HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11

Configurable systemConfigure to orderManufacturer documented

A short, narrow server designed to live somewhere a normal server cannot — a shop, a factory floor, a telecoms cabinet. It is rated for heat, dust and vibration, and takes up to three single-width GPUs for local inference.

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Where does this sit?

  1. 01Local
  2. 02Workstation
  3. 03Departmental
  4. 04Enterprise
  5. 05Cluster
  6. 06Rack-scale

Team & Departmental. A server holding one to four accelerators, shared by a team or serving a single internal application. Typically bought by an sme or an internal it team. Comms room or a small rack.

Fit

Is this the right thing for you?

Who it's for

  • Retail, manufacturing and telecoms deploying AI on site
  • Organisations running computer vision close to the cameras
  • Anyone who cannot send data back to a central datacentre

What it runs

  • Edge AI inference
  • Computer vision
  • Local data processing

When it is the wrong answer

  • Training
  • Datacentre consolidation — it is deliberately small
Where it goes
Edge site — rack, wall or desk mounted; tolerant of heat, dust and vibration
Complexity
moderate
Cooling
Air cooled
Specification

What the numbers mean

Every figure below is explained in plain English. Switch to the technical view for the bare specification.

System

Form factor

Compact 1U, 15" wide x 16" deep, rack / wall / desk mountable

MattersShort depth is the point — it fits cabinets a normal server will not.

Processor

1x AMD EPYC 8004 'Siena', 8 to 64 cores, up to 200W TDP

GPU support

Up to 3 single-wide GPUs

Environmental rating

Edge-hardened for wide temperature, vibration and dust

MattersThis is what separates it from an ordinary 1U server.

MemoryUnverified

DDR5 — maximum capacity awaiting verification

Storage baysUnverified

Awaiting verification

NetworkingUnverified

Embedded LOM options — exact speeds awaiting verification

Power suppliesUnverified

Single or redundant PSU options — wattage awaiting verification

Verification

Manufacturer documented — HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 product page and datasheet. Reviewed 2026-08-31.

Manufacturer source
Before you commit

Practical considerations

The things that catch people out after the hardware has already been ordered.

  • Edge deployments fail on operations, not hardware. Decide who patches it before you buy it.
  • Three single-width GPUs is a genuinely useful amount of inference for vision workloads.
Completeness

Nothing arrives working on its own

What else will I need?

  • A mounting decision — rack, wall or desk
  • Remote management, because nobody will be standing next to it
  • A plan for how models get updated on a site with no IT staff
Goes with

What normally sits alongside it

Relationships documented by the manufacturer, or by us during a deployment.