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A 2U Opteron rack server with plenty of features ideally suited to virtualisation including a high storage capacity and quad network ports but it’s not as power efficient or as clever as the latest Xeon 5500 systems.

HP’s latest DL385 G5p sees some major changes over the older DL385 G5 models and the reason for this is HP is aiming this specific product firmly at the server virtualisation market as it doubles memory capacity, has twice as many network ports and can handle more hard disks than its predecessor.

The front panel on the base system provides two hot-swap storage bays with room for up to four 2.5in. SFF hard disks in each. Capacity can be doubled by replacing the filler panel to the right with another set of drive bays although this will lose you the optical drive option.

It’s always great to see what people think of the different products, an interesting read, the storage and memory support could make it an ideal box for virtualization, I’m off to read up more.

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