The HP ProLiant BL685c G7 Server Blade delivers scale-up, dense, cost-effective 4-socket performance for high-density virtualization and compute-intensive database environments. With up to 64 cores in a single blade and 32 DDR3 registered DIMM slots offering an impressive 1TB memory footprint, these servers are the ideal choice for the most demanding applications.

Delivering over 80 Gb of I/O bandwidth with four embedded HP NC551i Dual Port 10Gb FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter ports and three I/O expansion slots, this is the ideal 4-socket blade for enterprise data centers that demand cost-effective performance and scalability.

Multicore Scalability—Up to 64 Cores

• Up to four 4-, 8-, 12- or 16-core AMD Opteron processors, delivering outstanding compute power for high-density virtualization and compute-intensive database environments


Cost Effective with up to 1 TB of Memory and I/O Bandwidth over 80 Gb

• Economical blade design, for greater flexibility and lower TCO, reduces the amount of hardware required for the same performance


Industry-Leading Infrastructure Management for Virtual and Physical Servers

• Deploy servers quickly, proactively manage virtual or physical server health, and reduce power consumption with HP Insight Control