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128GB of RAM, 24 cores, 16 drive bays and four power supplies make for a formidable beast of a server. Sure, HP retired it seven years ago, but that just means that the 64GHz of processing power is all that much cheaper. It's well made (like a tank), easy to get to components, doesn't require tools (though you might want a flat blade screwdriver for prying and jimmying), and I have nothing but good things to say about it. Except it's a noisey little beast. And hot. Temps on the drives run 30C or hotter during normal run, CPUs make a lot of heat, and the fans that cool them move a lot of air. Do not put this next to the office printer; you won't be able to hear anything. It belongs in a rack in a server room with actual AC units and real cooling and power. Dollar for dollar, I think it's hard to beat the processing power, RAM capacity, and drive capacity, but remember that you are buying 10 year old technology. The Xeons are fine for basic virtualization with Xenserver or VMware, but lack some of the features of today's very modern CPUs. That being said, it you need to pack a couple dozen virtual Linux boxes into one power cord, this is the one. Small caveat with Xenserver 7.1 however, is that the onboard NICs were not recognized. ILO worked fine, but not the NICs. Had to put a dual port Intel GigE NIC in it to make it do what we needed it to do, but that may just be because we used a rather new OS on a rather old box. FIrmware upgrades may have helped, but we're not hooked in to HP's entitlement system and don't run Windows. All-in-all, a great value!Read full review
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