System reliability is absolutely mission-critical in the telecommunications industry. To achieve the highest reliability, organizations have often chosen to build proprietary and typically expensive systems. But not anymore. Today you can use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) platforms for your network. And in doing so, you'll still experience the highest levels of reliability, continue to meet stringent industry and NEBS requirements, and - best of all - provide a more cost competitive and compelling platform to your customers.HP makes all this possible with the HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 5 (G5) Carrier-Grade server. The HP ProLiant DL385 G5 CG server delivers on the history of the DL380 series' proven design excellence with quad-core AMD Opteron performance in a NEBS-certified offering. This server provides network class uptime and manageability. It utilizes a COTS platform with a foundation that enables you to offer additional services at lower costs, to accommodate future changes within your service offering, and ultimately to increase your competitive advantage.