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The HP BladeSystem 7000c Enclosure fits into standard server racks, taking up 17.5 inches of vertical rack slots, or 10U, with room for 16 different server or storage blades.

HP's call was backed up by market research firm Dataquest, which said that although blade server shipments will increase more than tenfold by 2006, a common standard is essential if buyers are to ...

The company also plans to offer server blades with PA-RISC and Itanium processors as well as Windows and HP-UX. The basic blade will sell for $1,925, Jacob said.

The HP blade chassis we tested takes up 6U worth of space. A dual redundant configuration requires two 208V AC 30 amp feeds; one power distribution unit can power several full blade chassis and/or ...

Hewlett-Packard announces a new, thinner blade server--a system that will enable customers to stack twice as many of the dual-processor machines into the same space. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

HP also sells a line of blades aimed at telecommunications companies, called BH blade servers. HP has captured the majority of the nascent blade market thus far, according to first quarter numbers ...

Hewlett-Packard is set to deliver a new blade that will quadruple the virtual desktops that can be deployed from one server compared to the company’s previous offerings. The HP ProLiant WS460c ...

With the new HP Integrity BL60p, which runs HP-UX 11i, HP becomes the second server vendor after IBM to allow the mixing of Windows, Linux and Unix server blades in a single enclosure.

The HP BladeSystem 7000c Enclosure fits into standard server racks, taking up 17.5 inches of vertical rack slots, or 10U, with room for 16 different server or storage blades.

HP has also announced the new BladeSystem c7000 Platinum chassis, which delivers 40 percent more bandwidth than its predecessor, released in 2006. The chassis will host HP’s C-class blades.

We looked at two server blade offerings from HP - the heavy-duty BL p-Class and the lower-end BL e-Class servers. The p-Class blade system scored a 4.3, based on its great management and ...