Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure : datacenter

Oracle Open World 2009 Datacenter Center Power and Cooling Summary

C Purcell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:37:00 GMT

A quick video outlining Datacenter futures and architectures with Richard Fichera, Director of BladeSystem strategy http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=HPatOracleOpenWorld#p/u/9/1wbM3RB4elI...(read more)

PODs and Hovercraft

Daniel Bowers — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Outside of my window, they're pouring the cement on the bays where future HP PODs will be tested. Here are some pics. A POD (Performance-Optimized Data center) is a 40-foot container filled with servers, storage, and other IT gear. HP can build &...(read more)

Applications Matter - What Affects Server Power Consumption: Part 2

Tony Harvey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:21:00 GMT

How does the application you are using and what it is doing affect the power consumption of system. The first thing that everyone looks at when talking about power consumption is CPU utilization. Unfortunately CPU utilization is not a good proxy for power...(read more)

Configuration Matters - What Affects Server Power Consumption: Part 1

Tony Harvey — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:06:00 GMT

Following on from my first post I'll take a look at the affect hardware configuration will have on the power consumption of the enclosure. To do this I went into the Blade Power Sizer and configured up two equivalent systems. I kept the enclosure...(read more)

Designing infrastructure the way IT wants to work

Gary Thome — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:46:00 GMT

We've been on the Adaptive Infrastructure journey at HP for several years now. This week we are announcing an important milestone: BladeSystem Matrix. We've been really thinking a lot about how customers use IT and ways we can optimize IT infrastructure...(read more)

Strategic Means Being Steadfast

kendallmblog — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Today, Cisco announced a new product that leverages network intelligence to provision resources together as virtualized services. This industry-first approach greatly reduces application deployment times, improves overall resource utilization, and offers...(read more)

Consolidation versus Convergence

newtonja — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:15:00 GMT

Words mean things. At least they do in the real world. Sometimes I wonder about the IT world. Here are two words I want to explore today. Consolidation versus Convergence....(read more)

The data center vision you can buy

newtonja — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:04:00 GMT

The late 1990's were fun. We had Pokeman, Pottermania, and this new virus called Reality TV. Oh, and how can we forget the IT vision-du-jour from every tech vendor under the sun promising to define the future of the data center. Signed, sealed, but not quite delivered. Read more to see how that world has changed in the last few years....(read more)

9 Trends in 2009: What's Hot and What's Not in the Data Center

newtonja — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:30:00 GMT

We can’t let Illuminata, Gartner, IDC and Forrester have all the fun, so we sat down and came up with our own What’s Hot and What’s Not in the Data Center list for 2009. Read on for the top 9 things in '09 plus the runner-ups that just missed the list. If you don't see your hot button in 2009 here, let us here about it!...(read more)

Data Center Ants and Grasshoppers

newtonja — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Will 2009 be a tough year for IT departments, and us tech vendors too? Duh. Will it be as bad as the article I read today, 2009 - Thomas the Tank's journey to IT Hell ? We shall see. Too often, tough times inspire dark predictions, preying on our...(read more)

Thermal Logic – The coolest ideas for your hottest problems

Gary Thome — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Today we are announcing some significant Thermal Logic innovations. I'm sure if you're reading this first, you are thinking "wait, here comes another vendor claim that they are most energy efficient!" I'd hate to disappoint you, but we do believe that addressing power and cooling challenges is much more than just a server that takes less power. Okay we do have a new energy efficient blade server. In fact we have a portfolio of energy efficient blades servers. But wait, there is more! Really! ...(read more)

Games vendors play . . . with power efficiency claims

Gary Thome — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:13:00 GMT

These days, server power efficiency is top of mind for everyone. Five years ago, most customers had no idea how much power a server used. Now, everyone knows - its a lot. In some cases, customers are making power consumption the primary criteria for vendor selection. So why is it so dang hard to get a straight story on exactly what options are the most power efficient? We'll fill you in on the dirty little secrets you need to know. ...(read more)

Even a Prius can run out gas

newtonja — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:02:00 GMT

I snapped this picture below on the way to work Friday. At first glance, it's simply a car that ran out of gas. A closer look shows it's a Prius. Huh?!? How do you run out of gas in a Prius? A datacenter has a gas gauge too. Have you checked yours lately? ...(read more)