HP launches Software-defined Moonshot Server

HP has announced availability of HP Moonshot system to deliver new infrastructure economics for data centers by using up less energy, less space and less costing as expected by the company.

 Vikram K, Director, ISS, HP India, said, "With nearly 10 billion devices connected to the internet and predictions for exponential growth, we have 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."

HP Moonshot is expected to deliver a significant improvement in energy, space, cost and simplicity. This new system is the second-generation server from HP’s Project Moonshot engineered to address the IT challenges created by social, cloud, mobile and big data. These servers are built from chips more commonly found in smartphones and tablets, which allow the servers to deliver reduced energy use and a high-density footprint, all at a significantly lower cost.

This system consists of the HP Moonshot 1500 enclosure and application-optimized HP ProLiant Moonshot servers. These servers will offer processors from multiple HP partners, each targeting a specific workload.

The first HP ProLiant Moonshot server is available with the Intel Atom S1200 processor and supports web-hosting workloads. HP Moonshot 1500, a 4.3u server enclosure, is fully equipped with 45 Intel-based servers. The HP Moonshot server system is available in the United States and Canada and will be available in Europe, Asia and Latin America in May. The pricing of these servers begins at $61,875 for the enclosure.