Dell PowerEdge R520 vs HPE ProLiant DL80 Gen9
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The PowerEdge R520 is a 2U dual-socket value rack server built on Intel Xeon E5-2400 processors, designed for cost-sensitive enterprise storage and backup applications. The HPE ProLiant DL80 Gen9 is an affordable 2U dual-socket storage-rich rack server designed for cost-sensitive service providers and small-to-medium enterprises.
| Dell PowerEdge R520 | HPE ProLiant DL80 Gen9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2012 | Sep 2014 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 series processors | Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 / v4 series |
| Memory slots | 12 | 8 |
| Memory type | DDR3 ECC RDIMM/UDIMM up to 1600 MT/s | DDR4-2133 / DDR4-2400 SmartMemory RDIMM |
| Drive bays | Up to 8x 3.5in hot-plug SAS/SATA drives | Up to 8 LFF or 12 LFF hot plug SAS/SATA |
| Pcie slots | Up to 4x PCIe Gen3 slots | Up to 6 PCIe 3.0 expansion slots |
| Power supply | Dual hot-plug redundant PSUs (495W, 750W) | 550W or 800W / 900W redundant power supply |
| Memory max (GB) | — | 256 |
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