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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Choose the platform for the workload

For virtualization, start with VM count, RAM, growth and storage needs. Databases and business software also depend on disk latency, application behavior and licensing. The same platform with different CPUs and drives can have very different performance and cost.

Chassis, expansion and installation

Choose SFF/LFF bays and backplane before ordering. Rack, tower and blade platforms have different installation needs. Check rack depth, rails, power, airflow and noise at the installation site. Blade servers also need a compatible enclosure and shared infrastructure.

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Technical specs

ProcessorUp to 2× Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4
Memory (RAM)Up to 1.5 TB DDR4
StorageUp to 12× LFF + 2× internal SFF
RAID controllerHPE Smart Array (H240/P440)
Network2× 1GbE onboard + optional cards
Out-of-band mgmtiLO 4
Form factor2U rack
Warranty12-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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