HP has announced new server, storage and power management products that it says will cut data center operating and energy costs.

 

Offered under the HP Converged Infrastructure badge, the new solutions include a product that enables “an automated, energy-aware network” between HP ProLiant servers.

 

Known as Intelligent Power Discovery, HP says it creates “third-party facility management tools and data center power grids.” 

 

“[T]he software provides greater transparency and insight into power usage by creating a real-time, graphical map of energy usage across servers and facilities,” HP said.

 

It said the clients could extend the lives of data centers and save up to $5 million per every 1,000 servers in one year.

 

HP is also introducing three new ProLiant rack-mount servers that will cut the data center footprint and a consolidation ratio of up to 91-to-1, while the BladeSystem Matrix will automate private cloud deployment.

 

Another product, Virtual Connect, will converge data and storage networks portfolio delivers automated, wire-once connectivity to any network, eliminating up to 95% of sprawl at the network edge.

 

The new Virtual Connect FlexFabric module is a single device that connects servers to any Fiber Channel, Ethernet and iSCSI network, eliminating the need for multiple interconnects.