HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2643v3 3.4GHz 128GB DDR4 8 SFF B140i

Dense 1U compute node

The HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 is a 1U rack server built for environments that need high core density in minimal space. It ships with two Xeon E5-2643v3 processors running at 3.4GHz, providing 12 physical cores and 24 threads. Installed memory is 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered DIMMs across the 24 available slots. The chassis supports up to eight 2.5-inch SFF drive bays and includes redundant hot-swap 500W power supplies.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This configuration suits workloads that benefit from high per-core frequency and large memory capacity, such as virtualisation clusters, in-memory databases, or single-threaded applications. The B140i controller provides software RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 for SATA drives only. Buyers who need hardware RAID with battery-backed cache, SAS connectivity, or GPU compute acceleration should evaluate other platforms because the onboard controller supports only SATA RAID and the Matrox G200 video provides 16MB of memory.

Memory ceiling fixed at 128GB

The installed 128GB already reaches the maximum capacity supported by this specific processor pair, so no further memory expansion is possible without changing CPUs. Twenty-four DIMM slots are present, but the E5-2643v3 memory controller limits total addressable memory to 128GB at up to 2400MT/s. Any upgrade path requires a processor swap to a model that supports higher density DIMMs.