Quad Core 2.4GHz Xeon

ProLiant ML350P - Quad Core 2.4GHz Xeon

The HP ProLiant ML350P is a powerful and highly versatile tower server designed for small to medium-sized businesses. Equipped with the Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.4GHz processor, this server is capable of handling demanding workloads, providing seamless performance, and ensuring high availability for critical business applications. The ProLiant ML350P is an ideal choice for businesses looking for scalability, reliability, and security in their IT infrastructure.

Overview of the HP ProLiant ML350P

The ProLiant ML350P is a flagship tower server in HP's ProLiant series, featuring the highly reliable Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.4GHz processor. With this configuration, the server is engineered to handle enterprise-level workloads, complex business applications, and virtualization environments. The ML350P is a well-balanced machine, offering optimal processing power and scalability, making it a smart choice for businesses looking to improve their IT infrastructure.

Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.4GHz Processor

The ProLiant ML350P is powered by the Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.4GHz processor, a robust chipset designed for high-demand environments. The Quad-Core processor delivers enhanced performance by enabling the server to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. This is particularly important for businesses running multiple applications, databases, or virtualized environments, where each core contributes to an overall smoother and faster experience.

Operating at 2.4GHz, the processor strikes an excellent balance between power and energy efficiency. For businesses that require reliable performance without overwhelming energy consumption, this processor is a perfect fit. The ability to scale to higher clock speeds when needed also allows for flexibility in handling resource-intensive applications.

Improved Multitasking and Virtualization

The Quad-Core design of the Xeon processor makes the ProLiant ML350P an excellent choice for multitasking and virtualization. By running virtual machines, hosting applications, and managing databases, businesses can utilize the power of multiple cores to improve efficiency. Virtualization, in particular, benefits from the additional cores, as each virtual machine is allocated a dedicated core, helping to minimize the risk of performance bottlenecks.

For organizations transitioning to a virtualized IT infrastructure, the ProLiant ML350P with the Intel Xeon Quad-Core processor provides the performance and scalability needed to maintain optimal performance across all virtual environments.

Scalability and Flexibility

The HP ProLiant ML350P is designed to scale as your business grows. It is a flexible, highly expandable server that offers businesses the ability to add components as needed. From increasing memory capacity to adding additional storage and processing power, the ProLiant ML350P is engineered to meet evolving business demands.

Memory Expansion

The ProLiant ML350P supports up to 96GB of DDR3 RAM, allowing businesses to add more memory as workloads increase. Whether you're running resource-intensive applications or deploying multiple virtual machines, the ability to expand memory ensures that your system can keep up with growing demands.

With dual-channel memory support, businesses can optimize memory bandwidth for better performance. This is especially beneficial for workloads requiring high-speed data access and low-latency processing, ensuring that your business's critical applications are always running smoothly.

Storage Options

Storage is one of the most important aspects of any server, and the HP ProLiant ML350P offers a wide range of storage configurations to meet various business needs. The server supports both HDD and SSD drives, enabling users to choose between cost-effective traditional hard drives or high-speed solid-state drives, depending on their performance and budget requirements.

The ML350P can support up to 12 hot-swappable drives, giving businesses the ability to scale their storage capacity without interrupting operations. RAID options such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 provide businesses with flexibility in terms of data redundancy, speed, and reliability, ensuring that critical business data is always protected.

Performance and Efficiency

Performance and energy efficiency are two of the most critical factors when selecting a server for business use. The HP ProLiant ML350P provides an excellent balance of both, ensuring that businesses can maximize productivity while minimizing energy consumption and operational costs.

Enhanced Processing Power

With the Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.4GHz processor at its core, the ProLiant ML350P can deliver reliable performance for demanding applications. Whether you are running a virtualized environment, hosting databases, or handling file-sharing tasks, the four processing cores provide sufficient power to handle multiple tasks without lag or performance degradation.

This processing capability is ideal for businesses that require high-speed data processing, such as those in the financial, healthcare, or engineering sectors, where rapid decision-making and data analysis are crucial for day-to-day operations.

Energy-Efficient Design

HP's ProLiant ML350P server is built with energy efficiency in mind, helping businesses lower operational costs while still delivering high performance. The server features advanced power-saving features, including power capping, which allows businesses to control and reduce overall energy usage. These features can help organizations manage energy consumption, which is especially valuable for companies looking to reduce their carbon footprint or lower energy expenses.

Furthermore, the ProLiant ML350P’s efficient cooling system reduces the need for excessive air conditioning and additional cooling infrastructure, further optimizing the server’s power usage and lowering operational costs.

Reliability and Redundancy

For businesses that rely on constant uptime, the HP ProLiant ML350P offers numerous features designed to increase system reliability and reduce downtime. Built for mission-critical workloads, the server includes multiple redundancy options to ensure that your business remains operational even in the event of hardware failure.

Redundant Power Supplies

The ProLiant ML350P features redundant power supplies that help prevent downtime in the event of a failure. If one power supply fails, the system will continue to run without interruption, ensuring that your business-critical applications remain available at all times. This redundancy is crucial for businesses that cannot afford any downtime and need to ensure high availability for their services.

Hot-Swappable Drives

Another key feature of the ProLiant ML350P is its support for hot-swappable drives. This allows businesses to replace or upgrade storage devices without needing to shut down the system, significantly reducing potential downtime. The hot-swappable feature is particularly beneficial for businesses with high data availability requirements, as it ensures continuous access to critical data and applications.

Security Features

Security is a top priority for businesses, especially when dealing with sensitive data and critical operations. The HP ProLiant ML350P comes equipped with a range of advanced security features to protect both the hardware and data stored on the server.

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

The ProLiant ML350P includes a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2, which is a security chip that encrypts sensitive data. This feature adds an extra layer of security to the server, ensuring that business data remains protected from unauthorized access or tampering. TPM is especially useful for organizations that need to comply with strict regulatory standards or are managing highly sensitive information.

Remote Management with iLO

HP’s Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) technology allows administrators to remotely monitor and manage the ProLiant ML350P server, ensuring that potential issues can be identified and addressed without requiring physical access. iLO provides administrators with full control over the server’s functions, including the ability to perform firmware updates, monitor system health, and troubleshoot remotely. This is an invaluable feature for businesses with remote or distributed IT teams.

Networking Capabilities

Reliable and fast network connectivity is crucial for any server to perform optimally. The HP ProLiant ML350P offers robust networking features that enable businesses to stay connected and maintain seamless communication across different departments and teams.

Gigabit Ethernet

The ProLiant ML350P comes with dual-port Gigabit Ethernet as standard, ensuring high-speed network communication. Gigabit Ethernet provides sufficient bandwidth for most business needs, including file sharing, web hosting, and internal communication. This feature allows businesses to maintain a reliable connection between different systems and devices on their network.

Network Expansion

For businesses with more demanding networking requirements, the ProLiant ML350P can be upgraded with additional network interface cards, such as 10GbE, to provide even higher network speeds. This makes the server suitable for businesses that require faster data transmission, such as media companies, large data centers, or cloud service providers.