What are the advantages of HP's low-end servers compared with other vendors?

The quality and diversity of HP server products are deeply loved by individual users of small and medium-sized enterprises. What are the advantages of HP low-end servers in the face of competition from other vendors?

I. Comparison of product advantages

1, product line comparison

Hewlett-Packard is the top server manufacturer in the world, and its server product line is very large, with the number exceeding 150 yuan. The classification of product series is also very complicated, which is divided into five series. Among them, ProLiant is the largest series in the general server product line, and all products belong to industrial standard server types, especially suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. In order to facilitate users' choice, ProLiant series servers are divided into three small series according to industry standards, namely ProLiant ML server series, ProLiant DL server series and ProLiant BL blade server series.

Compared with IBM and HP, Dell's products are less distributed, and all of them are based on IA architecture products. Even in terms of product quantity distribution, IBM is not as good as HP, with more than 100 mainstream products for China market, twice as many as Dell. This is also one of the reasons why HP is popular with users. Basically, small and medium-sized enterprises can find products suitable for their own enterprise applications on the ProLiant series. The confrontation between HP and Dell discussed below is actually the confrontation between a series of ProLiant servers owned by HP and Dell's server products.

2. Product characteristics

Products are the basis of competition, and a clear and complete product line can facilitate users to know their own product information. ProLiant series servers are divided into three categories: ML, DL and BL. ML is a tower server, which can be transformed into a rack server by replacing the bracket. The chassis size of ML series servers is larger, so internal expansion has strong capabilities. DL series servers are cabinet optimization servers, which are characterized by small cabinet size and can accommodate multiple servers at the same time, thus obtaining higher processing capacity. BL series servers are often called blade servers. Moreover, HP itself has strong technical development strength, and its product characteristics constitute the competitive capital of HP in the whole server market, which is a powerful guarantee for occupying the leading position in the market.

3. Product price comparison

Because HP's server sales are large, the whole manufacturing cost is reduced, and HP gives this part of the cost to customers. As can be seen from the selling price, in the low-end market, the market price of HP servers with the same configuration is almost the same as that of domestic manufacturers. You know HP is an international manufacturer, and many spare parts are imported. It can be comparable to the price of domestic manufacturers, because the output is large and the manufacturing cost is reduced. For example, the HP ML 150 with the same configuration has the same price as domestic servers. But brand differences are far more than that.

Second, product comparison

Taking rack server as the watershed between high-end and low-end servers, we began to discover HP's amazing technology research and development strength here. First, there are two 4-socket servers, HroLiant DL560 and DL580 G2, which provide scalable performance in a 2U form factor, and are tailored for environments that need a multi-purpose rack-optimized form factor, maximum computing power and powerful high-availability features. In addition, there are 4U high-performance 8-way server products DL740 and DL760 G2, which use HP's own F8 chipset. These technologies undoubtedly represent the true strength of HP.

Rack optimization meets the complex multi-task applications of enterprises with its high-end performance of cluster technology, and provides powerful computing solutions for the most demanding enterprise needs. Therefore, the price can no longer measure the server, and only the strong independent technology development strength of the manufacturer itself is the most effective measure and the most powerful guarantee.

Third, after-sales service comparison

HP's after-sales service has always been known for its gold medal service. It provides a better service level and is easy to purchase and use. The complete service level can help users make full use of server investment, thus providing users with upgrade services beyond the general standard warranty service. There are HP Enhanced Services, HP 4-hour Enhanced Services, HP Critical Business Support Services and HP Dedicated Services. But these services are more for enterprise users, and the low-end ProLiant and IA-32 server products are not so popular. Indeed, it is difficult for SMEs to bear the high service costs. For low-end products, the series of services launched by HP are mainly "2nd working day on-site response service", "4-hour on-site service (5×9×4)" and "4-hour on-site service (7×24×4)", which can be found on HP official website.

Four. Manufacturer introduction

HP is a global technology solution provider for individual users, large, medium and small enterprises and research institutions. HP provides products covering IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, printing and imaging. In the past four fiscal quarters ending June 65438+1October 3 1 day, 2005, HP's turnover reached $81800 million.

1939, in a small garage at No.367 Edison Street, Palo Alto, California, USA, two young inventors, Bill Park Jung Su and Dave Packard, embarked on the road of innovation in Silicon Valley with a beautiful vision for the future development of science and technology and a passion for invention and creation.

Today, HP's capital, technology, information, services and solutions are in a leading position in the same industry. HP has the most comprehensive IT product line, covering products, services and technical support of computers and imaging equipment. HP printers, servers, personal computers and other products are in a leading position in the world. Customers are located in telecommunications, finance, government, transportation, transportation, energy, aerospace, electronics, manufacturing and education.

1985, China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. was established, which is the first high-tech joint venture in China. We have invested in 8 branches, 27 support service offices and 9 wholly-owned and joint ventures in China, and established 30 support service centers to provide all-round services and support for China customers.