HPE just announced a new portfolio of HP ProLiant Generation 9 (Gen9) Servers that will help customers and Hyper-V folks to reduce cost and complexity, accelerate IT service delivery and enable business growth. The new server portfolio advances HPE’s vision for compute the future of data center technology.
The new HP ProLiant Gen9 portfolio is a major delivery milestone in HP’s compute strategy, which addresses IT demands with a vast pool of processing resources that can be located anywhere, scaled to any workload, and available at all times. The servers are optimized for convergence, cloud, and software-defined environments.
Here are the details of what HP announced with the new Gen9 Portfolio:
All these servers leverage the latest Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 processors to offer up to 70 percent performance gains and a 36% increase in energy efficiency.
The typical specs:
– Intel (Haswell) v3 processors supporting up to 18 cores :)
– DDR4 memory with speeds up to 2.133 GHz
– 12Gb storage connectivity
– 20Gb Ethernet
The Smart Array controller is by default not onboard anymore. This means that the RAID controller is now like a FlexLOM Ethernet adapter an add-on card on the motherboard of the server. HP provides besides Smart Array controllers a FlexHBA’s which you need if you want to leverage Microsoft Storage Spaces.
HP Portfolio Gen9 2U Servers (Image: HP)
Here are the detailed specs for each model:
HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server
The world’s leading server blade, performance optimized for core IT workloads
The HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 blade server delivers the right performance, scalability, economics, and manageability through HP OneView, for the converged data center at the lowest cost, fastest time to value with the latest innovations.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 series processors with 4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18 Cores
- Up to 16, DDR4 HP SmartMemory DIMM slots (512MB) with built-in intelligence for 33% better memory performance
- 12Gb/s SAS HDD or SSD storage performance supported
- SmartCache and Secure Encryption options available
HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen9 Server
Dense performance for multi-workload compute in the data center
Dense and flexible high-performance compute, packed in a dense 1U/2-socket rack design.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series, 4/6/8/10/12/14 Cores
- HP DDR4 Smart Memory – (24) DDR4, (768GB max)
- Choice of 4x1GbE embedded + FlexibleLOM
- Standard HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i, choice of HP Flexible Smart Array or HP Smart HBA Controllers
- Replaces DL360p Gen8
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server
The no-compromise data center standard for multi-workloads
“Future proof” design keeps up with your business needs, packed in a dense 2U/2-socket rack design.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series, 4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18 Cores
- HP DDR4 Smart Memory – (24) DDR4, (768GB max)
- 4x1GbE embedded + Choice of FlexibleLOM + Standup
- Flexible options, like HP Universal Media Bay
- Replaces DL380p Gen8 and DL380 G7
HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 Server
Right-sized performance and storage density
Essential Combination of performance, manageability, and storage in a dense 1U/2-socket rack design.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series, 4/6/8/10/12 Cores
- HP DDR4 Smart Memory (16) DDR4, (512GB max)
- Embedded 2 x1GbE, FlexibleLOM
- Up to three PCIe slots for IO expandability
- Replaces DL360e Gen8/ DL160 Gen8
HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen9 Server
The new standard for growing datacenter needs
Scalability and Performance to meet the new standard of growing data center, in a 2U/2-socket rack design.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series, 4/6/8/10/12 Cores
- HP DDR4 SmartMemory 16 SFF / 12 LFF max, HDD/SSD
- Embedded 2 x1GbE with optional Flexible LOM on riser
- 6 PCIe 3.0 slots (3 + 3 FH/HL)
- Replaces DL380e Gen8
HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen9 Server
Performance with unmatched capacity and reliability
Availability, expandability, and serviceability, a winning combination in a 5U/2 socket tower/rack design.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series, 4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18 Cores
- HP DDR4 SmartMemory (24) DDR4, (768GB max)
- Greater Expansion with 24 LFF/48 SFF
- Greater I/O Expansion with 9 PCIe / 9 USB ports
- Replaces ML350p Gen8 / ML350 G6
HPE ProLiant XL230a Server
Apollo 6000 System server, density optimized performance for scale-out workloads
Designed at rack-scale, the HP Apollo 6000 System starts with a modular 5U building block, a variety of compute, accelerator, storage, and networking options to meet your HPC and Service Provider workload needs.
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series, 6/8/10/12/14/16 Cores
- (16) DDR4, (512GB max), support for NVDIMM
- HP iLO, HP RESTful API, UEFI
- 1GbE iLO port/server + choice of FlexibleLOM riser module
HPE ProLiant XL730fServer
Apollo 8000 System server for high-performance computing workloads
The HP Apollo 8000 System is the world’s first water-cooled supercomputer with dry-disconnect servers. This converged system has up to 144 2P Gen9 servers per rack for supercomputing workload needs
- Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 Series,10/12/14 Cores
- (16) DDR4 per node, (256GB max), support for RDIMM
- HP iLO, HP RESTful API, UEFI
- HP Apollo 8000 System Manager
More information on the new portfolio can be found here: HPE ProLiant Generation 10 servers.
Enjoy your day!
/Cheers,
Charbel