05/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server Blade achieves #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

• The HP ProLiant BL685c G6 earned a #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application on Windows, achieving 4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users with 24,230 SAPS.
• With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the HP ProLiant BL685c G6 4 processors/24 cores/24 threads result achieved more than twice the performance of the 4 processors/16 cores/16 threads Dell PowerEdge M905 result and just 63 fewer SAP SD Benchmark users than the 8 processors/48 cores/48 threads result of the NEC Express5800 A1160.
• With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the performance scalability for Six-Core processors for the ProLiant BL685c G6 was 42% better when compared to its previous Quad-Core result.
• Comparing the 2-processor/12-core BL465c G6 configuration (2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users) to the 4-processor/24-core BL685c G6 configuration (4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users) shows six-core two-processor to four-processor scaling of 87.7%.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Virtualization Blade: #1 2-socket blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP oLiant BL490c G6 is the highest performing 2-socket server blade and the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 24.24@17 tiles. This result shows that customers have the potential to achieve up to 6,528 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 4-socket blade virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.9-GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 20.87@14 tiles.
With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 2,688 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 with BL685c: #1 blade result on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark

• Industry-leading blade result across all benchmark metrics for small model single database instance
• HP ProLiant servers hold the TOP 12 POSITIONS for published Oracle E-Business Suite small model benchmarks

04/09 HP ProLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 two-processor Windows result on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 two-processor perormance result for the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 4.0 on Windows, achieving 3,310 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,070 SAPS.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns #2 spot. New generation ProLiant servers run Windows 2008
The ProLiant DL380 G6 also posted a leading two-processor performance spot for the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, achieving 3,300 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,030 SAPS. Both benchmarks ran Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.

03/09 ProLiant BL680c G5 upgrade shows increased performance advantage on VMmark benchmark
Upgrading to the next HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server with the latest Intel Xeon server processor shows a VMmark performance advantage of over 16%. HP ProLiant servers also extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. ONLY HP offers the most choice with the Intel 7000 sequence blade offerings.

01/09 HP ProLiant demonstrates blade virtualization performance leadership:ProLiant BL685c G5 and ProLiant BL495c G5 take VMmark records
The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 delivers the best blade performance for virtualization with its latest record of 19.96 @ 14 tiles - up to 2,688 VMs and 4 TB memory per 42U rack. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles - up to 3,072 VMs per 42U rack. The servers defeated competitors IBM and Dell with these results.

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