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environments; while the ProLiant 6000 features superior value, performance, and expansion for
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business-critical computing.
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Compaq is again positioning itself as the leader of the server industry by partnering with
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Corollary developing the new revolutionary eight-way SMP Profusion architecture for next
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generation Intel Pentium II Xeon processing.
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