Today we are looking at the HP ProLiant DL180 G6 which is a dual Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 series platform. Recently we looked at a second hand bargain for a SMB and home virtualization lab, the Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 which has become very popular. The HP Pro...

• 14x 3,5" Drives in a 2U form factor, Built in expander and often come with a HP P410 RAID controller, Builtin redundancy...
• Eight fans are fairly loud under load and power consumption is a bit higher...
• Overall, the HP DL180 G6 is a very interesting proposition for a small business or home virtualization lab. If one does not need the 32nm Intel Xeon L5630 processors ($200 on ebay) that come with many systems, replacing them with sub-$35 Intel Xeon L5520...