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Chapter 4.
Introducing the Series 980/300 and 980/400
Mainframe power at your command
High-end performance range extended by 60%
The Series 980/300 and 980/400 multiprocessors deliver mainframe-class
performance Extending the Series 980 high-end performance range by over
60%, the Series 980/300 and 980/400 offer customers with Series 95x,
960 and low-end 980 systems greater investment protection with a
broader performance board upgrade path.
More powerful than 85% of installed IBM mainframes!
The new Series 980 systems are comparable in performance to the
midrange and high-end of ES/9000 air-cooled mainframes and the low-end
range of ES/9000 water-cooled mainframes In fact, the Series 980
systems are more powerful than 85% of installed IBM mainframes: the
43xx family, the 30xx systems, and ES/9000 models.
Investment protection to next generation high-end platform
Customers purchasing Series 980 systems today are assured of protecting
their HP 3000 investment Attractive Series 980 return credits will be
offered toward the next generation higher performance system Details
are outlined in the CSY Hotline, subject = S980ROI.
Availability and MPE/iX requirements
Since the announcement of the Series 980/300 in August at San Diego
Interex, customers have already placed special orders for the 980/300
Orderable and available in December, the Series 980/300 requires MPE/iX
3.0 along with a special patch that is shipped with it The 980/400 is
orderable as of January 1 and is shipping with standard availability of
12 to 16 weeks.
(Figure 4.1)
Series 980 performance
Excellent performance for large system environments
A new benchmark for the data center
A new benchmark has been developed to compare HP 3000 system
performance in typical data center environments To reflect the broad
range of typical data center applications, about 60% of the benchmark
workload is online and is based on a third party, database intensive
application using VPLUS and TurboIMAGE The remaining workload is batch,
with multiple applications running against multiple databases
simultaneously to better represent an actual data center work
environment.
Results demonstrate the high performance of the Series 980
Based on this benchmark, the Series 980/400 provides 1.6 times more
performance than the Series 980/200, and 2.6 times more performance
than the Series 980/100 The Series 980 platform also continues to
significantly outperform the midrange 9x7 systems, in addition to
providing higher configurability.
Additional high-end performance benchmarks in FY92
TPC-A should continue to be used to compare midrange systems against
the competition in simple online transaction environments TPC-C is
expected to be endorsed as a follow-on benchmark in FY92, and is more
representative of mixed online environments with more complex
transactions High-end TPC-C results will be published in FY92 in
addition to this new data center benchmark.
Furthermore, the HP 3000 Mainframe Batch Performance Benchmark (P/N
5091-2553E) illustrates Series 980 performance greater than an IBM 3090
180J for a large batch order processing customer application More
benchmarks comparing the HP 3000 to IBM mainframes in batch and mixed
batch/online environments will be available throughout FY92.
(Figure 4.2: Data center benchmark results)
Competitive system pricing
The clear leader in mainframe-class price/performance
In addition to introducing the Series 980/300 and 980/400, the Series
980/100 and 980/200 prices have also been reviewed to maintain
competitiveness in mainframe downsizing and new high-end sales
opportunities Pricing information is reported in the 12/1 issue of
Computer News.
Mainframe-class systems at a fraction of the cost
The 980 systems are clear leaders in mainframe-class price/performance
Comparing competitive cost of ownerships, the Series 980 is half the
cost of DEC VAX 9000 mainframes and a third of the cost of IBM ES/9000
systems An up-to-date competitive report is now available on the CSY
Hotline to provide you with current cost of ownership comparisons Refer
to subject = POSITION.
A clear case to target mainframe replacements & offloads
Cost savings is a key motivation for mainframe replacements and
offloading The large monthly maintenance cost of the IBM systems shown
below illustrate the high cost of classical mainframes The
Series 980 systems provide a mainframe alternative, delivering
mainframe-class performance with midrange cost of ownership Refer to
the HP Mainframe Alternative Program Resource Guide (P/N 5091-3085E)
for more details.
(Figure 4.3: Monthly cost comparisons)
Positioning of Series 980 versus 9x7 systems
Large system solution versus high-performing midrange solution
Series 980 designed to fit large data center environments
The Series 980 was designed to support mainframe applications and large
data structures Due to it's high expandability, larger networking
configurability, high performance, and support for multiprocessing, the
Series 980 is the best solution for large data processing environments.
