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HPE ProLiant
HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen9
2U rack · high-capacity storage · budget
Refurbished
A cost-effective storage server — up to 12 large LFF drives, great for backup, archiving, NAS and file serving.
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Physical servers are delivered 1–7 business days after config approval and payment.
Technical specs
| Processor | Up to 2× Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 |
|---|---|
| Memory (RAM) | Up to 1.5 TB DDR4 |
| Storage | Up to 12× LFF + 2× internal SFF |
| RAID controller | HPE Smart Array (H240/P440) |
| Network | 2× 1GbE onboard + optional cards |
| Out-of-band mgmt | iLO 4 |
| Form factor | 2U rack |
| Warranty | 12-month ServerNet warranty |
About this server
The DL180 Gen9 is built where capacity matters more than cores; tens of terabytes at a budget price for backup and enterprise archiving.
Every organization needs somewhere to keep large volumes of data: backups, video archives, a shared file server or CCTV storage. The DL180 Gen9 is built exactly for that; instead of chasing high core counts, it fills a 2U chassis with big LFF drives to deliver abundant space at the lowest cost per terabyte.
It still carries dual Xeon E5 v3/v4 sockets and DDR4, so it has plenty of horsepower to run backup software, a software NAS (TrueNAS / Unraid) or an enterprise file server. iLO 4 management and a RAID controller are in place too. If your goal is cheap, reliable storage, this model is the best place to start.
Analysis & review
Strengths
- Lowest cost per terabyte of storage
- Up to 12 large LFF drives in a 2U chassis
- Great for backup, archiving, NAS and file serving
- Still dual-socket with DDR4 to run the software
- iLO 4 and an enterprise RAID controller
Worth noting
- Not optimized for heavy compute or large-scale virtualization
- Fewer memory slots than the DL380
- Fewer SFF/NVMe bays than the compute models
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