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BEST BUSINESS SERVERS FOR 2024

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By Dave Mitchell
last updated February 6, 2024

Whether you need systems, services, or storage power, we find the server
solution that’s best for your business





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Finding the best business servers can be key to growing your operation. SMBs and
enterprises are all aware of the need to regularly invest in IT infrastructure
to keep up with current and future demands, and getting the server purchase
right is high on the list of priorities.  



With on-premise servers, businesses can centralize multiple IT functions on a
single platform and reduce their overall acquisition costs, boost productivity,
and assure data availability and security. 



However, picking the right server can be challenging. There are lots of options
on the market, with servers that can handle a wide array of workloads, such as
high-performance computing (HPC), application and database services, network
storage, virtualization, and a whole lot more. Over the last 12 months, ITPro
has tested and reviewed many servers and this guide features the best of the
bunch. 

Dave Mitchell


Dave is an IT consultant and freelance journalist specializing in hands-on
reviews of computer networking products covering all market sectors from small
businesses to enterprises. Founder of Binary Testing Ltd – the UK's premier
independent network testing laboratory - Dave has over 45 years of experience in
the IT industry.

Dave has produced many thousands of in-depth business networking product reviews
from his lab which have been reproduced globally. Writing for ITPro and its
sister title, PC Pro, he covers all areas of business IT infrastructure,
including servers, storage, network security, data protection, cloud,
infrastructure and services.




BEST BUSINESS SERVERS 2024


DELL POWEREDGE R760

Best for demanding enterprise workloads

CPU: 2 x 36-core 2GHz Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum 8452Y | Memory: 1TB 4,800MT/s
ECC DDR5 (max 8TB) | Storage: 2 x 8-bay hot-swap SFF (max. 28 with rear bay) |
RAID: 2 x Dell PERC H965i front SAS/SATA/NVMe 8GB cache with BBU


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Gen4 Xeon Scalable CPUs
Versatile storage configurations
iDRAC9
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Dell's PowerEdge R760 takes the honors for being the first production server
through our lab doors to sport Intel’s fourth-generation Xeon Scalable chips and
sets a high standard for the rest to follow. This powerful 2U rack server is
aimed at a multitude of enterprise and data center workloads and the new chassis
design offers an extensive range of storage options.

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The standard chassis supports 12 LFF or 24 SFF front bays and there’s space at
the back for a rear cage that adds a further 2 LFF or four SFF bays. Dell’s new
tri-mode PERC 12 RAID controllers support SATA, SAS4, and Gen4 NVMe devices, and
selecting the appropriate backplane means you can install up to 16
high-performance E3.S NVMe SSDs at the front and four more at the rear.



The R760 offers a high expansion potential which includes the latest PCIe Gen5
slots and there’s room for plenty of GPU cards as well. Remote management
doesn’t get any better either, as the embedded iDRAC9 controller delivers a
wealth of essential system information and it teams up with Dell’s OpenManage
Enterprise, Power Manager, and CloudIQ infrastructure management services.

Price when reviewed: System as reviewed – £73,802 exc VAT

Read our full Dell PowerEdge R760 review for more information


HPE PROLIANT DL360 GEN11

Best for high processing power in a low-profile chassis

CPU: 12-core 2GHz Intel Xeon Scalable Silver 4410Y (max 2) | Memory: 64GB DDR5
SmartMemory (max 8TB with 2 CPUs) | Storage: 8 x hot-swap SFF (max 10) | RAID:
HPE MR216i-o Gen11 OCP 3


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Good value
Low-profile chassis
Excellent internal design
Gen4 Xeon Scalable CPUs
EDSFF support
iLO6 
None



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The ProLiant DL360 Gen11 is the perfect rack-optimised server powerhouse. The
slim-line 1U chassis sees a significant redesign over its five-year-old
predecessor and a sharp focus on thermal capacity allows it to support all the
latest Gen4 Xeon Scalable CPUs.

There’s plenty more as the server’s 32 DIMM slots accept up to 8TB of HPE’s DDR5
SmartMemory and it has a high expansion potential with room inside for three
PCIe Gen 5 expansion slots and two OCP 3 mezzanine cards. Storage features are
equally good as you can order chassis with a choice of LFF, SFF, NVMe U.3 SSDs
and even have up to twenty E3.S EDSFF Gen5 NVMe SSDs in dual CPU
configurations. 

The DL360 Gen11 sports HPE’s latest iLO6 embedded controller which offers a
wealth of remote management features and gives platform and supply chain
security a high priority. Add in HPE’s GreenLake Compute Ops Management cloud
services and you have an ideal candidate for data centers running rack-dense
applications.

