By @ITPro
Publication Date: 2026-02-09 08:00:00
We were very impressed with HPE technology. ProLiant DL345 Gen11 rack server when we reviewed it a couple of years ago. And its successor, the ProLiant Compute DL345 Gen12, builds on its successes. Support for one of AMD’s many-core Gen5 EPYC 9005 series CPUs keeps the focus firmly on virtualization duties, but goes further with a duplication of DDR5 memory to 6TB, making it a good candidate for memory-intensive applications.
HPE offers an attractive alternative for businesses unhappy with VMware’s revamped licensing plans, as the DL345 Gen12 is available with its Morpheus VM Essentials software. Designed to simplify virtualization, its unified management plane can handle your own HVM KVM-based hypervisor clusters alongside existing VMware vSphere deployments.
HPE boldly claims that its per-socket licensing model can reduce cost of ownership by up to 90%. You can try it too, as HPE offers a free non-commercial community edition with a one-year license for three sockets.
