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HP ProLiant DL160 G5 Series

$1,139.00 Released January, 2009

The Pros:Chassis is very solid, don't have to worry about damage while mounting. Internal components are well organized, easy to work with if upgrades are needed. Cooling is well handled, lots of air flow.

The Cons:Limited remote-management features, could use some more in-depth utilities. RAIDs are configured in BIOS only, no tools provided for windows storage-management. No room for optical or floppy drives, need to install OS via USB.

The HP ProLiant DL160 G5 server is a 1U, dual processor capable server for general purpose and high performance computing, where consumer can design a fully customized solution. It comes in the mid range of the HP ProLiant server series.

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This machine targets small and medium size businesses especially those in the web 2.0 fields. It is especially suited for infrastructure, file/print, and web serving. The DL160G5 comes with 3 new processor options: the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5470 processor (3.33 GHz with 1333MHz FSB) and the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5482 processor (3.2 GHz with 1600MHz FSB) and the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® L5430 processor (2.66 GHz with 1333MHz FSB), increasing flexibility for consumers to select a processor befitting their needs. It supports up to 1600MHz Front Side Bus, 12MB Level 2 cache, and up to 64GB system memory supported, which provides for a pretty solid data throughput rate.

Features

Processor: 1 x Intel Xeon E5405 Quad-core 2GHz Installed
Network Cards: Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3ab 10/100/1000Mbps RJ-45
Hard Drive: 4 x 500GB Hot-swappable
Interfaces/Ports: RJ-45 - Network
Standard Memory: 2GB DRAM
Interfaces/Ports: Serial Attached SCSI
Form Factor: 1U Rack-mountable
Dimensions: 1.7" Height x 17.64" Width x 26.85" Depth - (With Bezel)
Storage Capacity: 2TB
RAID Levels: 0, 5,1,10

Model Information

481179-001: (1) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 80W), 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC2-5300 DDR2 fully buffered DIMMs (667MHz) with Advanced ECC, HP Embedded SATA RAID Controller, (2) 160GB Non-hot plug SATA HDD, $1,179.
AM852A: (1) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5430 (2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 80W), 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-5300 DDR2 fully buffered DIMMs (667MHz) with Advanced ECC, HP Smart Array E200/128MB BBWC Controller, None ship standard (up to 4 hot plug SATA or SAS drives supported), $1,429.00.
481180-001: (2) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5430 (2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 80W), 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-5300 DDR2 fully buffered DIMMs (667MHz) with Advanced ECC, Smart Array E200/128 BBWC Controller, None ship standard (up to 4 Hot plug SATA or SAS drives supported), $1,999.00.
445196-001: (1) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 80W), 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC2-5300 DDR2 fully buffered DIMMs (667MHz) with Advanced ECC, HP Embedded SATA RAID Controller, 160GB Non-hot plug SATA HDD, $1,139.00.
445202-001: (1) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 80W), 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC2-5300 DDR2 fully buffered DIMMs (667MHz) with Advanced ECC, HP SC40Ge SAS HBA with RAID, None ship standard (up to 4 hot plug SATA or SAS drives supported), $1,229.00.

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chassis is very solid, don't have to worry about damage while mounting
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internal components are well organized, easy to work with if upgrades are needed
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cooling is well handled, lots of air flow
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versatile design can serve a general, all-purpose role

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limited remote-management features, could use some more in-depth utilities
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RAIDs are configured in BIOS only, no tools provided for windows storage-management
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no room for optical or floppy drives, need to install OS via USB