This resource allocation enhancement is currently available in HP's ProLiant line of servers, and is scheduled to be available on the company's Integrity line of servers later this year.

The company also expanded its data centre capacity planning features to include servers from Dell, IBM and other Windows-based x86 servers. Virtual servers created from Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, VMware ESX and HP Integrity Virtual Machines are also supported.

Utilization data from such machines can be automatically collected and analyzed by HP's software, in order to 'maximize overall utilization rate for servers', said Mudgal.

Recovery

HP's latest addition to its current disaster recovery offerings allows for applications running on both physical and virtual servers, at a remote recovery site, to be restarted with 'a click of a button', according to Mudgal.