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Because they are plug-compatible with traditional SATA and SAS drives, we tend to think of SSDs in the same terms as traditional disk drives. But SSDs have unique functional characteristics that require us to re-think some of our usual assumptions when using them in server-based IT environments. This paper provides an overview of two of the unique aspects of SSDs-SSD endurance and SSD performance characteristics in server applications.

DDR3, the third generation of Dual Data Rate (DDR) Synchronous DRAM memory, delivers significant performance and capacity improvements over older DDR2 memory. HP introduced DDR3 memory with the G6 and G7 ProLiant servers, coinciding with the transition to server architectures that use distributed memory and on-processor memory controllers. DDR3 continues to evolve in terms of speed and memory channel capacity, and the new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers fully support these improvements. This paper provides a detailed look at the core technologies that enable DDR3 memory and its benefits as well as the integration of DDR3 with the current server architectures.

This document gives IT professionals who are familiar with HP SIM an overview of HP Agentless Management and how it works with HP SIM 7.0. It also includes information about when you may need to continue to use the SNMP Agents or WBEM (WMI) Providers for your management solution.

This integration note describes the level of support available for Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant servers. It also provides guidance for implementing Windows Server 2012 on ProLiant servers. The OS and our support may change before the OS is commercially available.

This technology brief provides an overview of our integration with vSphere 5.0 for ProLiant servers and infrastructure. It explains what we are doing to make ProLiant servers and infrastructure easier to deploy and manage and how we enhance and enable new vSphere 5.0 capabilities.

This technology brief discusses all these considerations for direct attached storage to HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Note that we include multiple types of DAS: Storage that connects directly to the drive controller or through an expander to the drive controller, and Storage within the server chassis or in an external chassis.

The HP iLO Management Engine is a suite of embedded management technologies that supports the complete lifecycle of all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, from initial deployment to ongoing management and service alerting. The iLO Management Engine is a key component of the end-to-end HP Insight Management server management portfolio, along with HP Insight Control and HP Insight Online. Together they provide customers with the most comprehensive set of server management capabilities in the industry.

Microsoft recommends Microsoft System Center as the management platform for Hyper-V, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Internet Information Service. As a result, our customers are using System Center to manage virtualized environments and monitor their operating systems and applications. By integrating HP Insight Control for System Center software extensions, they're saving time and money. It allows them to use their System Center consoles to manage the Microsoft applications and the HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem components seamlessly. This integration note provides guidance for integrating HP Insight Control for System Center with Microsoft System Center.

This technology brief describes several new technologies we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. This generation of servers represents a leap in innovation and it addresses the complex management challenges that IT administrators are facing today. We built HP ProLiant Gen8 servers with more than 150 design innovations and more than 900 patents pending.

The purpose of this integration note is to help you install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, and the R2 versions of these products. It describes the level of support available for these hypervisor-based software platforms for running multiple guest operating systems on a single server.

IT administrators often measure the resiliency of a server by its reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS). The reliability of a server is its ability to avoid errors and faults. The availability of a server relates to its continued operation in spite of failures or errors. The serviceability of a server is its capability to self-heal and the ease in which it can be maintained. Memory RAS is key to defining the resiliency of a server in dealing with hardware errors. HP Memory Quarantine provides self-healing RAS capability for a server to deal with errors that would otherwise result in system crashes. This paper describes how the HP Memory Quarantine mechanism works and what it can achieve for IT administrators.