The HP ProLiant BL685c G7 Server Blade delivers scale-up, dense, cost-effective 4-socket performance for high-density virtualization and compute-intensive database environments. With up to 64 cores in a single blade and 32 DDR3 registered DIMM slots offering an impressive 1TB memory footprint, these servers are the ideal choice for the most demanding applications.
Delivering over 80 Gb of I/O bandwidth with four embedded HP NC551i Dual Port 10Gb FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter ports and three I/O expansion slots, this is the ideal 4-socket blade for enterprise data centers that demand cost-effective performance and scalability.
What's new
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Up to four (4) AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors, with up to 16 cores per CPU, provide new levels of performance and efficiency over the previous generation.
Features
Multicore Scalability—Up to 64 Cores
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Up to four 4-, 8-, 12- or 16-core AMD Opteron processors, delivering outstanding compute power for high-density virtualization and compute-intensive database environments
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High core count processors enable scaling of VM density for greater consolidation and increased performance with multiple cores per VM for more robust virtualization configurations
Cost Effective with up to 1 TB of Memory and I/O Bandwidth over 80 Gb
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Economical blade design, for greater flexibility and lower TCO, reduces the amount of hardware required for the same performance
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Up to 1 TB of DDR3 Registered DIMMs with Advanced ECC enables a large memory footprint for demanding memory intensive applications
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Two embedded HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapters deliver bandwidth for network intensive applications with Up To sixteen (16) connections to network and storage
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Lower your infrastructure costs and simplify management by converging LAN and SAN traffic over the same flexible connection
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Divide and fine-tune network and storage bandwidth to match application requirements with protocol offload for TCP/IP, FCoE, and iSCSI
Industry-Leading Infrastructure Management for Virtual and Physical Servers
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Deploy servers quickly, proactively manage virtual or physical server health, and reduce power consumption with HP Insight Control
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Save time and conserve valuable IT resources by simplifying remote management with HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3)
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Achieve agility through Cloud Infrastructure Management software with HP Matrix Operating Environment
Reviews dated from 9/1/09 – 10/15/09 may have been part of a sweepstakes submission
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