Series 980 versus Series 9x7
New customers requiring the attributes of a large system solution or
performance greater than Series 977 should be sized to the Series 980
systems New Series 980 prices offer an affordable high-end solution In
addition, attractive return credits toward the next generation platform
will be offered to Series 980 systems purchased today Customers not
requiring the attributes of a large system solution can be sized to the
Series 9x7 systems.
Refer to the charts below and on the next page for more information on
the system which best meets your customer needs.
Series 980 Series 9x7
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Maximum performance 6.4 2.9
(relative to 947)
Multiprocessing support up to 4-way n/a
Maximum connected users 1250* 850
Maximum memory 1 Gbyte 384 Mbyte
Maximum HP-IB 12 2
Maximum HP-FL 12 3
Maximum PSI 8 5
Maximum disks >300 Gbyte 66 Gbyte
- with Disk Mirroring 150 Gbyte 16 Gbyte
Virtual addressing 64-bit 48-bit
* As of release 4.0 in mid 1992
(Figure 4.4: Where to sell the Series 980)
New high availability disk products
Mainframe class disks to complement mainframe class systems
New 2.7 and 5.4 Gbyte disks
Four new HP-FL disk products, based on industry leading disk array
technology, are being added to HP's line of disks: two standard disk
arrays, 2.7 Gbytes and 5.4 Gbytes, and two high availability disk
arrays, 2.7 Gbytes and 5.4 Gbytes.
Industry leading disk array technology
A disk array is a flexible group of small disk drives controlled by an
Array Controller that has built-in intelligence As a result, each 5.4
Gbyte disk arrays appear as a single disk to the system, increasing the
maximum disk capacity on the Series 980 to over 300 Gbytes.
Compared to today's disk products, the C225x disk family also offers
improved system availability, data protection, lower cost ($/Mbyte),
and enhanced performance.
Reduced floor space
The new disk array products are rackable in the standard 19 inch, 1.6
meter cabinet, allowing ~27 Gbytes of data in a very small footprint.
Supportability
The disk array products are supported on Series 95x/960/980 systems
today via a software patch on 3.0 Series 9x7 systems will support these
disks in mid-1992 Note that these disks cannot be used as the System
Disk (LDEV 1) Refer to the HP Disk Arrays for Multiuser Systems Sales
Guide (P/N 5091-2855E) for details.
(Figure 4.5: HP 3000 disk positioning)
Positioning of disk array products
A range of availability options
Standard disk array
The standard disk array products (C2252B, 2.7 Gbyte and C2254B, 5.4
Gbyte) provide high reliability at the lowest cost Field upgradable to
the high availability disk arrays, this disk investment can be
leveraged into a high availability solution in the future.
High availability disk array
The high availability disk array products (C2252HA, 2.7 Gbyte and
C2254HA, 5.4 Gbyte) provide increased data protection and continuous
data access even in the event of a failed disk mechanism The failed
disk can be replaced and the data automatically restored to the new
disk with no impact to user's productivity and access to data The
single key point of disk mechanism failure is eliminated These disks
are recommended for customers requiring high data availability or large
configurations with high system availability.
Disk mirroring
The new disk array products can also be used in a disk mirroring
configuration The low cost of these new HP-FL disks will make disk
mirroring more affordable for customers requiring 100% availability of
mission critical data All points of potential failure (i.e disk
mechanism, I/O cards, disk controller, power supply) are eliminated
Mirrored Disk/XL is recommended for customers requiring the highest
level of data availability or online data backup.
(Figure 4.6)
Questions and answers
My customers have been hearing about a next generation high-end
platform Should they wait for this platform instead of urchasing HP
3000 systems now?
Absolutely not If your customer needs high performance or
configurability today, then the new Series 980 systems are the solution
Their Series 980 investment today is protected with attractive return
credits toward the next generation higher performance systems Refer to
the CSY Hotline, subject = S980ROI for details.
When will information on the next generation high-end latform be
available.
Over the next several months, information will be made available on the
next generation HP 3000 high-end platform Initial details regarding
return credits are described in the CSY Hotline, subject = S980ROI.
Where can I get high level information on disk array technology?
The primer, Disk Arrays (p/n 5091-1396E), is available through the
Literature Distribution Center and describes the technology and
benefits of disk arrays.
Is there a SCSI interface for the disk array products?
No, HP-FL is the interconnect for high-end mass storage solutions.