The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen12 Rack Server is a compact 1U system powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors. Designed for cloud and virtualisation workloads, it delivers high performance, PCIe Gen5 expansion, and advanced security with HPE iLO 7.
Guide price: Price range: £1,395.00 through £3,500.00 Ex. VAT
As infrastructure demands grow, organisations need servers capable of delivering greater compute density while maintaining efficient use of power, rack space, and operational resources.
The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen12 introduces support for AMD EPYC 9005 Series processors, delivering higher core density and improved performance compared with previous generations. The platform supports DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen5 expansion, and high-speed NVMe storage for modern workloads. Support for modern memory, storage, and I/O keeps application, database, and virtualisation workloads responsive as utilisation rises and data movement increases across the platform.
Increased memory bandwidth and high-speed I/O allow storage, networking, and accelerator hardware to operate without bottlenecks, enabling the system to support demanding workloads such as analytics, AI inference, and large virtualised environments. High-density compute and platform bandwidth give infrastructure teams more room to consolidate services, standardise deployments, and avoid creating additional server silos as requirements grow. Organisations that require more drive capacity and PCIe expansion in a Gen12 platform may also consider the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen12 Rack Server, for supporting storage-heavy or accelerator-rich workloads in a mainstream 2U chassis.
Improved compute density allows organisations to increase application performance while maintaining efficient rack utilisation and operational overhead.
Our specialists can help assess your infrastructure requirements and design HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen12 platforms aligned with modern application and virtualisation workloads.
The HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 Gen12 is a single-socket 1U rack server designed for cost-efficient performance, delivering high core density and flexible scalability for virtualisation, software-defined storage, and cloud workloads.
AMD EPYC Processor Support
Supports high core-count AMD EPYC processors for compute-intensive workloads.
High-Speed DDR5 Memory
Provides fast memory performance for modern applications.
Flexible Storage Options
Supports multiple drive configurations for performance and capacity needs.
PCIe Gen5 Expansion
Enables high-speed connectivity for networking and storage.
HPE iLO Management
Provides remote management and monitoring capabilities.
Silicon Root of Trust
Ensures firmware-level security protection.
Cloud-Based Management
Supports HPE Compute Ops Management for operational visibility.
Whether optimising virtualisation or deploying cloud-native workloads, we help design HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen12 environments for cost-effective performance.
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| Deployment | Data Centre |
| Primary Use Case | Virtualisation |
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The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen12 Rack Server is designed for organisations that need a more advanced single-socket platform for dense virtualisation and modern production workloads in power-conscious environments. It is best suited to sites where AMD EPYC 9005 performance, stronger storage options, and better rack utilisation make it a clearer next step than the DL325 Gen11 – rather than just a like-for-like refresh.
Virtualisation estates under pressure to improve host efficiency often need more consolidation without growing rack count or power demand unnecessarily. The DL325 Gen12 fits these deployments where stronger single-socket compute helps improve rack utilisation.
Container platforms and modern application stacks often need dense compute, fast storage, and flexible networking in a compact chassis. The DL325 Gen12 works well where cloud-native services need more headroom than the earlier Gen11 platform provides.
Inference, analytics, and specialised application services sometimes need accelerator support without moving into a dedicated AI server family. The DL325 Gen12 suits these environments where GPU flexibility adds value to a mainstream 1U production server.
Data-intensive services increasingly benefit from faster local media and denser front-end storage layouts. The DL325 Gen12 is a practical fit where EDSFF or NVMe-focused designs support modern infrastructure and application workloads.
Organisations already standardising on efficient AMD compute often need a stronger generational step rather than a basic platform replacement. The DL325 Gen12 is well matched to refresh projects built around higher-density 1P production compute.
Our team can help design and deploy HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen12 infrastructure for virtualisation, cloud-native platforms, and modern single-socket production estates.
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