“The HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers, using Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors, enhance power and cooling efficiency while improving system performance by up to 15 percent,” HP published recently, announcing new servers and server blades powered by the new dual-core 64-bit AMD Opteron processors.
The announced servers incorporate AMD Opteron 2000 and 8000 Series processors, DDR2 memory technology and small form factor disk drives.
Quad-core ready, the servers also help protect the IT investments of customers planning to transition to multi-core technologies, press release says.
The new x86 processor-based HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers include the HP ProLiant DL385 G2 and DL585 G2 rack-optimized servers and the HP ProLiant BL25p G2, BL45p G2, BL465c and BL685c server blades. The BL465c and BL685c server blades are HP’s first AMD Opteron processor-based platforms for its c-Class blade architecture announced on June 14. Further, the new BL685c is the BladeSystem c-Class version and sister product of the industry’s best-selling 4P blade, the BL45p.
The HP ProLiant DL145, DL385, DL585, BL25p, BL45p, BL465c and BL685c are expected to be available later this year, as same as their pricing.
