Topic: The all-new DL580 G7

[ShadowDiver]

So I 'm out looking for something to buy and I run across this little gem of a deal and I wanted to get some feed back from you techno junkies...

what is the the big deal between the G4, G5, G6, G7..
(http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/15351-15351-3328412-241644-3328422.html)

assuming money is not really a factor, and add to that that Frey has two of them running all of this stuff...

[SkyFlyer]

G is the generation. The last HP servers I had control of were G5s. Generally the chipsets (and, as such, processor support, memory support, etc) change by generation. The XX### is the model number.

For example, where I used to work, we had a bunch of HP servers. Two of which were DL380s. (actually we had about 10.... but irrelevant)

However, One was a G3 and the other was a G5.

The G3 used a first generation Xeon (based on a pentium 4, I think). It could use a Max of 12gb ram. The G5 used two quad core XEON E5400s. It could use a max of 64gb.

Some of these numbers might be off (this is recollection from 2008, after all).

So, Like I said, the G# is the generational number... much like a 1995 Ford mustang and a 2005 Ford mustang are both Ford Mustangs... but really they are completely different machines.