The HP Integrity systems might have waited an extra year to get to Tukwila, but the freshest Itanium processor is stirring up customer interest and demand. An expert from an HP reseller's tech staff told us that news of the speed boosts has got some large-scale HP-UX customers eager for these latest rx-family units to ship. It couldn't happen too soon for this server line that is the preferred target for 3000 sites migrating to Unix.

HP hasn't said much in specific about Tukwila-based Integrity servers, other than its overview about how the newer line will have faster processing, more advanced virtualization and believe it or not, more stability. There was a time when the headline on Tukwila was its power advantages, the unique value you'd see as a reason to choose HP-UX. HP has been talking about this generation for more than two years.

HP 3000 shops might not be pressing the outer envelope of current Integrity servers with their performance needs once they migrate. On the other hand, if you can hold out until 2011 to take delivery on hardware, you're going to get something with another four years of vendor-best performance. Or deal earlier, and ask for discounts on the current Integrity server lineup.

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