HP Servers: Dealing with Data

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Connections are a necessary aspect of completing work in the computer age, as user terminals need to be able to communicate with file, print, mail and web systems. These feats are accomplished with servers, devices that Hewlett-Packard has a rich history of working on and advancing. The commercial applications have proven endless and enabled Hewlett-Packard to become a major player in business enterprise technology.

Photo of the HP 3000 minicomputer and a man working at a nearby terminal.
The HP 3000: A Legend is Born
A photo of Digital Equipment Corporation's Programmed Data Processor-11 (PDP-11) taken in 1972.
DEC’s PDP-11: A Mighty Minicomputer
Photo of students using the HP 2007A Educational Computer System in a Vancouver classroom in 1969.
Top of the Class: HP 2007A
Close-up view of a chip package featuring Hewlett-Packard's reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture.
The First RISC Chip
The HP 5036A Micro Lab in its case (open).
Making a Case: The HP 5036A Micro Lab
A man works with a stylus on the HP 520/9000 desktop computer.
The Desktop Mainframe: The HP 9000
A print ad for the HP 2600A keyboard-display terminal.
Tip-Top Terminal: The HP 2600A
A man sitting at the HP 300 terminal with built-in desk and keyboard.
The HP 300: The Standalone Unit
Front of the HP 3000 Micro XE.
Getting the Max from Micro XE
A crane lifts a Hewlett-Packard computer onto the research vessel Chain in 1966.
On Sale: The First HP Computer Purchase
Photo of the DY-2500 Computing Digital Indicator (front view).
How Dynac/Dymec Led HP to Computers
Photo of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 8/I, taken in 1968.
The DEC PDP 8 Minicomputer
Close-up view of the 32-bit CPU developed for the HP 9000 desktop workstation.
A Chip Shot: HP’s 32-Bit Single-Chip CPU
Photo of the HP 9000 Model 1210, one of Hewlett-Packard's first fault tolerant computers.
Set for Success: HP 9000 Model 1210
Photo of the Compaq SystemPro server from 1989.
All SystemPro Go: x86 PC Architecture
Photo of ProLiant servers with a technician working on them in the background.
The Pros: ProLiant’s Role at Hewlett-Packard
The Programmed Data Processor-1 (PDP-1) set from Digital Equipment Corporation.
A Computer of Firsts: The PDP-1
Photo of a C-Class HP BladeSystem containing eight modules.
Power Blade: HP BladeSystem C-Class
A photo of Digital Equipment Corporation's TYPESET-8, a turnkey computer system from 1968.
That’s Key: The TYPESET-8
The HP 3000 series 900 with console door open in 1986.
HP 3000 Series 930 Processor
A photo of two computer circuit boards in the foreground and HP employee working in the background.
Crafted by Hand
A woman works at a terminal of the HP 3000 950 in 1987.
Taking a RISC: The HP 3000 950
HP 3000 line (L to R): Micro3000 LX, Micro3000 GX, Micro3000 XE, Series 70, Series 925 LX, Series 935, Series 950, Series 955.
All in the Family: The Growth of the HP 3000
A photo of the bh5700 blade server released in 2006.
BH5700 Blade Server: Meeting the Standard
Examples of data center systems adapted from HP's 3000 and 9000 product lines.
Digging Into Data Centers
Technicians from the Dynac Division working on the DY-2500 Computing Digital Indicator.
Hewlett-Packard Creates Dynac
A photo of the HP 250 Business Computer with its integrated desk design.
Computer For Beginners: The HP 250