Using Hadoop-based Big Data analytics and object storage, organizations seek to glean intelligence to use for competitive advantage. Traditional databases can't handle the volume, velocity and variety of these new data types. The HP Apollo Gen9 4200 Server is purpose built for this and fits seamlessly into traditional data centers so you can deploy big data solutions at a cost and scale that's right for you.
Deriving intelligence from Big Data leads to a competitive business advantage that can benefit organizations of all sizes. The exponential growth of Big Data, much of which is unstructured, web click streams, social media messages, images and video and readings from sensors on increasing numbers of network connected machines, is straining the capabilities of traditional, structured databases, which are not well suited to storing and processing Big Data at this new scale cost effectively. This has led to data center challenges, such as capacity constraints, spiraling energy costs, infrastructure complexity and inefficiencies.
To maximize the value of Big Data, you need a server that was purpose built for Big Data workloads. HP has been a leader in introducing systems purpose built for Big Data, including the recently introduced HP Apollo 4500 systems family, which provides optimized solutions for Big Data analytics and object storage. The question up to now has been: How can we get started with purpose built Big Data server systems that can be easily deployed and operated within a traditional rack server data center environment at a cost and scale that firs the need for a variety of projects and the budget for future growth?
HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 Server, The enterprise bridge to server solutions for Big Data
That's why HP has introduced the HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 Server. This server is purpose built to support the technologies that are enabling you to tame Big Data, like Hadoop based analytics and object storage systems. It has been optimized for density, performance and affordability and with its leading storage capacity of 224 terabytes per 2U server with up to 28 large form factor (LFF) hard disk drives (HDDs)/solid state drives (SSDs) or up to 50 small form factor (SFF) HDDs/SSDs, it is a truly revolutionary new design. This versatile 2U Big Data server integrates seamlessly into traditional enterprise data centers with the same rack dimensions, cabling and serviceability, as well as the same administration procedure and tools. All of this makes it the ideal bridge system for implementing purpose built Big Data server infrastructure today, with the capability to scale in affordable increments as you grow.
Purpose built for Big Data analytics and object storage solutions
The HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 server is an ideal platform for analytics based on parallel Hadoop data mining such as developing a 360 degree view of customers to improve the cost effectiveness of advertising and promotions, increase Web commerce sales, create focused, real time personalized marketing and increase customer retention and satisfaction.
It is also well suited to analytics systems for volumes of machine generated data being analyzed to streamline and automate operations and improve efficiency and profitability. It is also a great fit for object storage solutions ranging from collaboration and content distribution, to content repositories and active archives, to back up repositories and cold storage and everything in between.
The HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 server is available in two models, an LFF HDD/SSD configuration optimized for object storage solutions and an SFF HDD/SDD configuration optimized for Hadoop and Big Data analytics. Large, medium and small enterprise customers who want to start or grow Hadoop based analytics solutions, NoSQL database analytics or want to deploy object storage systems, will find exactly what they need in the HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 Server.
This 2U rack server has industry leading storage capacity of up to 224 terabytes with up to 28 hot plug LFF HDDs/SSDs per server. It also delivers great, economical capacity at scale with 4.4 petabytes capacity with 20 servers in a 42U rack. It can also be configured for the performance and throughput needed to cover the range of solutions across object storage and Big Data analytics with HP ProLiant Gen9 processor and memory options, up to 28 HFF or 50 SFF hot plud HDDs/SSDs and SSDs, high performance disk controllers and fast, high capacity I/O options.
The familiar 2U rack server form factor and manageability features and the low initial cost combine to provide a whole new category of Big Data server, with a capacity right sized for enterprises and SMEs to begin implementations in your current data center today.
Key features and benefits
The HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 server is an entirely new density optimized server storage solution designed for traditional enterprise and SME rack server data centers. The leadership capacity of this 2U server lets you start object storage and Big Data analytics projects cost effectively at smaller scale and begin achieving space and power efficiency savings without changing anything in your current IT environment.
The HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 server is available in two models, an LFF HDD/SSD configuration optimized for object storage solutions and an SFF HDD/SSD configuration optimized for Hadoop and Big Data analytics.
Object storage: HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 LFF Server
A 2U, two processor rack server system optimized for object storage density, performance and affordability with LFF HDDs/SSDs.
Leadership storage capacity
- Up to 224 terabytes of direct attached storage per server and 4.48 petabyte storage capacity per rack
- Supporting up to 28 hot swappable LFF SAS or SATA HDDs/SSDs.
Designed to fit into traditional rack server data centers today
- Standard rack size, front side hot plug disk serviceable, rear aisle cabling and standard rack server system administration
- Plug and play in traditional data centers with same racks, cabling and servicing accessibility, easy to implement and support, use the same system administration and no need for retraining or disruption.
- Individually serviceable hot plug LFF HDDs/SSDs
Choose the right balance of performance and cost efficiency
- Start and grow enterprise object storage solutions in cost effective 2U increments
- Two processor server configuration options for:
- Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 series processors with choices from 4-18 cores, 1.6 GHz-3.5 GHz CPU speed and power ratings between 55-145 watts
- 16 memory DIMM slots with up to 512 GB DDR4 memory at up to 2,133 MHz, ideal for object stores needing fast performance with small objects
- Up to five PCI express (PCIe) Gen3 slots with options to meet networking and cluster performance, throughput and responsiveness needs in applications requiring higher speed I/O.
Big Data analytics: HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 SFF Server
A 2U, two processor rack server system optimized for the density, performance and affordability required for analytics workloads, with SFF HDDs/SSDs and performance and cost efficiency options to provide the right balance for Hadoop and the variety of Big Data analytics solutions.
Leadership storage capacity
- Up to 100 TB of direct attached storage per server
- Up to 50 hot swappable SFF SAS or SATA HSSs/SSDs
Designed to fit into traditional rack server data centers today
- Standard rack size, front side hot plug disk serviceable, rear aisle cabling and standard rack server system administration
- Plug and play in traditional data centers with same racks, cabling and servicing accessibility, easy to implement and support, use the same system administration and no retraining and disruption
- Individually serviceable hot plug SFF HDDs/SSDs
Choose the right balance of performance and cost efficiency
- Start and grow enterprise and SME analytics solutions in cost effective 2U increments
- Two processor server configuration options for:
- Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 series processors with choices from 4 - 18 cores, 1.6 GHz-3.5 GHz CPU speed and power ratings between 55-145 watts
- 16 memory dimm slots with up to 512 GB DDR4 memory at up to 2,133 MHz, ideal for in memory data processing for near real time analytics software
- Storage performance options, the SFF HDD model supports SAS and SSD drives with 12G output and 15k revolutions per minute, to speed data transfer for analytics workloads
- Up to five PCIe Gen3 slots to meet networking and cluster performance needs in applications requiring higher speed I/O
