HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 1U rack server Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4 GHz 8-core 32 GB DDR4 8× 146 GB SAS H240

HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 1U server

The HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 is a 1U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 processor running at 2.4 GHz with eight cores. It ships with 32 GB of DDR4 memory installed across 16 DIMM slots and includes eight 146 GB 15K SAS drives managed by a Smart HBA H240 controller supporting RAID 0, 1 and 5. Dual 550 W hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy in a compact chassis.

Target workloads and limits

This server suits environments that need dense SAS storage and redundant power in a single rack unit, such as web hosting, virtualization hosts or general-purpose compute clusters. Buyers who require more than 32 GB of installed memory, a second processor, dedicated graphics acceleration or additional drive bays beyond the eight SFF slots should consider other platforms.

Deciding specification: eight 146 GB 15K SAS drives

The eight 146 GB 15 000 rpm SAS drives deliver high random I/O performance for transactional workloads and databases that benefit from low latency spinning media. If the workload demands larger capacity per bay, solid-state storage or more than eight drives, the fixed drive count and 2.5 inch form factor become the limiting factor.