HP High-End Virtualization Server 36-Core 512GB RAM 16TB DL360 G9 (Renewed)

Long Review.This is for the renewed Proliant DL360 gen 9 server. It was packed well when I got it and had two power cords in the box with it. I immediately plugged it in and started it. However the video out is VGA and as I don't have an adapter I could not tell if it could boot up. I bought an adapter from Best Buy but all that I could see on the monitor were two vertical bars of display and they were too narrow to tell much. The server does have a PCIE slot so then I went to Microcenter and bought an old Geforce 10xx card. Once the card was installed I had display but the machine would freeze on the HP screen. Thinking there was an issue with it booting I called support. The support number on the top of the server forwarded to a cell phone voice mailbox, which didn't give me a lot of hope. Less than two hours later I received a call back. The support person was fantastic. They spent a couple of hours on the phone with me troubleshooting the server. The issue was that the adapter I got from Best Buy was junk and the video card I got from Microcenter did not accurately display the server state. I spent around 15 more dollars on an adapter from Amazon and when I plugged it in the machine booted up. If you buy one of these servers, also buy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QYZQW6B?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 and be done with it.Short reviewThis product is exactly what they said it is and customer service is among the best I have encountered. Well worth the money spent.

Great value server come with rails even after contacting seller and telling me they don't and purchasing extra rails for nothing. But the server came cleaned and working perfectly purchased two units and happy here with them working 24/7

Don't believe the few negative reviews.Got exactly what the product description says!Note: Ive bought 4 used servers off amazon over the last few years. For the cheap price expect a few things to go bad. CMOS / RAID batteries. Hard drives will fail. They were used for years. What you should focus on is ram and cpu if the system checks out on those 2 items just buy/replace the other stuff that fails.

I was very happy with how well-packed the item was and it "just worked" right away. All specs are as described and after about 2 weeks online with low load I've had no issue what's so ever. Both power supplies are detected and are able to be slide in and out easily. All hard drives detected, and raid was detected correctly and easy to re-configure. Over all very happy with my purchase.

If it sounds to good to be true it usually is! First off this thing came with Windows server 2016 instead of 2019. No a huge deal, but it was already password protected. Still not a huge deal. But then after getting all these issues straightened out. Half the hard drive were dead or the server hard drive slot was dead. Not acceptable. When opening it up it look like someone threw the server down a flight of stairs. It was all beat up and not in great shape!Not a "Amazon Renewed" item unless "Amazon Renewed" mean used beat up junk!I will never trust the "Amazon Renewed" label again. It just mean used junk!UPDATE:Bought a second one of these hoping it would be better. I was not. THESE ARE NOT 36 CORE MACHINES. THEY ARE FALSLY ADVERTISING THEM. Amazon should take this down off their site, because it is giving them a very bad name.

I bought this as a virtualization server. Received it on time with some issues. Customer service was friendly and responsive, returning my messages within minutes.Received the replacement about 10 days ago. Everything is as listed and running exactly as expected. Installed Proxmox VE 8.0 with the raid controller. 3 HDs on raid 5 with one hot spare HD, which provides best data security and capacity I can imagine with 4 HDs. Now, I have a couple VMs created and running.Very happy with my purchase and the customer service. Highly recommend.

Unit came with 2 failed DIMM units. One that failed POST immediately, and the other failed to pass POST about 37 hours later at a reboot. The storage battery failed at this time as well. Absolutely no communication from the seller. Had to go through Amazon for the refund process after 4 days of no communication from the seller I had to file a claim.Besides the failed modules, it meets the description and functions alright. The lack of communication is the biggest reason for the low rating.

What a great modern virtualization server for the price! No surprises. Exact memory, cpu and disk as advertised. Excellent packaging. Was pleasantly surprised to see the latest SPP was already applied. Came with evaluation copy of Windows Server 2019, but HP offers a free Proliant ESXi ISO that's ready to roll. Very pleased all the way around.