Why the DL180, and not the perennial winner, the Proliant DL380?
Simple: it is the new entry in HP’s Proliant rackmount offerings that excites us the most due to its combination of palatable pricing and features.
The dual-CPU-capable Proliant DL180 comes with the latest generation of Intel Xeon processors, offering users up to 12 cores and 16 DIMM slots supporting DDR4 SmartMemory. It can accommodate up to 12 LFF (large form factor) or up to 16 SFF (small small factor) hard drives. A pair of 1GBE ports are standard, 10GbE adapters are available. A SmartArray controller is also standard.
And it gets better.
As with all Gen9 Proliant servers, HP has added several enhancements to Proliant: performance, manageability, support are all improved.
OneView is also enhanced in this generation.
For this and other improvements, coupled with the low-low entry cost, the HP Proliant beat out its bigger brother DL380, and is the SmallBizWindows Rackmount Server of the Year 2015.
We hope to bring you a detailed review of this product in the April 2015 timeframe.
Our sincere thanks to HP, and especially Kenn D. for making this review happen.
John Obeto is CEO of Blackfriars Capital
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