BANGALORE: Delivering on Compaq's vision of adaptive infrastructure computing
to allow increased adaptability and investment protection to customers, Compaq India
has launched the Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class Server in India. The ProLiant BL
e-Class is the first ultra-dense, server blade architecture engineered for the
enterprise, enabling customers to pack 280 servers into a standard 42U rack.
The ProLiant BL Line is specifically designed to address the needs of
space-constrained enterprises and service providers for increased server
density, rapid deployment and provisioning, and remote manageability. ProLiant
BL servers are optimized for use with the ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment
Pack allowing automatic configuration and installation of operating systems and
applications on tens or hundreds of servers simultaneously. ProLiant BL server
blades include Compaq industry-leading technologies such as tool-free mechanical
designs, hot-plug redundant components, and integrated management functionality.
The ProLiant BL e-Class server blades provide power-efficient performance for
front-end Web serving, utility serving, and as computational cluster nodes. The
new ProLiant BL e-Class is based on a modular architecture consisting of:
Ultra-dense power/performance server blades, Enterprise class blade enclosure
and Flexible deployment and investment protection.
"The ProLiant BL e-Class Server is optimized to provide customers
operating in a multi-tier environment the flexibility to increase server numbers
without compromising on performance or being constrained by space. It enables
the enterprise to quickly respond to changing business needs through dynamic
resource scaling and virtual presence and control," said Pallab Talukdar,
director, Enterprise Products, Enterprise Business Group, Compaq India.
The ProLiant BL e-Class servers and enclosure are available for immediate
shipment. Each ProLiant BL10e server would be priced at Rs 2 lakh plus taxes,
and the enclosure at Rs 5 Lakh plus taxes.