Price when reviewed: Starts from £2,200 exc VAT

Read our full HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11 review for more information


BROADBERRY CYBERSERVE EPYC EP1 112-4NVME-G G4

Best for enterprise apps that demand a high core count

CPU: 96-core 2.4GHz AMD EPYC 9654P | Memory: 512GB 4,800MT/s DDR5 ECC (max 3TB)
| RAID options: Optional HBA | Storage: 12 x SFF hot-swap drive bays (4 x NVMe,
8 x SAS/SATA)


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96-core EPYC CPU
High memory capacity
Versatile storage features
Big expansion potential
No embedded RAID



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Nobody does CPU core densities like AMD and Broadberry’s CyberServe EPYC EP1
112-4NVMe-G G4 show these attributes off to a tee. This single-socket 1U rack
server can handle all the latest EPYC 9004 CPUs and Broadberry supplied our
review system with AMD’s top-dog 96-core 2.4GHz EPYC 9654P CPU.

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There are no compromises on other key areas either. The server supports up to
3TB of fast DDR5 RDIMM memory and its high expansion capabilities are achieved
with two Gen5 x16 PCIe slots and a pair of Gen5 OCP (Open Compute Project) bays
that have the bandwidth to handle industry-standard 400GbE network mezzanine
cards. 

Even storage features are undiminished as the server’s backplane is ready for
eight SATA SFF drives and four high-performance NVMe SSDs – and the price
includes a quartet of 7.68TB Intel P5520 U.2 Gen4 NVMe read-intensive SSDs. All
in all, an incredibly powerful rack server capable of taking on the most
demanding workloads and delivering at a price the blue chips won’t have a hope
of matching.

Price when reviewed: £22,504 exc VAT

Read our full Broadberry CyberServe EPYC EP1 112-4NVMe-G G4 review for more
information


FUJITSU SERVER PRIMERGY RX2540 M7

Best for business-critical apps that require lots of storage

CPU: 2 x 16-core 2GHz Intel Xeon Scalable Gold 5416S | Memory: 128GB 4,800MT/s
DDR5 (max 8TB) | Storage: 16 x hot-swap SFF (max. 30 with rear cages) | RAID:
Fujitsu PSAS CP2100-8i RAID


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Very affordable
Gen4 Xeon Scalable and Max CPU support
Abundant storage features
High expansion potential
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If versatility is a high priority Fujitsu’s Server Primergy RX2540 M7 won’t
disappoint. This beautifully built 2U rack server is thermally rated for all
Xeon Scalable Gen4 CPUs and can handle Xeon Max CPUs with up to 48 cores and
their in-package high bandwidth memory.

The good news continues under the lid as it supports up to 8TB of DDR5 memory
and has seven PCIe expansion slots plus an OCP mezzanine card bay. Graphics
rendering is on Fujitsu’s menu too, as it’s designed to accept two double-width
or six single-width Nvidia GPU cards.

It really shines in the storage department as along with chassis options for 12
LFF or 24 SFF drives and high-performance NVMe SSDs, you can install up to three
dual-drive cages at the rear and increase capacity to 30 SFF drives. As a
general-purpose data center workhorse, the Server Primergy RX2450 M7 is hard to
beat as it delivers a quality set of features and a remarkable storage capacity
all at a very good price.

Price when reviewed: RRP – £8,571 exc VAT

Read our full Fujitsu Server Primergy RX2540 M7 review for more information


QSAN XCUBESAN XS5326D

Best for reliable delivery of big data applications

Storage: 26 x SAS3 HDD/SSD SFF hot-swap bays (max 546 drives) | CPU: 2.4GHz
quad-core Intel Xeon D-1715TER | Memory: 16GB DDR4 ECC cache (max 256GB) | Array
support: RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, N-way, 5EE, 6EE, 50EE, 60EE


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Fast performer
Super value, Active/active controllers
FC and IP SAN support
Highly expandable
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When big data comes calling, Qsan’s XCubeSAN XS5326D is up to the storage
challenge. This 2U rackmount hybrid Flash array is still the only one on the
market to offer 26 SFF front bays and its monumental expansion capabilities
support up to 546 drives and a maximum capacity of 16.7PB. 

The XS5326D is an excellent value as its sub-£9K base price includes dual
controllers running in active/active mode for fully transparent failover. Its
drive bays support SAS3 HDD and SSD storage devices and the flexible expansion
bays in each controller deliver combined IP SAN and FC SAN services.

Qsan impressed during our Fibre Channel lab tests as it returned cumulative
Iometer throughput speeds of 16.4Gbits/sec and 1.1 million random read IOPS.
Qsan can also claim five 9s reliability thanks to the array’s integral
end-to-end hardware redundancy.

Price when reviewed: Diskless, £8,368 ex VAT 

Read our full Qsan XCubeSAN XS5326D review for more information




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Dave has produced many thousands of in-depth business networking product reviews
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sister title, PC Pro, he covers all areas of business IT infrastructure,
including servers, storage, network security, data protection, cloud,
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