HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 1U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6 GHz 16 GB DDR4 2× 1 TB SAS H240ar

1U rack server for dense compute

The HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 fits a 1U rack footprint and delivers 16 cores at 2.6 GHz from two Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors. Sixteen GB of DDR4 ECC memory is installed across 24 DIMM slots. Two 1 TB 7.2K SAS drives connect through a Smart HBA H240ar controller with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support. Redundant 500 W hot-swap power supplies maintain uptime in space-constrained data centres.

Suits virtualisation hosts and database nodes.

This server targets teams that need high core density and redundant power in a single rack unit. The Matrox G200 graphics controller provides only basic console output, so buyers who need hardware-accelerated compute or video encoding should look elsewhere. The 8-bay SFF chassis limits internal storage to 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, ruling out large-capacity 3.5-inch spindle arrays.

Two Xeon E5-2640 v3 CPUs define the performance

Each processor contributes eight cores with hyper-threading for 32 logical threads at a base frequency of 2.6 GHz. Memory speed scales to 2400 MT/s depending on the CPU revision. All other capabilities — storage throughput, RAID levels, expansion slots — are secondary to this processor choice.