HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 is a reliable 4U single-socket tower server built for remote offices, branch offices, and growing small businesses. The ThinkSystem ST550 was Lenovo's versatile 4U two-socket tower server engineered for branch offices, retail locations, distributed enterprises, and remote business environments without dedicated server rooms.
| HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 | Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Nov 2015 | Jul 2017 |
| Form factor | tower | tower |
| Cpu sockets | 1 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 / v6, Core i3, or Pentium | Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake-SP) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake-SP) up to 125W TDP |
| Memory slots | 4 | 12 |
| Memory type | DDR4-2133 / DDR4-2400 ECC UDIMM | DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM / LRDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 64 | 768 |
| Drive bays | Up to 4 LFF or 8 SFF hot-plug SAS/SATA | Up to 16x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays (supporting up to 4 AnyBay NVMe bays) or 8x 3.5-inch LFF bays |
| Pcie slots | 4 PCIe 3.0 expansion slots | Up to 6 PCIe 3.0 slots |
| Power supply | 350W fixed or 460W Common Slot redundant hot-plug | Fixed 450W PSU or dual redundant 550W / 750W / 1100W AC 80 PLUS Platinum hot-swap PSUs |
| Gpu support | — | Up to 2 single-wide or 1 double-wide GPU adapter |
| Network onboard | — | Dual integrated 1GbE RJ-45 ports plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
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