Apparently HP Support is experiencing a large volume of customer calls from Gen8 customers asking for their SmartStart CDs. It seems that not everyone is aware that for both Gen8 ProLiant servers and Gen8 BladeSystems, SmartStart is replaced by Intelligent Provisioning which is initiated by pressing F10 during server POST. Info on Intelligent Provisioning is found at its website at www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning. So there is NO media...

Protecting application data from disasters is critical to keeping businesses up and running. Yet traditional disaster recovery solutions were never intended to address the needs of today’s virtualized data center. As a result, the cost and complexity of using traditional disaster recovery products to address data replication needs in highly virtualized environments forces many organizations to forego disaster recovery altogether. This...

The HP Power Advisor is a tool provided by HP to assist in the estimation of power consumption and proper selection of components including power supplies at a system, rack, and multi-rack level. A variety of additional features are also provided including a condensed bill of materials, a cost of ownership calculator, and a power report. HP Power Advisor is a downloadable Windows based application that operates on your desktop. Instructions...

Several user and best practice guides were updated and published in June. Localized versions are also available. HP SUM Information Library: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation ·         HP SUM User Guide: http://www.hp.com/support/HP_Smart_Update_Manager_UG_en ·         HP SUM 5.1.0 Release Notes: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03343931 ·         HP ProLiant...

HP continues to innovate and lead with Project Moonshot, the extreme low-energy server initiative, and has selected Intel’s new Centerton (Atom) processor for the initial Gemini (codename) production system. Because Moonshot is processor-neutral, it will have swappable processor cartridges so that other processors may be used in the future. The Gemini server system is ideal for hyperscale workloads, where using many extreme low-energy...