New G8 Servers, not available as yet but some exciting new features...
I've been out of the game for a week or so due to holiday, but boy did I miss some exciting announcements. Unfortunately, my time out wasn't spent in Las Vegas for HP's Global Partner Conference but given the choice I'd love to have taken a look at the new G8 systems which were announced.
HP didn't spend a great deal of time boasting about new hardware features, however this might have had something to do with Intel kicking their heels with an announcement on their new line of E5 processors.
None-the-less, features were announced. 150 of them to be exact, all created on the back of extensive research carried out by HP through engagement with their customers. My favourite of these is the 'Location Discovery Services'
Location Discovery Services gives the server a sense of location within a new HP iSeries rack, gathering details such as U location, power, and temperature data.
Compiling detailed server information can be a real pain in the backside for admins, having to feed this data back to boring spreadsheets. A real time, auto - populating data stream could be just what the doctor ordered.
I'm unsure as yet of the ship dates of the HP G8 boxes, I have heard rumours that it could be as early as next month.
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