HP recommends HP-UX 11i v3 (v3) on HP Integrity servers, for your applications' optimal performance and your customers' highest business return. v3 is now in its second release, with Update 1 shipping since September 2007 and Update 2 shipping in April 2008, and delivers the highest quality of any HP-UX release ever!
Applications run on average 30% faster on v3 than on HP-UX 11i v2 (v2), due to operating system optimization in v3. Significant performance gains can also be accrued by using later versions of compilers and running on the fastest Integrity servers. Your customers benefit not only from productivity gains through greater application performance, but also through HP's continued investment in v3 functionality, with its established lead in integrated virtualization, security and high availability.
If your deployment target is mixed HP-UX 11i v2 and v3, build applications on v2, for deployment on both v2 and v3 (forward binary compatibility)
Simplify management and increase agility via a single platform
If deploying on v3 only, build and optimize on v3 for maximum performance
Some features in HP-UX 11i v3 are not available in v2 (Long usernames, e.g.)
ARIES ships with each Integrity server, and can run most HP 9000 HP-UX executables in emulation without modification, compilation or available source code
Regarding hardware compatibility and investment protection, your investment in Integrity servers with HP-UX 11i pays off into the future:
Applications running on HP-UX 11i on HP Integrity servers today will run on any future HP Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i, irrespective of the processor generation, going out into the future (binary compatibility)
Without application modification, your application benefits from HP's ongoing system enhancements
Many HP-UX 11i customers plan to upgrade to v3 in 2008:
"For those currently utilizing HP-UX 62% plan to migrate to HP-UX v3 and for 65%, the migration will be implemented in the next year." —Technology Business Research, Inc., 12/11/07
HP plans with you for the future for your continued success and optimal support for our mutual customers.
Please be reminded of these significant milestones in HP technology related to your HP-UX 11i applications and their support. You may already be aware of this information from other sources, including HP's public server and operating system roadmaps.
HP Integrity systems based on Intel Itanium Montvale processors, shipping now, are the last new Integrity servers supported by HP-UX 11i v2. Subsequent servers will run HP-UX 11i v3 and future versions
The last planned HP-UX 11i v2 update release shipped in December 2007. All new OS functionality will ship only on HP-UX 11i v3
HP plans December 31, 2009 as the last sales date for HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2
HP plans December 31, 2008 as the last sales date for new systems in the HP 9000 family of systems. Upgrades will be available through December 2009
Support For HP-UX 11i v1 and 2 and for HP 9000 systems will continue at least until December 2013
HP recommends HP-UX 11i v3 on Integrity servers as the winning UNIX platform going forward!
