HP Apollo 6000 System

HP has taken the lead on a new approach: thinking beyond just the server and designing a rack-level solution that gives you the right compute for the right workload at the right economics so you can get the most out of your infrastructure—and your budget. In fact, the HP Apollo 6000 System with ProLiant XL220a Server trays, delivers 4x the performance per dollar per watt than a competing 2P blade1 for design automation workloads, using 60% less space2.  

The HP Apollo 6000 System starts with a modular 5U chassis that holds up to 10 independent trays, each with two ProLiant XL220a Server nodes. Each node has an Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series processor, with up to 32Gb memory and up to 2TB storage. (Additional compute and accelerator trays will be available soon.) HP rack-level innovations give you the flexibility to fit 20 servers in the space of 5 traditional servers (5U), and power up to 120 servers with a single power shelf. The HP Innovation Zone also allows for a variety of I/O options to fit your workload needs while increasing cost savings.   The demand for more compute performance for applications used by engineering design automation (EDA), risk modeling, or life sciences is relentless. If you work with single-threaded application workloads like these, your success depends on optimizing performance with maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness along with easy management for large-scale deployments. To address those challenges, HP has taken the lead on a new approach: thinking beyond just the server and designing a rack-level solution that gives you the right compute and the right economics so you can get the most out of your infrastructure—and your budget.

Better performance per core, watt, and square foot HP Apollo 6000 System gives you the flexibility that leads to savings:

• Per core—Two 1P servers per tray with Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3 series processors with up to four cores each increase performance per core for single threaded applications over a 2P blade.

• Per watt—The external power shelf supports up to 6 chassis, and the HP Advanced Power Manager dynamically monitors and manages power to save on energy.

• Per square foot—With 10 slots for server, storage, and/or accelerator trays per 5U chassis, you can fit up to 160 HP ProLiant XL220a Servers in one 48U rack, using 60% less space than competing blades.

• With flexibility—HP rack-level innovations give you the flexibility to fit 20 servers in the space of five traditional servers (5U), and power up to 120 servers with a single power shelf. The HP Innovation Zone also allows for NIC, FlexibleLOM options to fit your workload needs while increasing cost savings. Rack-scale solutions with better density, performance, power efficiency, and cost of ownership, starting with single-threaded application workloads.

• With savings—The first available server tray, the HP ProLiant XL220a, is a great fit for singlethreaded applications. Take advantage of compute, storage, and accelerator tray options as they become available in the same modular HP Apollo a6000 Chassis. To round out your solution, HP has a global team of award-winning, high-performance computing (HPC) services experts available to help design, deploy, manage, and support your HPC environment and processes, including consulting, integration, outsourcing, and support. For example, HP Datacenter Care is ideal for HPC environments, giving large scale IT environments the flexibility and economies of scale to manage HP and non-HP hardware and software environments effectively.

“We are seeing up to a 35 percent performance increase in our EDA workloads; we have deployed more than 5,000 of these servers, achieving better rack density and power efficiency, while delivering higher application performance to Intel silicon design engineers.” – Kim Stevenson, Intel CIO