http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Mission-Critical-Computing-Blog/What-if-Your-IT-Data-Center-Needs-to-Take-a-Pit-Stop/ba-p/93733 <p><font size="2">A pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the “pits” during a race for refueling, new tires, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, or any combination of the above.</font></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/4287i8338B596AB85F132/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" align="center" title="pit stop.jpg" alt="pit stop.jpg" border="0"></p><p> </p><p><font size="2">In any racing series that permits scheduled pit stops, pit strategy becomes one of the most important features of the race. This is because a race car traveling at 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour) will travel approximately 150 feet (45 meters) per second. During a 10-second pit stop, all of a car's competitors will gain approximately one-quarter mile (one-half kilometer) over the stopped car.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><strong>Your IT data center is in the same type of race.</strong></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="2">With global competition and customers in multiple time zones, businesses require 24x7x365 availability for their IT services as a precondition of staying viable. Today, supply chains extend across continents, and end-to-end applications span computing tiers. Computing plays a vital role in supporting these uninterruptible business processes.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><strong>But what if your data center needs to take a pit stop?</strong></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="2">How quickly can you service the components, systems, or applications to get back up and running—before your competitors gain an edge?</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">With <a title="HP Superdome2 Video from HP Discover" target="_blank" href=" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ude6jL4MxO4">HP Superdome 2</a> (watch the video), serviceability is an easy, quick, and tool-less exercise that requires no special training. Some key serviceability features include the following:</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><font size="2">The Intel Itanium processor modules can be replaced in their sockets without any special tools or training—in less than 30 seconds</font></li><li><font size="2">The Superdome 2 employs the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure design to gain more serviceability through hot-swap power supplies and fans</font></li><li><font size="2">The Superdome 2 cross-bar boards are individually serviceable while the machine is online, without using any special tools</font></li></ul><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">Serviceability is one of the key criteria mission-critical customers consider when purchasing their high-end systems, like the HP Superdome 2. </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="2">Read more in the IDC whitepaper, &quot;Evaluation of Mission-Critical Computing Systems: Key Criteria for High-End Systems Customers&quot; by Jean Bozman and Matthew Eastwood (June 2011).</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:53:34 GMT KariCornwell 2011-06-09T20:53:34Z http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Mission-Critical-Computing-Blog/What-if-Your-IT-Data-Center-Needs-to-Take-a-Pit-Stop/ba-p/93733 <p><font size="3">How quickly can you service components, systems, or applications to get back up and running—before your competitors gain an edge?</font></p> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:53:34 GMT http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Mission-Critical-Computing-Blog/What-if-Your-IT-Data-Center-Needs-to-Take-a-Pit-Stop/ba-p/93733 KariCornwell 2011-06-09T20:53:34Z