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Overview

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» Key Benefits

The HP ProLiant DL380, the world's largest selling server, delivers on its history of design excellence with enterprise-class uptime and manageability, proven 2-way Intel Xeon performance, and 2U density for a variety of rack deployments and applications.

What's new

Introducing Dual-Core Intel Xeon version of the HP ProLiant DL380 G5 model, for improved server responsiveness, enhanced multi-tasking capabilities and improved performance for your most demanding applications and virtualization projects.

Performance Density
  • Up to two Intel XeonT 5000 and 5100 series processors with Hyper Threading and Intel VT technology to improve performance in a virtual environment.
  • Up to 32MB of 667MHz DDR2 Fully-buffered DIMMs; with 4:1 interleaving, mirrored memory and online spare capability
  • Four PCI-Express expansion slots standard, optional PCI-X
  • HP Smart Array P400 with 256 MB read cache (Base and Performance models); or Smart Array E200 with 64MB read cache (Entry model) Both controllers are upgradeable with battery-backed write cache capabilities and larger read cache sizes.
Management
  • Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) Management for high speed remote management, and Physical To ProLiant (P2ProLiant)for automated, accurate, and affordable server migration.
  • New Systems Insight Display for walk up system diagnostics.
  • Smart power and thermal management. HP Power Regulator for policy based power management providing energy. What more, new industry exclusive Power Meter reporting capability to log actual power usage.
  • Dual multifunction Gigabit NICs with TOE to reduce network latency.
Reliability and Efficiency
  • Redundant fans standard; redundant power optional.
  • Expandable storage for support of up to eight high performance serial disk drives
  • Highly versatile 2U rack design
  • Worldwide service and support options

Ideal environment

Ideal for...

Environments of all types and sizes
  • The unmatched flexibility of the DL380 has made it the best selling server in the world - sold to businesses of all sizes for a vast array of applications.
  • Large internal storage capacity for everything from web apps to databases
  • Easily connected to storage networks and easily managed from wherever you are
Space-constrained corporate data centers and service providers
  • The DL380 packs the storage, memory, and I/O you need into only 2U of rack space
  • Ambidextrous cable management and a quick deploy rail solution make racking a snap
  • Availability features like hot plug redundant power, online spare memory, and hot plug/redundant fans keep environments up and running and users productive
Sophisticated SMB locations
  • The DL380 is not just for enterprises. Small and medium businesses with rack environments that can benefit from remote server management or network backup should consider the DL380.
  • Not ready for a rack environment? Consider the ProLiant ML370.

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