HP has introduced the new software defined server, the HP Moonshot system for the enterprises, based on 64-bit Intel Atom S1200 processor family.
The second-generation server from HP’s Project Moonshot is built on the HP’s server intellectual property (IP) and is claimed to provide improvement in energy, space, cost and simplicity.
According to the company, the HP Moonshot offers support for about 1,800 servers per rack and is made from chips found in smartphones and tablets and is engineered to address the IT challenges created by social, cloud, mobile and big data.
The system consists of HP Moonshot 1500 enclosure and application-optimised HP ProLiant Moonshot servers that provide processors from multiple HP partners.
HP president and chief executive officer Meg Whitman said that with about 10 billion devices connected to the internet and predictions for exponential growth, the company has reached a point where the space, power and cost demands of traditional technology are no longer sustainable.
"HP Moonshot marks the beginning of a new style of IT that will change the infrastructure economics and lay the foundation for the next 20 billion devices," Whitman added.
HP claims that the new server will use 89% less energy, 80% less space and cost 77% less compared to traditional servers.
HP has also launched the HP ProLiant Moonshot server with the Intel Atom S1200 processor supports web-hosting workloads, while the HP Moonshot 1500, a 4.3u server enclosure is equipped with 45 Intel-based servers.
ProLiant Moonshot servers powered by Atom S1200 also claimed to fit into any environment while software applications will run smoothly on the server without requiring porting.
