HP launches new class of server

The system delivers compelling new infrastructure economics by using up to 89 percent less energy, 80 percent less space and costing less than 77 percent compared to traditional servers.

Today’s mega data centers are nearing a breaking point wherefurther growth is restricted due tothe current economics of traditional infrastructure. HP Moonshot servers are a first steporganizations can taketo address these constraints.

“With nearly 10 billion devices connected to the internet and predictions for exponential growth, we have reached a point where the space, power and cost demands of traditional technology are no longer sustainable”, said Meg Whitman, President and Chief executive officer, HP.  “HP Moonshot marks the beginning of a new style of IT that will change the infrastructure economics and lay the foundation for the next 20 billion devices.”

More than 20 years ago, HP introduced the first commercial UNIX server, the HP9000 Series 840,as well as the first x86 server, the HP SystemPro. More than a decade later, HP was granted one of the first patents for blade server architectures. The company hasremained the x86 server market leader for the last 16 years.

The new HP Moonshot system is the second-generation server from HP’s Project Moonshot. This new class of server is engineered to address the IT challenges created by social, cloud, mobile and big data. HP Moonshot servers are built from chips more commonly found in smartphones and tablets, which allow the servers to deliver reduced energy use and a high-density footprint, all at a significantly lower cost.