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

HP and Mid-Market Data
Warehousing

Data warehousing maintains
detailed information that allows
your organization to facilitate
more responsive actions to
changing customer needs. By
providing timely, integrated
information about your cus­tomers and their buying habits,
data warehousing solutions can
enable programs that increase
customer retention, improve
cross-selling effectiveness,
decrease product inventory
costs, and focus new product
introduction and market pene­tration efforts. All activities
designed to increase your busi­ness profitability!

Hewlett-Packard is recognized
as an industry leader with over
10 years experience in delivering
enterprisewide data warehous­ing solutions in the UNIX®envi­ronment. Now, HP is taking a
leadership position in providing
database, data warehousing and
decision support services (DSS)
solutions based on Microsoft
Windows NT and HP NetServers.

HP for High Performance and
Scalability

HP NetServer products have
earned an outstanding reputa­tion for industry-leading per­formance over the years. One
reason is the HP Technology
Advantage. Our constant
enhancements offer you better
performance and scalability. For
example, the HP NetServer
LXr 8000 has demonstrated the
top TPC-C benchmark, as well
as the industry’s first 300GB and

best price/performance with the
TPC-D benchmark, indicating
that the HP NetServer LXr 8000
is the fastest and most scalable
Intel-based server environment
in the industry today. HP offers
wide range of HP NetServer sys­tems with price, performance,
capacity and high availability
features to suit a wide spectrum
of business needs.

HP for High Availability, Reliability
and Serviceability

HP products have earned an out­standing reputation for reliability
over the years. Our engineers
build quality and innovation into
every server design. HP
NetServers come with a number
of state-of-the-art features that
prevent downtime including
redundant, hot-swap compo­nents such as fans and power
supplies and hot plug PCI for on­line replacement of failed PCI
cards. The modular design,
front-loading bays, and hot-swap
disks in HP NetServers make it
easy to add or replace compo­nents. Automatic server restart,
error checking, and correcting
(ECC) system memory and
processor cache, and optional
triple-channel HP NetRAID disk
controllers also contribute to a
complete solution that maxi­mizes your uptime, maintains
high levels of data availability,
and reduces your service costs.

HP recently announced 99.9%
uptime commitment services for
enterprise HP NetServers like
the HP NetServer LXr 8000 sys­tems.

HP’s Management Capabilities Fit Data
Warehouse Needs

HP OpenView ManageX/SE simpli­fies data warehouse management by
taking the guesswork out of isolat­ing errors — whether generated by
hardware, the WindowsNT operat­ing system or the Microsoft SQL
Server application. It also increases
availability by providing the built-in
tools for performance, event and
applications management across
heterogeneous systems and clusters.

To evaluate system health or plan
your future capacity needs, HP
NetServers come with HP TopTools.
HP TopTools is a web browser­based device management applica­tion that manages HP servers, desk­tops, mobiles, hubs and switches,
and printers from a single applica­tion. HP TopTools automatically
and continuously monitors key envi­ronmental events and critical sys­tem components.

Our high-end HP NetServer
LXr 8000 has a pre-installed HP
TopTools Remote Control card for
built-in remote management over
LAN or modem. The HP TopTools
Control Card is also available as an
option on other HP NetServers. All
of these products integrate easily
within HP OpenView Network Node
Manager to create a powerful, uni­fied solution that helps you keep
HP NetServers running night and
day, every day.

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

HP Has the Experience

A complete data warehouse
solution requires more than
using the right server, no matter
how reliable and well designed
that server is. You need real­world experienced at every
stage, from design and architec­tural planning to implementation
and long-term service and sup­port. HP is a world leader in
providing complete, robust, scal­able solutions —

• Professional consulting
services

• Partnerships with ISVs

• Proven server and network
management technology

• Outstanding service and
support

• Global reach

• Expertise in Windows NT,
Novell NetWare and UNIX
environments.

Choosing HP NetServers lowers
your risks and positions your
organization for long-term suc­cess.

HP, with its proven partners,
provides industry-leading, flexi­ble technology and services for
business intelligence solutions,
enabling the dynamic exchange
of information for real-time busi­ness innovation.

For more information, see:
http://www.hp.com/go/netserver
http://www.hp.com/go/consulting

HP Open Warehouse Program

The HP OpenWarehouse
Program combines industry
experience, leading technology,
value-added services, and proven
partners to deliver scalable and
flexible data warehouse and
business intelligence solutions
offering faster implementation,
continuous investment protec­tion and reduced risk.

For more information, see:
http://www.hp.com/go/dataware­house.

Best Investment Protection

Modular HP NetServers are built
to grow as you grow. You can
upgrade the subsystem instead
of the entire system for fast,
cost-effective results. HP offers
2-way and 8-way board upgrades,
as well as modular rack­optimized solutions, so the
HP NetServer you choose today
will keep pace with your expand­ing business needs.

HP Technology Finance

Financing from HP Technology
Finance can help to keep your
acquisition costs down.
Financing plans from HP include
everything from lease/rental
agreements that let you pay only
for the use of the equipment to
installment plans that allow for
financing over a term convenient
for you, generally with no down
payment.

Intel, Pentium and Xeon are U.S. trade­marks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft
and Windows NT are U.S. registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The
Open Group.

Technical information in this document
is subject to change without notice.

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Company 1998
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