Twice in a row, the powerful HP BladeSystem C-class server has dominated the 'Top 500' list of the world's largest supercomputing installations, by delivering a flexible architecture that provides customers with measurable cost, space and energy savings, including the systems built on HP ProLiant architectures.
HP now commands a total of 418 percent of systems on the 'Top 500' list, representing more Blade installations than all other vendors combined. Versatile and affordable, HP Blade servers provide maximum performance and scale-out computing.
The number of high-performance computing (HPC) installations using Blade servers has increased more than any other computing architecture. In fact, they are gradually replacing proprietary systems and mainframe architectures in commercial environments.
Hence in today's market the HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 powers several of the most powerful industry-standard supercomputing clusters, making it the leading Blade server for, while showcasing a growth of Blade servers for a range of applications from digital media creation and online gaming to more traditional applications such as computer-aided design.-PR