HP PROLIANT DL380 G4 XEON 3.4G/800 ( 311143-001 ) – Customer Reviews

I have been working on the Proliant series servers for last 7 years. This product never fails to satisfy on quality and reliability related issues. I found the DL380 G4 is more dependable than the Dell Poweredge series. I ordered the three of these servers to be used as application servers. The load on the servers are low, but they all run mission critical applications. Installation of these servers was easy (they just fit into the racks easily, and you don't have to deal with the problems like you see in IBM's rack mount series.). Also, the one feature that I found very useful is ILO (Integrated Lights Out), which is basically a client to allow remote access, even with out power. The build quality of the product is avant-garde!! Something that you will miss in Dell Poweredge Servers.

I ordered the servers with the following configuration:

311143-371 1X ProLiant DL380G4 / Dual Processor Capable / Intel 7520 server chipset / Xn 3.4 GHz(800MHz FSB) with 1MB L2 Cache / PC3200 DDR-II memory / 3-3-3 warranty

311583-B21 1X XN3400/800 1M for ML370G4/DL380G4

343056-B21 1X 2048MB PC3200 DDR-II DIMM Kit (2x1024MB) for ML370G4/DL380G4

355892-B21 1X Hot Plug Redundant Power Supply Kit for DL380G4

293048-B21 1X Redundant Hot Plug Fan Option Kit for DL380 G3/G4

331903-B21 1X Combo Drive 24X (Carbon) for DL Series

364507-B21 1X Floppy drive (Carbon) for DL380G4

286778-B22 2X 72GB ULTRA320 15k HP Universal

347708-B22 4X 145GB ULTRA320 15k HP Universal

263825-B21 1X integrated Lights Out - Advanced Pack

268351-B21 1X 64-bit Dual Channel Wide Ultra320 SCSI Controller

Go for it if you are looking for an expensive, but dependable workhorse! One piece of equipment with this configuration cost you any where from US$15,000 - 18,000!

1/20/2006 12:00 AM | Rating: