Older hardware is more costly, less secure, and harder to manage. The numbers tell the story.  

Still trying to squeeze a few extra years out of your old, ageing infrastructure? 

While you may think you’re saving money by forestalling the purchase of new equipment, the opposite is likely true: Research increasingly shows that older equipment is more costly to operate, while its lower performance affects the ability of businesses to keep up with modern compute needs, reducing revenues and profits. Meanwhile, running older servers increases the risk  of a security breach.

Here’s a look at the impact old hardware can have across three key areas.

Performance and Stability

$100,000 - Average cost of one hour of server downtime today. Failure to modernise exposes organisations to this risk constantly.

41% - Increase in performance per watt of HPE ProLiant Gen12 over Gen10 systems. The added performance and e iciency are essential for running new, compute-intensive AI, edge, and VDI workloads

3X - Increase in speed of operations with HPE iLO 7 vs. the previous generation. HPE iLO is embedded into HPE ProLiant servers, providing hardened security and out-of-band management features.

60 -  HPE ProLiant server world records for performance and efficiency.

Cost

39% - Of enterprises that cite cost unpredictability as their top IT challenge - the most frequently reported concern.

35% - Increase in the likelihood of reducing IT costs and expenses by successfully modernizing server infrastructure.

7:1 - Hardware consolidation factor possible when upgrading from HPE ProLiant Gen10 to Gen12 systems.

65% - Average power savings realized by upgrading from HPE ProLiant Gen10 to Gen12 systems.

$2m - Potential savings realised by adopting direct liquid cooling - available on HPE ProLiant Gen12 systems - in a 10,000-server data farm.

Security

47% - Increase in cyberattacks in the first quarter of 2025.

1st - HPE, with the first server to support NIST and CNSA 2.0 quantum resistance requirements. It embeds secure firmware signing against future quantum computing attacks in the silicon root of trust from HPE.

1st - HPE, with the first industry-standard servers that meet the requirements for FIPS 140-3 Level 3, enhancing cryptographic security to protect sensitive data and meet strict regulatory standards. HPE is pursuing formal certification for this new, stringent security standard.