Get the choices you need: Migrate to IBM Systems from HP Servers
Changing your underlying IT platform isn’t something you consider lightly Then HP gave clients the news they are replacing their in-house chip, PA-RISC, with servers based on Itanium®. Blades are being positioned as the only solution for data center migrations. Suddenly, clients like you have to decide whether to stay on your current end-of-life platform or transition to the new platform.
But there is an upside—now you can find a system with flexibility and scalability from a partner you can depend on. For the choices you need to run your business, turn to IBM. Don’t settle for a “one size fits all” when building the data center you need to support competitive business growth. IBM offers a range of options including Windows™, Linux® and UNIX®-based systems, allowing you to easily move applications and skills to a new environment.
Leading, not lagging, technology
While HP decided to focus on a single architecture, IBM can offer the best IT solution for your business needs through a flexible choice of systems — a choice from the industry's richest and most scalable portfolio of server and storage offerings.
Reduce complexity — with a partner you can trust
Migrating to IBM Systems can have a far-reaching effect on IT-reducing complexity, enhancing staff productivity and mitigating risk–ensuring a resilient infrastructure that can boost the impact IT has on the business while also addressing the critical requirements for high availability, disaster recovery, and security and service management.
As a trusted partner, IBM can help you leverage technology advancements so you can realize innovation now. Not just in using technology to make things "run faster" but in truly changing how you run your business. You can read some migration success stories here.
HP Server Migration Pathways
Migrating from an HP server platform can be an easy, well-traveled road. With IBM’s broad range of offerings, you can choose the system that is the best enabler for your business and IT objectives.
| Who should migrate | Benefits | HP Server Migration Pathways |
|---|---|---|
| Large enterprise and mid-market HP server customers running UNIX and Linux | UNIX and Linux application support; reduced risk of system obsolescence; superior TCO | Linux or AIX on IBM Power Systems: The Power 520, 550, 570, and 595 offer extraordinary performance and scalability. Take advantage of Power Rewards to reduce the cost and risk of server migration. |
| Microsoft SQL users who are experiencing or anticipating rapid, extensive or unpredictable growth of their database | An affordable and scalable SQL Server 2005 platform to replace HP Xeon MP or other Itanium based server platforms | IBM System x™: x3950 M2, scalable to 16 sockets |
| Microsoft SQL users planning to migrate to SQL Server 2005 and need more processing 'head room' | A scalable SQL Server 2005 platform for any Microsoft SQL server configuration | |
| HP Entry Integrity (rx1620, rx2620) HP Alpha servers | UNIX or Linux applications on a platform with enterprise-class functionality | IBM BladeCenter®: JS23 and JS43 AIXL 5.3 or Linux on Power |
| HP 3000, HPTC Clusters and DIGITAL servers | Reduced space requirements | |
| HP BladeSystem | Integration in a rack with other x86 Blades | |
| Large enterprise and mid-market HP server customers with installed mainframes who are also running UNIX and/or Linux on HP Entry Integrity (rx1620, rx2620), HP Alpha servers, HP 3000, HPTC Clusters and DIGITAL servers, Architects, DC managers and CIOs with Non-Stops and multiple HP 3000 installed in need of consolidation | Reduced cost and complexity of underutilized servers; gain high levels of security and resiliency | IBM System z™: z9 BC, z9 EC Specialty engines (zIIP, zAAP) |
| Large enterprise and mid-market who have HP servers installed (HP Integrity/HP9000/HP3000) and IBM System i™ installed | Reduced IT costs; increase business agility; simplification through consolidation | Linux or AIX on IBM Power Systems |
| Medium and large enterprise HP server customers who are migrating their servers and need to ensure their storage supports changing business needs in a responsive, cost-effective way | Simplified IT complexity; help protect current investments while accommodating growth; scalable storage that delivers on demand data access | Storage: The DS4000 family offers extraordinary performance and TCO |
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1 Source: www.tpc.org (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Results current as of 9/06/06. IBM TPC-C result of 4,033,378 tpmC, $2.97 on a 64-core (32 processor chips, 128 threads) 2.3 GHz POWER5+ System p5-595 (configuration planned to be available 12/20/06) running DB2 9.1 on AIX 5L V5.3 vs. HP TPC-C result of 1,231,433 tpmC, $4.82/tpmC on a 64-core (64 chips, 64 threads) 1.6 GHz Intel® Itanium® 2 Integrity Superdome (configuration available 6/05/06)
2 IBM Solutions Centers worldwide:
www.ibm.com/systems/services/briefingcenter;
www.ibm.com/systems/services/index.html ;
www.ibm.com/systems/storage/solutions/services/featured/hardware_assist.html
3 In 1990, the first computers from IBM to incorporate the Power Architecture™ technology were called the "RISC System/6000®" or "RS/6000."
www.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1990.html
4 Customer Perceptions of the Future of Itanium, IDC 2006
"HP is using Itanium to gradually replace its in-house chip, PA-RISC, the last model of which HP introduced in 2005… Among the PA-RISC customers not planning to adopt Itanium, systems with Intel's Xeon processor are the most likely alternative, expected to be used in 38 percent of cases."
news.com.com/Analyst+firm+offers+rosy+view+of+Itanium/
2100-1006_3-6038932.html (link resides outside of ibm.com)
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