The DL160 isn’t a power hog, as connecting to it our inline power meter saw the review system drawing only 21W when powered off and in standby mode. With Windows Server 2003 R2 pottering along in idle we saw an average draw of 130W, and with SiSoft Sandra pummelling all four processor cores to maximum utilisation this rose to 177W.
The DL160 G5 offers good value to small businesses, although we’d also recommend a look at Dell’s PowerEdge 1950 dual-socket rack server, which is better specified. That said, the DL160 comes with a reasonably good specification, and although remote-management features are somewhat basic it offers room to expand and low running costs.
Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 1yr on-site |
Ratings | |
Physical | |
| Server format | Rack |
| Server configuration | 1U |
Processor | |
| CPU family | Intel Xeon |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.66GHz |
| Processors supplied | 1 |
| CPU socket count | 1 |
Memory | |
| RAM capacity | 64GB |
| Memory type | FBDIMM |
Storage | |
| Hard disk configuration | 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7.2K hard disk in cold-swap carrier |
| Total hard disk capacity | 160 |
| RAID module | HP embedded |
| RAID levels supported | 0, 1, JBOD |
Networking | |
| Gigabit LAN ports | 2 |
| ILO? | yes |
Motherboard | |
| Conventional PCI slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x16 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x8 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x4 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots total | 0 |
Noise and power | |
| Idle power consumption | 130W |
| Peak power consumption | 177W |
Software | |
| OS family | None |
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