HP ProLiant and Integrity Servers in a Windows Environment

Overview

Recent advancements in processor technology have resulted in a proliferation of server platforms and customer choices. Only a couple of years ago an IT organization had two primary choices for server platform: the 32-bit x86 processor or the 64-bit Itanium processor. The 32-bit platform was the choice for general-purpose tasks; the Itanium-based systems were primarily oriented toward mission-critical enterprise workloads. The emergence of the x64 platform has added a second 64-bit computing platform to this list of customer choices. This paper positions the HP ProLiant and Integrity server lines, with the goal of helping customers understand which server best fits their needs.