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Advantages: High Density, excellent availabilty Disadvantages: Default SmartArray5i does not have option to add battery cache
We have 12 of these machines, all with dual 2.8Ghz Xeons. The thing I like most about them is that almost everything is hot-plug. From the drives, to the fans, power supplies to the pci cards. Opening the top cover leads to an incredibly well laid out system. PCI cards can be installed and de-installed (assuming the OS supports it) while the system is up and running. I'd highly recommend you invest in the redundant fan option kit. If you're installing another processor then you really need to have this.
On a downside, the only thing that springs to mind is there is no front USB port available. With floppy discs disapppearing these days, it would have been nice. HP seem to have realised this and on the G4 servers there is now a front USB, and no floppy drive.
Managability wise these servers are fantastic. We went from using ...
Advantages: Slimline, only takes a few U's in the Rack. very reliable. Disadvantages: The new HP Smartstart is not as easy to understand as the original version.
For those of you who aren't aware HP have taken over Compaq and rebadged compaq Servers with the HP badge.
This is just an upgrade to the Compaq Proliant DL380G2.
You are still getting one of the most reliable servers in the industry for the right price.
They have also rectified the problem on the last model where there was only 4 bays for hard disks , there are now 6 bays, a FDD and a CD drive.
The server is a slimline model and for those of you who rack their servers, this is ideal as it only takes a few U in the rack.
I have built several of these without any real problems and all have been stable once built.
The only critisimn I can make is that Smartstart, a compaq utility to assist you in building these servers, has been rebadged, HP smartstart and given an overall and so far im not impressed, the screens don ...
Advantages: Reliable, powerful, robust Disadvantages: Im yet to find one. Maybe the hidden costs in addtional items.
While we have tinkered with vitualisation in the office, we now have a definitive path forward and needed a robust,reliable new server that had maximised uptime and ease of remote management.
Therefore we have opted for a DL380G5 and we have not been disappointed!
Read on for more details of this great server and how it become such an important part of our setup.
LOOKS/SIZE.
The DL380 is really designed to slot into a server cabinet or rack and therefore comes in the standard 2U height configuration. It takes up minimal space in the rack while maximising the the performance.
Weight is extremely heavy. It takes 2 of you to pick it up and even install the rail mounting kit (sold separately) that you use to slide it into the rack. What I do like about the mounts on this server is it gives you the option to add 2 extra bolts ...
2 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ( 1 in front )
4 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
4 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
1 x management - HP iLO - RJ-45
Miscellaneous
Features
Administrator password, power-on password, keyboard password, disk configuration lock, diskette I/O control, parallel port I/O control, serial port I/O control, quick lock
Compliant Standards
ACPI 2.0
Included Accessories
RAID Battery Backup Unit
Pricing Type
CTO, CTO / factory integrated
Power
Device Type
Power supply - hot-plug / redundant, Power supply - hot-plug, No power supply
Power Redundancy
Built-in, Optional
Power Redundancy Scheme
1+1, 1+1 (with optional power supply)
Installed Qty
2, 1
Max Supported Qty
2
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Provided
460 Watt, 750 Watt
Operating system / software
OS Certified
SCO OpenServer, UnixWare, Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Red Hat Linux, SuSe Linux, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SunSoft Solaris 10, UnitedLinux
Software
Drivers & Utilities
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
3 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - parts and labour - 3 years - on-site, Limited warranty - 3 years
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
10 °C
Max Operating Temperature
35 °C
Humidity Range Operating
10 - 90%
Manufacturer's product description
The HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server continues to deliver on its heritage of engineering excellence with increased flexibility and performance, enterprise-class uptime and manageability, 2-socket Intel Xeon performance, and 2U density for a variety of applications.
