HP ProLiant DL180 Gen9 Server Rental

The HP ProLiant DL180 is designed with an optimal combination of performance and affordability as well as a broad range of storage drive configurations and options offer users the flexibility and scalability need for the varied demands of 2U rack deployments and applications. The DL180 is equipped with a range of storage configurations and options as well as storage controllers. For the storage part it's a perfect fit for HP's StoreVirtual VSA. HP has even made the installation of StoreVirtual VSA a part of their Intelligent Provisioning tool.

HP's built-in management tool uses a dedicated Ethernet port or it will share one of the two on-board ports. The basic iLO feature set does not include the ability to run a remote console once the system has finished booting. That makes it pretty difficult to accomplish a remote operating system install unless of course you use the Intelligent Provisioning method.

Another new feature with the Gen9 systems is the inclusion of a RESTful interface to the HP iLO management engine. HP OneView is the newest management offering from the company, and it has a REST API interface as well.

Our configuration Tips: During the boot process you have a number of function keys such as F9 to launch the System Utilities, F10 for Intelligent Provisioning and F11 for the Boot Menu. The System Utilities option includes to get the system configured, including a link to the HP Smart Storage Administrator.

Workloads Storage workloads with small to medium databases, file serving, Windows storage, and even demanding Big Data applications such as Apache Hadoop, which require the right mix of compute and storage.