HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 1U rack server Xeon E5-2643v3 3.4GHz 16GB DDR4 2x600GB SAS H240ar

HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 1U server

This 1U rack server ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2643v3 six-core processor at 3.4GHz and 16GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. It includes an HP Smart HBA H240ar controller providing 12Gb SAS and 6Gb SATA connectivity with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support. Two hot-swap 600GB 15K 2.5-inch SAS drives are installed in the eight-bay SFF chassis, and dual 500W redundant power supplies are fitted. No operating system is included.

Suited workloads and constraints

The system suits buyers who need a dense 1U platform for virtualization, database or compute tasks that benefit from high single-thread frequency and 15K SAS spindles. It also fits environments that require redundant power and hardware RAID without an additional card. Buyers who need more than 16GB of memory out of the box should look elsewhere, as the installed capacity is fixed at 16GB across 24 DIMM slots. Those requiring GPU acceleration or additional PCIe devices cannot add them without a riser kit not included here.

Deciding specification: 3.4GHz six-core Xeon

The single six-core Xeon E5-2643v3 running at 3.4GHz with 12 threads via hyper-threading is the specification that determines whether this server matches the workload. Its high base frequency favors applications licensed per core or sensitive to single-thread latency, while the six-core count limits parallel throughput compared to higher-core-count alternatives. If the workload scales better with more cores at lower frequency, a different processor configuration would be more appropriate.