HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 1U Rack Server Xeon E5-2623 v3 32GB DDR4 H240

ProLiant DL160 Gen9 1U Rack Server

The HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 is a 1U rack server built for balanced compute and storage density. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 quad-core processor at 3 GHz and 32 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across sixteen DIMM slots. The Smart HBA H240 controller provides 12 Gb SAS and 6 Gb SATA connectivity with RAID 0, 1 and 5 support for up to eight 2.5-inch drive bays. A 550 W redundant hot-swap power supply and Matrox G200 graphics with 16 MB video memory complete the baseline configuration.

Suits dense virtualisation or storage workloads

This server suits teams that need up to 36 total cores across two sockets and 1 TB of DDR4 memory in a compact 1U form factor. The eight SFF bays and H240 RAID engine cover entry-level array requirements while leaving PCIe slots free for additional controllers. Organisations that require GPU compute, more than eight internal drives or an operating system pre-installed should evaluate alternative platforms that address those specific gaps.

32 GB DDR4 memory ceiling with this CPU

The installed Xeon E5-2623 v3 limits the practical memory speed to 2400 MT/s and the current configuration maxes out at 32 GB across the populated slots. Although the chassis supports 16 DIMM slots and up to 1 TB with a second processor, the single-CPU setup and registered ECC DDR4 modules define the immediate capacity boundary. Buyers planning larger memory footprints must add a second compatible processor and populate the remaining eight slots.