HP ProLiant DL785 G6 is an 8 socket x86 server, supporting up to eight 6 core AMD Opteron processors, 11 PCI-e I/O slots or an I/O backplane with 7 PCI-e and 2 HTx I/O slots.With this highly expandable feature set, the DL785 G6 is an ideal choice for the growing enterprise class database, consolidation and virtualization environments seeking to improve server utilization and reduce server and virtualization sprawl, while continuing to leverage all the familiar and easy to use ProLiant management tools and options.