When deciding on a server for your business, there can be a lot of back and forth between different models. This is made even more complicated by the fact that most of the time servers are hard to understand. And all of the benefits companies list are convoluted and confusing. That was the problem I ran into when I was tasked with buying a server for the growing small business that I work for. It took me much longer to make the decision than it should have because I had to spend hours combing through technical stuff that I just didn’t understand.
The HP ProLiant DL line was what I eventually went with. The line is has a lot of benefits and attractions, but on the companies page everything is so technical that it is sometime hard to understand. I almost gave up. Instead, I decided to keep my job and do an insane amount of research. So to help any of you who may be going though this, here is what I found out about my company’s server.
Size
You may have heard about or seen in the movies server rooms. Usually these things are huge, and all that space is taken up in your office. My office is small, we didn’t have room for something like that. Luckily they make servers with people like us in mind. The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 is designed to fit in a small space. It is a rack server. This means that it is horizontal. So if more than one server is needed, the equipment can be stacked on top of each other without the worry of space.
Processor
A processor is the thinking part of a server. It literally processes all the data that both goes in and comes out of the server. A fast processor is important, because when the server slows down, so do the computers and the productivity of the entire office. The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 uses the latest of processor technology; the Intel Xeon 5600. It has either a four core or a six core processor, which means that it is fast. The more cores in your processor the better.
Memory
There are two types of memory. The RAM (Random-Access Memory) and the hard drive. The RAM is the short-term memory. It is in charge of finding a storage spot for long-term data, and then remembering where it is when it needs to be accessed. The long-term data is stored in the hard drive. The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 has 192GB of DDR3 RDIMM memory (a type of RAM) and is hot plug SFF compatible. All this technical speak boils down to the fact that it has a lot of good memory.
My company purchased a HP 579237-B21 ProLiant DL360 G7 server because it was fast and efficient. It took a while to figure that out through all the technical speak on the internet, but in the end it was worth it.
The HP ProLiant DL line was what I eventually went with. The line is has a lot of benefits and attractions, but on the companies page everything is so technical that it is sometime hard to understand. I almost gave up. Instead, I decided to keep my job and do an insane amount of research. So to help any of you who may be going though this, here is what I found out about my company’s server.
Size
You may have heard about or seen in the movies server rooms. Usually these things are huge, and all that space is taken up in your office. My office is small, we didn’t have room for something like that. Luckily they make servers with people like us in mind. The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 is designed to fit in a small space. It is a rack server. This means that it is horizontal. So if more than one server is needed, the equipment can be stacked on top of each other without the worry of space.
Processor
A processor is the thinking part of a server. It literally processes all the data that both goes in and comes out of the server. A fast processor is important, because when the server slows down, so do the computers and the productivity of the entire office. The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 uses the latest of processor technology; the Intel Xeon 5600. It has either a four core or a six core processor, which means that it is fast. The more cores in your processor the better.
Memory
There are two types of memory. The RAM (Random-Access Memory) and the hard drive. The RAM is the short-term memory. It is in charge of finding a storage spot for long-term data, and then remembering where it is when it needs to be accessed. The long-term data is stored in the hard drive. The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 has 192GB of DDR3 RDIMM memory (a type of RAM) and is hot plug SFF compatible. All this technical speak boils down to the fact that it has a lot of good memory.
My company purchased a HP 579237-B21 ProLiant DL360 G7 server because it was fast and efficient. It took a while to figure that out through all the technical speak on the internet, but in the end it was worth it.