The HP ProLiant DL380 Storage Server is a network attached storage (NAS) solution delivering quick and simple storage with multi-protocol file support and storage management for the enterprise and workgroups environment and requires limited IT knowledge. The DL380 Storage Server is both appliance and NAS/SAN fusion storage solution that offers ease of installation and management features that reduce overall total cost of ownership (TCO). The DL380 Storage Server is ideal for customers with limited IT resources and need quick, simple, rapidly deployable, flexible storage and who need remote manageability. The DL380 Storage Server uses Microsoft’s Windows Storage Server 2003 Release 2 operating system. It provides excellent storage management, data protection, performance tuning and print services allowing customers to manage their storage efficiently. Plus, it comes with HP Global Services, providing cost-effective support to ensure continuous availability.

• Flexible: The DL380 Storage Server can be deployed as an appliance with its own direct attached storage or as NAS/SAN fusion product to act as a file serving gateway for an SAN.
  
  
• Large Capacity: The appliance models supports multi-terabytes of storage using external SCSI, SAS, SATA or Fibre Channel storage arrays. The SAN storage model supports virtually limitless storage depending on the storage available in the SAN.
  
  
• Ready to deploy: The hardware is pre-configured and the Windows Storage Server Release two OS is pre-installed from the factory allowing you to deploy the system on your network in minutes.
  
  
• Simple management: HP enhanced MMC-based user interface enables system administrators to set up and manage the DL380 Storage Server in only a few short steps.
  
  
• Remote manageability: Supports remote management.
  
  
• High performance: Support up to two Dual Core Intel Xeon processors, large memory capacity and hardware-based RAID for optimal performance.
  
  
• Reliable: Provides data protection capabilities like hardware-based RAID, built in “Snapshot” technology, redundant power/cooling and support for multiple backup and anti-virus packages.
  
  
• 2U Form Factor: Space saving rack mounted product design.
  
  
• Open: Supports all the major file serving protocols including SMB/CIFS, NFS, NCP, AppleTalk, HTTP and FTP.