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HP has had their own in house CPU architecture, PA-RISC. Servers made with PA-RISC are the "classic" HP servers. HP calls this line of servers "HP 9000".
Sadly, stopped selling these December 31, 2008. PA-RISC servers kick ass!
| Model | Ht | Color | Sckts | Cores | Disk | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rp4440 | 4U | Graphite | 4 | 8 | SCSI | Very similar (same chassis?) as rx4640. Always dual core. |
HP partnered with Intel to make the Itanium CPU architecture. HP basically gave all their PA-RISC talent to Intel for this effort, and closed their VLSI laboratory (was http://cpus.hp.com) and chip fabs. (Intel subsequently repeatedly made Itanium marketing fumbles and AMD came along with X86-64. HP got screwed, IMHO.)
HP's entry level x86 servers are called "Proliant" (this line was acquired by HP when they bought Compaq).
Enterprise HP Servers made with Itanium are called "Integrity". Integrity servers kick ass too!
| Model | Ht | Color | Sckts | Cores | Disk | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rx2600 | 2U | Wht | 2 | 2 | SCSI | I've seen some on Ebay that look graphite color, usually these are white |
| rx2620 | 2U | Graphite | 2 | 4 | SCSI | Usually see these in single core, book says could be upgraded to dual core |
| rx2660 | 2U | Graphite | 2 | 4 | SAS | Always dual core |
Here's some tips on racking Integrity systems.
