HP NetServer LH 3, NetServer LH 3r Product Brief

HP HP NetServers and Data Warehousing

Product Brief

HP NetServers for Business
Intelligence and Mid-Market
Data Warehousing Solutions

Hewlett-Packard has long provided enter­prise data warehouse and data mart solu­tions for information storage and retrieval
needs to large corporations worldwide.
Until recently, only large corporate enti­ties could create data warehouses, depart­ment-specific data marts of departmental­ized and replicated data warehouse infor­mation and business intelligence solutions
to better serve decision support needs
because of the complexity and high
investment required.

Today, mid- and small-sized companies
are being faced with competitive pres­sures and business demands which have
increased their need to manage, retrieve,
and analyze information on demand. Data
warehousing has become the foundation
for business intelligence, helping busi­nesses make better and more timely deci­sions to succeed in today’s competitive
environment.

Data warehousing solutions are now
accessible for small- to mid-sized compa­nies running Intel®-based server solutions
including Windows®NT and Novell
NetWareTM. For these companies, data
warehousing solutions require a flexible,
cost-effective platform that can meet
growing business needs and be built on a
solid server infrastructure that offers
highly available, scalable and manageable
components, and experienced product
support and services. HP NetServers pro­vide the platform of choice.

®

Top TPC-C and TPC-D benchmarks
in the industry for Intel-based
Windows NT servers!

Feature Benefit

Expandable, scalable family of servers

• In-box server upgrades

• Full range mass storage and backup
solutions

• Partnerships with ISVs for tested,
tuned, comprehensive business solutions

High-performance, rack-optimized servers

• Multi-processors capable

• High density

• Support for latest Intel processors

High-availability and reliability features

• Redundant hot-swap drives, PCI
cards, power supplies, and fans

• Microsoft®Cluster Server Certification

• Mission Critical Support Suites with

99.9% uptime commitment with NT

Storage for data warehousing

• Rack optimized storage (RS/8, RS/12)
with up to 1.6 Terabyte storage capacity

• HP Fiber Channel rack storage (RS/12FC)

• HP AutoRAID support

• Compatible with HP/EMC Symmetrix 3000

• Broad range of HP backup solutions

Manageability for data warehousing

• HP TopTools

• HP OpenView ManageX/SE (shipped with
every HP NetServer L series system)

• Web browser-based remote management

HP OpenWarehouse Program

• HP Technology advantage

• Complete end-to-end solution

• Partner Alliance program

HP Racks Express

• Customized servers

• Complete rack solutions

• Shipped directly to a reseller or customer

Faster and flexible deployment
of data mart and application
servers
Ability to expand growing
information needs

Quickest access to the data
and faster applications
execution.

Reduced downtime. So,
business can keep running
night and day, every day.

Low-cost highly available
storage solution providing data
warehouse capacity up to
300GB

Best integrated management
solution for data warehousing.
Lower management costs.

Improved revenue and prof­itability. One source for broad
range of heterogeneous busi­ness intelligence solutions.
Faster deployment

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4-way Xeon

upgradable

TM

HP NetServer LH 3 & LH 3r HP NetServer LXr 8000***

8-way Xeon
upgradable

20,224

tpmC

99.9% uptime
commitment

from HP

Industry Standard Benchmarks

Processor

L2 cache

Height
No. of Servers per 2-Meter Rack
Max Memory
Mass Storage (Internal)

SCSI Controller (Internal)

Network Interface

I/O Expansion Slots Available

Remote Management

Clustering

ServerBench: 770 tps two-way*

Intel Pentium II 350MHz or
400MHz with up to 2-way multi­processing, with 100MHz bus
512KB

8U (14 inches)
5
1GB
Up to 12 hot-swap low-profile
drives
+2 half-height shelves
Integrated dual-channel Ultra2
SCSI controller with integrated
HP NetRAID
Preinstalled 10/100TX PCI LAN;
supports redundant NICs
7 full-length PCI slots (one shared
with ISA)
Integrated Remote Assistant;
optional HP TopTools Remote
Control Card
Supports Microsoft Cluster Server

ServerBench: 1655 tps four-way.
TPC-C using Microsoft SQLServer version 7.0:
20,223.76 tpmC at $30.54/tpmC — best in the industry
TPC-D using Oracle®8.04: 1,585.3 QppD, 518.6 QthD,
$518 QphD @ 300 GB - first 300GB benchmark on
Windows NT in the industry**
Baan®ERP - 3505 Baan Reference Users
SAP®R/3 - 2700 SAP®SD Users
Intel®Pentium II Xeon 400MHz, upgrades to 8-way
multiprocessing and future processors

512KB and 1MB with support for future Intel
processors
7U (12.5 inches)
5
8GB
Up to 2 hot-swap Ultra2 SCSI low-profile drives

Integrated dual-channel Ultra2 SCSI controller with
optional HP NetRAID-3Si

Support for 10/100TX PCI LAN and redundant NICs

10 full-length PCI slots (four 64-bit hot-plug PCI, one
shared with ISA)
Integrated HP TopTools Remote Control Card

Supports Microsoft Cluster Server, 99.9% uptime
commitment from HP using 2-way clustering

* See http://www.hp.com/netserver/products/lh3/performance/index.htm for details
** See http://www.hp.com/netserver/products/lxr8000/performance/index.htm for details
*** Available December 1998

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