Known for decades for its stability and reliability, MPE has evolved to unlock new hardware performance technology that delivers the full potential of the latest HP e3000 platform. In addition, as systems are upgraded, data and applications can be easily moved forward from previous releases with no risk of data corruption. In the Internet age, many businesses must provide 24x7 availability.
Any downtime means lost revenue, reduced productivity, and higher costs.
Basic system availability depends on data integrity, hardware and software reliability, and system resiliency. If you want all the nifty stuff, you'll have to go to 7.0. The majority of new enhancements won't be brought to older operating systems as they are phased out. Snow said the decision is based upon a calculation that includes assessing how much effort should be put into supporting multiple releases at the same time and observing when a large quantity of users are ready to get off the old release. HP has tried to support two releases concurrently, but during transition periods to new releases, the company supports three versions all at once.