HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 1U Rack Server E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 32GB 8x 146GB SAS H240

HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 1U Server

The HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 is a 1U rack server system designed for balanced compute and storage density. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor at 2.3GHz and 32GB of DDR4 memory. The chassis includes eight 146GB 15K SAS drives and a Smart HBA H240 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, and 5. Redundant hot-swap power supplies are fitted.

Suited for High-Density SAS Storage

This server suits environments that need front-loading 2.5-inch SAS drive bays and hardware RAID in a single rack unit. It works well for virtualisation hosts, database nodes, or archival workloads using the installed 15K drives. Buyers needing solid-state media or more than eight internal bays should consider other platforms. The maximum installed memory is capped at 32GB with the current processor.

Single Processor Limits Memory Ceiling

With one E5-2650 v3 installed, the memory controller supports a maximum of 32GB across the eight active DIMM slots. The board holds sixteen slots total, but the second bank requires a second processor. If your workload demands more than 32GB of RAM, a dual-processor configuration is necessary. The H240 controller provides 12Gb SAS connectivity for the installed drives.