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The ProLiant ML530 Generation 2 is a high-performance 2-way server that delivers industry-leading expansion and availability features. ProLiant engineering and design expertise optimize system resources for intensive data center and remote office environments. Processor, memory, and I/O subsystems combine to provide unbeatable price/performance for database engines or server consolidation efforts. Internal expansion of up to 14 hot-plug hard drives and 7 PCI-X slots allows application flexibility and headroom for future growth. Intelligent fault resilience features, such as Advanced Memory Protection technology and hot-plug components guarantee maximum uptime for business-critical and infrastructure applications.

High Performance Design

• Leading the way with 2.8GHz Intel DP Xeon processors, DDR SDRAM, and PCI-X technology, the ProLiant ML530 G2 is designed with a balanced system architecture to maximize application performance and user workload.

Intelligent Fault Resilience

• The first 2P server with Mirrored Memory, the ProLiant ML530 G2 reduces server downtime for high availability environments.

Optimized For Server Consolidation

• The ProLiant ML530 G2 is optimized for server consolidation and future growth, with more internal expansion than any 2P server on the market.

Management and Serviceability Features

• Designed with ProLiant industry-leading management tools to ease network management and server deployment.

What's New

• Latest dual processor Xeon™ processor from Intel
• 2.8 GHz DP Xeon processors with 400 MHz system bus
• 512k L2 cache
• Hyper Threading Technology

Ideal Environment

Companies over 500 employees with data centers or remote sites that require a high performance, highly expandable departmental class server.

Ideal Applications

• Server Consolidation Platform
• Remote Site or Branch Office Server
• High Performance, Low Cost Database Engine
• Microsoft SQL
• Oracle
• Large Infrastructure
• File and Print
• Domain Controller
• Directory Services
• Wireless Gateway
• Mail and Messaging
• Microsoft Exchange
• Lotus Domino
• Novell GroupWise
• Dedicated Application Server
• E-Commerce Storefronts
• Internet/Intranet Back-end Applications
• Video Streaming
• Current Customer Problem - corporate data center

As IT expenditures continue to receive intense scrutiny and justification, customers need to increase efficiency of data center resources through server consolidation and centralization. Key components in identifying the appropriate server technology are balancing requirements for flexible configuration and large internal storage, while at the same time improving performance standards to increase end user productivity.

• Need internal drive and slot expansion for server consolidation- more users per server or more applications per server
• Looking for the optimum price/performance ratio for database and large infrastructure applications
• Need an all-purpose server to fit a variety of requirements to reduce the number of different types of servers to manage
• Want to standardize on a high performance 2P server and requires configuration flexibility of slot count vs. embedded solutions
• Manage a large site and has standardized on a distributed messaging environment

Typical Use

• Infrastructure (email, file & print, domain server)
• Small to Medium Database
• HP Solves the Customer Problem

The ProLiant ML530 Generation 2 server is the corporate workhorse that meets customer requirements for performance, availability, and expansion at a competitive ProLiant ML line price. An enterprise class chipset, Intel Xeon processors, DDR SDRAM that is 2:1 interleaved, and PCI-X technology provide a balanced system platform that optimizes application performance. The ProLiant ML530 series servers have a long history of record-breaking results, as shown by TPC benchmark tests. (The TPC benchmark Web site is http://www.tpc.org/)

The system ships standard with 12 hot plug drive bays, and can be expanded to 14 with an optional 2 bay drive cage. Internal drive capacity combined with 7 PCI-X slots, an embedded 10/100 NIC plus up to 16GB of memory the ProLiant ML530 G2 can handle a large end user load. Customers tell us that the ProLiant ML530 series servers let them 'put as much stuff as possible' into the server for the most efficient use of IT resources.

The increased workload capabilities of next-generation Intel DP Xeon processors extend the value proposition even further. DP Xeon processors not only increase system performance, they can also handle a significantly greater end-user workload per processor. That means customers can add more users per server, or more applications per server, and the system will still run significantly faster than Pentium III systems. Plus the 512k L2 cache means the ProLiant ML530 G2 can be used in CPU intensive environments such as database applications.

Example: Current Customer Problem (branch office)

A large remote site, such as a branch office, often has the same expansion and configuration flexibility requirements as a centralized corporate data center. Additionally, IT managers require more redundancy and availability features in this environment because there is not a trained technician on site. As a result, the ability to schedule downtime through server availability features, plus access to remote management capabilities, is important criteria in choosing server technology.

• Require a lot of internal storage capacity for expanding branch office environment
• Need configuration flexibility of card in a slot vs. embedded devices to address unique requirements of individual offices
• High availability/redundancy features plus remote management capabilities essential for a remote office
• Do not want to continually upgrade the server as branch requirements grow, so expansion capabilities are a key server criteria

Typical Use

• Infrastructue (Mail and Messaging, File and Print)
• Stand-alone and proprietary applications
• HP Solves the Customer Problem

The ProLiant ML530 Generation 2 server has high availability features that reduce server downtime and avoid unscheduled outages that could severely impact a remote office environment where trained technicians are not onsite. The ProLiant ML530 G2 is the first 2P server offering Mirrored Memory, which is an optional redundant memory configuration similar to RAID 1 drive configurations. In addition, the same management and configuration tools are available across the entire ProLiant line, helping customers manage and deploy servers whether onsite or located remotely. The ProLiant ML530 G2 features that specifically address availability and remote management requirements are:

• Hot-plug redundant power supplies (1+1 redundancy)
• Hot-plug redundant fans
• Hot-plug PCI-X
• Advanced Memory Protection
• Single-Board Mirrored Memory
• Online Spare Memory
• Advanced ECC Memory Technology
• Redundant ROM
• Remote ROM flash
• Internal RILOE connections for optional RILOE card