HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 1U rack server Xeon E5-2640 v3 8C 2.6GHz 8GB DDR4 4×1TB SAS

1U rack server for dense compute

The HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 fits a single Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 eight-core processor at 2.6 GHz with 8 GB of DDR4 ECC memory. Four 3.5-inch 1 TB SAS drives connect through a Smart HBA H240ar controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Redundant hot-swap 500 W power supplies keep the platform running in space-constrained racks.

Sustained load on eight cores and four spindles

The Xeon E5-2640 v3 maintains its 2.6 GHz base frequency across all eight cores, providing 16 threads through Hyper-Threading for continuous multi-threaded workloads. Four 7.2 K RPM SAS drives deliver steady sequential throughput for database logs or backup targets without the thermal throttling seen in burst-only benchmarks. DDR4-2400 registered ECC memory feeds the cores with consistent bandwidth during long-running jobs.

Thermals, noise and power in a 1U chassis

Dual 500 W redundant supplies share the load, drawing only what the single processor, memory and four drives require. The 1U form factor forces high-velocity fans that spin up under sustained CPU utilisation, producing audible airflow in quiet rooms. Power draw scales with actual workload rather than peaking at the supply rating, so typical operation stays well below the 500 W per module ceiling.